Brian McNamee joined Amgen as senior vice president, Human Resources in June 2001. Before joining Amgen, McNamee was vice president of Human Resources at Dell Computers in Austin, Texas. He has held a variety of international executive positions at General Electric over a 12-year period, and he also served as senior vice president for the West Coast division of NBC in Burbank, California.

McNamee received his bachelor's degree in journalism from St. Bonaventure University and received his master's degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University in 1987. He was elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources in 2009 and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Human Resources Policy Association. McNamee serves on the Board of Trustees for St. Bonaventure University, in addition to being a member of the Advisory Board of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Mentor LA Partner Schools, a non-profit organization working to improve schools and empower neighborhoods in some of the most disenfranchised communities in Los Angeles.