The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board of Directors believe that Dr. Countouriotis’ management experience in the biopharmaceuticals industry and her medical background provide her with the qualifications and skills to serve on our Board of Directors.
Patrick Machado, J.D., 56, has served on our Board of Directors since May 2019. Mr. Machado was aco-founder of Medivation, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, and served as its chief business officer from 2009 to 2014 and as its chief financial officer from 2004 until his retirement in 2014. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Machado worked with ProDuct Health, Inc., a medical device company, as senior vice president, chief financial officer and earlier as general counsel. Upon ProDuct Health’s acquisition by Cytyc Corporation, a diagnostic and medical device company, he served as a consultant to Cytyc to assist with transitional matters from 2001 to 2002. Earlier in his career, Mr. Machado worked for Morrison & Foerster LLP, an international law firm, and for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Mr. Machado also serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. and as a member of the Board of Directors of Arcus Biosciences, Inc., Chimerix, Inc. and Principia Biopharma Inc., and previously served on the Board of Directors of Endocyte, Inc., Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation (now Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Axovant Sciences, Inc., SCYNEXIS, Inc. and Medivation, Inc. Mr. Machado received a B.A. in German and a B.S. in Economics from Santa Clara University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board of Directors believe that Mr. Machado’s extensive experience dealing with the operational and financial issues of biopharmaceutical companies provide him with the qualifications and skills to serve on our Board of Directors.
Garry Nicholson, 65,has served on our Board of Directors since January 2020. Mr. Nicholson has more than 30 years of pharmaceutical and biotech oncology experience. From August 2015 to October 2016 he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of XTuit Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he was also a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Nicholson joined Pfizer, Inc., in May 2008 to lead the global oncology franchise, finishing his career there as President, Pfizer Oncology in April 2015. During his tenure at Pfizer, Mr. Nicholson served on the Board of Directors of the Pfizer Foundation and was a member of the company’s Portfolio, Strategy and Investment Committee, which set corporate research and development priorities and investment strategy. Prior to joining Pfizer, Mr. Nicholson worked at Eli Lilly where he held roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as the Global Oncology Platform Leader. Mr. Nicholson currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of G1 Therapeutics, Inc. and as a member of the Board of Directors of Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., and NextCure, Inc., all public biopharmaceutical companies. Mr. Nicholson previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Tesaro, Inc., which was a public company until it was acquired by GlaxoSmithKline plc. Mr. Nicholson received a B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.B.A. from the University of South Carolina.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board of Directors believe that Mr. Nicholson’s experience serving in executive positions with public and private biopharmaceutical companies and on the Board of Directors of public companies provide him with the qualifications and skills to serve on our Board of Directors.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF EACH NAMED NOMINEE.
Directors Continuing in Office Until the 2021 Annual Meeting
Simeon J. George, M.D., M.B.A., 42,has served on our Board of Directors since May 2017. Dr. George joined S.R. One Limited, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline PLC, in 2007 as an Associate and became a Partner in 2010. Since February 2019 Dr. George has served as the Chief Executive Officer of S.R. One. From 2006 to 2007, Dr. George was a consultant at Bain & Company and in 2003 and 2004 he was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs. In addition to our Board of Directors, Dr. George is currently a director of Crispr Therapeutics, Inc., and Principia Biopharma, Inc., both public biopharmaceutical companies, and also serves as a director on several private healthcare company boards. Dr. George was previously a director of Progyny (PGNY), Genocea (GNCA), HTG Molecular (HTGM) and Semprus Biosciences (acquired by Teleflex). Dr. George received his B.A. in Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. George received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board of Directors believe that Dr. George’s experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, as well as his experience serving on the Board of Directors of multiple companies in the biopharmaceutical industry, qualifies him to serve on our Board of Directors.
Carl Gordon, Ph.D., CFA, 55, has served on our Board of Directors since May 2017. Dr. Gordon is a founding member, Managing Partner, andCo-Head of Global Private Equity at OrbiMed Advisors LLC, an investment firm. Dr. Gordon currently serves on the boards of directors of Keros Therapeutics, Inc. and Prevail Therapeutics, Inc., both public biotechnology companies, as well as
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