Board of Directors
Rick E Winningham
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Rick E Winningham has served as Chairman of the board of directors since July 2013. He has served as our Chief Executive Officer since our spin-off from Innoviva in June 2014. From October 2001 to August 2014, Mr. Winningham served as Chief Executive Officer of Innoviva, where he also served as Chairman of the board of directors from April 2010 to October 2014.
From 1997 to 2001 he served as President, Bristol Myers Squibb Oncology/Immunology/Oncology Therapeutics Network (“OTN”) and also as President of Global Marketing from 2000 to 2001. In addition to operating responsibility for U.S. Oncology/Immunology/OTN at Bristol Myers Squibb (“BMS”), Mr. Winningham also had full responsibility for Global Marketing in the Cardiovascular, Infectious Disease, Immunology, Oncology/Metabolics and GU/GI/Neuroscience therapeutic areas. Over a fifteen year period beginning in 1986 with BMS and its predecessor, Bristol Myers, Mr. Winningham held various U.S. and global management positions.
Mr. Winningham is a member of Biotechnology Industry Organization’s board of directors and serves on the Health Section Governing Board Standing Committee on Reimbursement. Mr. Winningham served as a Director on the board of directors of the California Healthcare Institute (“CHI”) from November 2011 to March 2015. He was elected Chairman of CHI in January 2014, a position held until CHI merged with Baybio to become the California Life Sciences Association (“CLSA”) in March 2015. Mr. Winningham served on the board of CLSA until July 2023, and served as its chairman from March 2015 to November 2015. He is a member of the board of directors of Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc., a biopharmaceutical company, and Rivus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company. He served as a member of the board of directors of Retrotope, Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company, from February 2021 until January 2022 and OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from June 2015 until April 2019.
Mr. Winningham holds an M.B.A. from Texas Christian University and a B.S. degree from Southern Illinois University.
Chairman of the Board
Laurie Smaldone Alsup
Director
Laurie Smaldone Alsup, M.D. has served as a director since February 2018.
Dr. Smaldone Alsup is SVP Regulatory Science, at SSI-NDA Group, a regulatory and product development consultancy firm, a position she has held since August 2023 when NDA merged with SSI Strategy. Dr. Smaldone Alsup served as Chief Medical and Chief Scientific Officer of NDA Group, a regulatory and product development consultancy firm, from March 2019 until August 2023 and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of NDA Group from March 2016 until March 2019. Dr. Smaldone Alsup served as President and Chief Scientific Officer of PharmApprove, LLC, a regulatory communications consultancy firm and division of Taft Communications, from August 2011 to March 2016.
Dr. Smaldone Alsup served in clinical and regulatory roles of increasing responsibility and scope while at Bristol Myers Squibb, including Senior Vice President of Global Regulatory Science and Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Risk Management and Vice President Infectious Disease Clinical Research. In addition, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Phytomedics, Inc., an early stage company focused on arthritis and inflammation. During her career she has led the development and commercialization of numerous products treating serious disease with unmet need across multiple disease states, notably oncology, HIV/infectious diseases, neuro, metabolics and rare genetic disorders.
Dr. Smaldone Alsup is a member of the board of directors of BlackBerry Limited, a cybersecurity software and services company, a position she has held since June 2015, and Arvinas, Inc., a biotechnology company, a position she has held since November 2019. Dr. Smaldone Alsup was a member of the board of directors of Pardes Bioscience from September 2022 to August 2023 and a member of the board of directors of Kinnate Biopharma, Inc. from August 2020 until its sale in April 2024.
Dr. Smaldone Alsup received a B.A. in biology from Fordham College and an M.D. at Yale University School of Medicine, where she completed her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Medical Oncology.
Eran Broshy
Director
Eran Broshy has served as a director since June 2014.
Mr. Broshy has been working since June 2009 with multiple private equity firms supporting their healthcare investment efforts and on the board of select portfolio companies, including, most recently, with Nordic Capital (July 2016 – December 2021) and Tailwind Capital (September 2015 – December 2021).
Mr. Broshy previously served for over a decade as the chief executive officer (until 2008) and chairman of the board of directors (until 2010) of inVentiv Health, Inc., a privately held company (and from 1999 to August 2010 a Nasdaq listed company) that delivers a broad range of clinical and commercialization services to pharmaceutical and life sciences companies globally and is today Syneos.
Prior to joining inVentiv (Syneos), Mr. Broshy was a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group (“BCG”) for 15 years, including as the managing partner responsible for BCG’s healthcare practice across the Americas. He also served as president and chief executive officer of Coelacanth Corporation, a privately held biotechnology company.
Mr. Broshy currently serves on the board of Certara, a role he has held since July 2022, as chairman of Thirty Madison, a privately held digital healthcare company, as a member of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”), as chairman of the American Friends of the Open University of Israel, and on the board of governors of the American Jewish Committee. Within the previous five years, Mr. Broshy has also served on the board of directors of Magellan Health, and as chairman of the board of Clario (previously ERT), a privately held healthcare technology company.
Mr. Broshy holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University, an M.S. in civil engineering from Stanford University, and a B.S. in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Rick E Winningham has served as Chairman of the board of directors since July 2013. He has served as our Chief Executive Officer since our spin-off from Innoviva in June 2014. From October 2001 to August 2014, Mr. Winningham served as Chief Executive Officer of Innoviva, where he also served as Chairman of the board of directors from April 2010 to October 2014.
From 1997 to 2001 he served as President, Bristol Myers Squibb Oncology/Immunology/Oncology Therapeutics Network (“OTN”) and also as President of Global Marketing from 2000 to 2001. In addition to operating responsibility for U.S. Oncology/Immunology/OTN at Bristol Myers Squibb (“BMS”), Mr. Winningham also had full responsibility for Global Marketing in the Cardiovascular, Infectious Disease, Immunology, Oncology/Metabolics and GU/GI/Neuroscience therapeutic areas. Over a fifteen year period beginning in 1986 with BMS and its predecessor, Bristol Myers, Mr. Winningham held various U.S. and global management positions.
Mr. Winningham is a member of Biotechnology Industry Organization’s board of directors and serves on the Health Section Governing Board Standing Committee on Reimbursement. Mr. Winningham served as a Director on the board of directors of the California Healthcare Institute (“CHI”) from November 2011 to March 2015. He was elected Chairman of CHI in January 2014, a position held until CHI merged with Baybio to become the California Life Sciences Association (“CLSA”) in March 2015. Mr. Winningham served on the board of CLSA until July 2023, and served as its chairman from March 2015 to November 2015. He is a member of the board of directors of Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc., a biopharmaceutical company, and Rivus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company. He served as a member of the board of directors of Retrotope, Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company, from February 2021 until January 2022 and OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from June 2015 until April 2019.
Mr. Winningham holds an M.B.A. from Texas Christian University and a B.S. degree from Southern Illinois University.
Chairman of the Board
Laurie Smaldone Alsup, M.D. has served as a director since February 2018.
Dr. Smaldone Alsup is SVP Regulatory Science, at SSI-NDA Group, a regulatory and product development consultancy firm, a position she has held since August 2023 when NDA merged with SSI Strategy. Dr. Smaldone Alsup served as Chief Medical and Chief Scientific Officer of NDA Group, a regulatory and product development consultancy firm, from March 2019 until August 2023 and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of NDA Group from March 2016 until March 2019. Dr. Smaldone Alsup served as President and Chief Scientific Officer of PharmApprove, LLC, a regulatory communications consultancy firm and division of Taft Communications, from August 2011 to March 2016.
Dr. Smaldone Alsup served in clinical and regulatory roles of increasing responsibility and scope while at Bristol Myers Squibb, including Senior Vice President of Global Regulatory Science and Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Risk Management and Vice President Infectious Disease Clinical Research. In addition, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Phytomedics, Inc., an early stage company focused on arthritis and inflammation. During her career she has led the development and commercialization of numerous products treating serious disease with unmet need across multiple disease states, notably oncology, HIV/infectious diseases, neuro, metabolics and rare genetic disorders.
Dr. Smaldone Alsup is a member of the board of directors of BlackBerry Limited, a cybersecurity software and services company, a position she has held since June 2015, and Arvinas, Inc., a biotechnology company, a position she has held since November 2019. Dr. Smaldone Alsup was a member of the board of directors of Pardes Bioscience from September 2022 to August 2023 and a member of the board of directors of Kinnate Biopharma, Inc. from August 2020 until its sale in April 2024.
Dr. Smaldone Alsup received a B.A. in biology from Fordham College and an M.D. at Yale University School of Medicine, where she completed her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Medical Oncology.
Eran Broshy has served as a director since June 2014.
Mr. Broshy has been working since June 2009 with multiple private equity firms supporting their healthcare investment efforts and on the board of select portfolio companies, including, most recently, with Nordic Capital (July 2016 – December 2021) and Tailwind Capital (September 2015 – December 2021).
Mr. Broshy previously served for over a decade as the chief executive officer (until 2008) and chairman of the board of directors (until 2010) of inVentiv Health, Inc., a privately held company (and from 1999 to August 2010 a Nasdaq listed company) that delivers a broad range of clinical and commercialization services to pharmaceutical and life sciences companies globally and is today Syneos.
Prior to joining inVentiv (Syneos), Mr. Broshy was a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group (“BCG”) for 15 years, including as the managing partner responsible for BCG’s healthcare practice across the Americas. He also served as president and chief executive officer of Coelacanth Corporation, a privately held biotechnology company.
Mr. Broshy currently serves on the board of Certara, a role he has held since July 2022, as chairman of Thirty Madison, a privately held digital healthcare company, as a member of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”), as chairman of the American Friends of the Open University of Israel, and on the board of governors of the American Jewish Committee. Within the previous five years, Mr. Broshy has also served on the board of directors of Magellan Health, and as chairman of the board of Clario (previously ERT), a privately held healthcare technology company.
Mr. Broshy holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University, an M.S. in civil engineering from Stanford University, and a B.S. in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Jeremy T. Grant
Director
Jeremy T. Grant has served as a director since December 2023. Mr. Grant has served as Founder and Managing Partner of Harbor Ridge LP, an investment firm, since founding the firm in 2023. Mr. Grant has served as a Special Advisor to Irenic Capital Management, L.P., an investment management firm, since 2023. From 2016 to 2022, Mr. Grant served as an Associate Portfolio Manager in Situational Investing at Elliott Investment Management L.P., an investment management firm. Mr. Grant served as an Associate in Distressed Debt at Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., an alternative investment firm, from 2012 to 2016.
Mr. Grant began his career at Credit Suisse Group AG, a global investment bank and financial services firm, where he held several roles, including as an Analyst in the Securitized Products Group and as an Analyst in both Investment Grade and High Yield Sector Strategy, from 2010 to 2012. Mr. Grant has served as an observer of the board of directors of Arconic Corporation, an industrial company specializing in lightweight metals engineering and manufacturing, since 2023. Mr. Grant has served on the board of directors of Acosta Inc., a sales and marketing agency, since 2019.
Mr. Grant received his Bachelor of Science in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Grant is a CFA charterholder.
Susannah Gray
Director
Susannah Gray has served as a director since February 2023. Ms. Gray served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Royalty Pharma from January 2005 to December 2018. She was promoted to Executive Vice President of Finance and Strategy in December 2018 and retired from Royalty Pharma in September 2019. Prior to Royalty Pharma, Ms. Gray served as a managing director and senior analyst covering the healthcare sector in CIBC World Markets’ high yield group from 2002 to 2004, and also previously served in similar roles at Merrill Lynch and Chase Securities (predecessor of J.P. Morgan Securities).
She has served on the Boards of Directors of Maravai LifeSciences since November 2020, 4D Molecular Therapeutics since July 2020 and Morphic Therapeutic since April 2021. Previously, Ms. Gray served on the Board of Directors of Apria, Inc. from May 2021 until its sale in March 2022.
Ms. Gray received a BA in social studies, with honors, from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Columbia University.
James Kelly
Director
James Kelly has served as a director since April 2023. Mr. Kelly joined Weiss Asset Management in November 2010, where he is currently a Managing Director and a member of its Investment Committee. Prior to joining Weiss Asset Management, Mr. Kelly worked at Farallon Capital Management, Madison Dearborn Partners and Lehman Brothers.
Mr. Kelly graduated cum laude from Duke University in 2002 with a BS in Economics and with minors in Math and Political Science.
Jeremy T. Grant has served as a director since December 2023. Mr. Grant has served as Founder and Managing Partner of Harbor Ridge LP, an investment firm, since founding the firm in 2023. Mr. Grant has served as a Special Advisor to Irenic Capital Management, L.P., an investment management firm, since 2023. From 2016 to 2022, Mr. Grant served as an Associate Portfolio Manager in Situational Investing at Elliott Investment Management L.P., an investment management firm. Mr. Grant served as an Associate in Distressed Debt at Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., an alternative investment firm, from 2012 to 2016.
Mr. Grant began his career at Credit Suisse Group AG, a global investment bank and financial services firm, where he held several roles, including as an Analyst in the Securitized Products Group and as an Analyst in both Investment Grade and High Yield Sector Strategy, from 2010 to 2012. Mr. Grant has served as an observer of the board of directors of Arconic Corporation, an industrial company specializing in lightweight metals engineering and manufacturing, since 2023. Mr. Grant has served on the board of directors of Acosta Inc., a sales and marketing agency, since 2019.
Mr. Grant received his Bachelor of Science in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Grant is a CFA charterholder.
Susannah Gray has served as a director since February 2023. Ms. Gray served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Royalty Pharma from January 2005 to December 2018. She was promoted to Executive Vice President of Finance and Strategy in December 2018 and retired from Royalty Pharma in September 2019. Prior to Royalty Pharma, Ms. Gray served as a managing director and senior analyst covering the healthcare sector in CIBC World Markets’ high yield group from 2002 to 2004, and also previously served in similar roles at Merrill Lynch and Chase Securities (predecessor of J.P. Morgan Securities).
She has served on the Boards of Directors of Maravai LifeSciences since November 2020, 4D Molecular Therapeutics since July 2020 and Morphic Therapeutic since April 2021. Previously, Ms. Gray served on the Board of Directors of Apria, Inc. from May 2021 until its sale in March 2022.
Ms. Gray received a BA in social studies, with honors, from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Columbia University.
James Kelly has served as a director since April 2023. Mr. Kelly joined Weiss Asset Management in November 2010, where he is currently a Managing Director and a member of its Investment Committee. Prior to joining Weiss Asset Management, Mr. Kelly worked at Farallon Capital Management, Madison Dearborn Partners and Lehman Brothers.
Mr. Kelly graduated cum laude from Duke University in 2002 with a BS in Economics and with minors in Math and Political Science.
Burton G. Malkiel
Director
Burton G. Malkiel, Ph.D., has served as a director since October 2013. Prior to our spin-off from Innoviva, Inc. (“Innoviva”) in June 2014 and since July 2007, Dr. Malkiel served as a director of Innoviva.
Dr. Malkiel is the Chief Investment Officer and chair of the Investment Committee at Wealthfront, Inc., a private investment company, a position he has held since November 2012, and the Chemical Bank Chairman’s Professor of Economics, Emeritus, and Senior Economist at Princeton University, a position he has held since July 2011 following positions as a senior research economist and professor at Princeton University since 1988.
Dr. Malkiel is the author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street and over 125 articles and is the author or co-author of nine other books. From 1981 to 1988 he was dean of the Yale University School of Management and also served as the William S. Beinecke Professor of Management Studies. He is a past appointee to the President’s Council of Economic Advisors.
In addition, Dr. Malkiel currently serves on the board of directors of several private corporations and served on the board of directors of The Vanguard Group Ltd. until March 2015 and Genmab AS until June 2018. He also serves on several investment management boards including the Investment Committees for the American Philosophical Association and Alpha Shares, LLC. He is a past president of the American Finance Association and the International Atlantic Economic Association.
He holds a B.A. and M.B.A. degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D. degree from Princeton University.
Member of the Nominating / Corporate Governance Committee
Member of the Development and Commercialization Committee Charter
Dean J. Mitchell
Director
Dean J. Mitchell has served as a director since June 2014.
Mr. Mitchell has been on the board of directors of Precigen, Inc. (formerly Intrexon Corporation) since March 2009 and Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. since August 2020, both of which are biopharmaceutical companies. He served as Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Covis Pharma Holdings, a specialty pharmaceutical company, from August 2013 until its sale in March 2020, was Chairman of PaxVax Corporation from January 2016 until its sale in October 2018, was a member of the board of directors of ImmunoGen Inc. from 2012 until its sale in February 2024 and was a member of the board of directors of Kinnate Biopharma, Inc. from August 2020 until its sale in April 2024. Mr. Mitchell served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lux Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company focusing on the treatment of ophthalmic diseases, from July 2010 to August 2013.
Prior to Lux Biosciences, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of both Alpharma, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, from 2006 until its acquisition in 2008, and Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused in oncology and acute care, from 2004 until its acquisition in 2005.
From 2001 to 2004 he served in various senior executive capacities in the worldwide medicines group of Bristol Myers Squibb Company, a pharmaceutical company. Prior to Bristol Myers Squibb Company, he spent 14 years at GlaxoSmithKline plc, in assignments of increasing responsibility spanning sales, marketing, general management, commercial strategy and clinical development and product strategy.
Mr. Mitchell holds an M.B.A. from City University London and a B.Sc. in biology from Coventry University.
Donal O’Connor
Director
Donal O’Connor has served as a director since October 2015.
Mr. O’Connor is the Chairman of Galco Steel Limited and Huttonread Unlimited Company, having been appointed to their boards in September 2010 and March 2011, respectively, and has been a nonexecutive Director of Perrigo Company plc since November 2014. He was a non-executive director of Malin Corporation plc from July 2017 (appointed chairman in January 2018) until July 2018. He was a non-executive Director of Elan Corporation, plc, from May 2008 until it was acquired by Perrigo in December 2013. He was a non-executive Director and senior independent director of Readymix plc from December 2008 until May 2012.
He was appointed by the Irish Government as Chairman of Anglo Irish Bank from December 2008 until June 2010. He was the Irish High Court appointed Administrator of Icarom plc from 1995 until February 2013. Mr. O’Connor was a member of the Board of the Irish Auditing and Accountancy Supervisory Authority from its inception as an Interim Board in 2001 until 2009.
He was a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (“PwC”) Global Board from 2003 until 2008 and is a former Chairman of the PwC Eurofirms Board. Mr. O’Connor originally joined PwC in 1972 and was appointed partner in 1983. He was later appointed partner in charge of the PwC Financial Services practice in 1988 and leader of the Audit Practice in 1992. He was elected Senior Partner in 1994 and was re-elected in 1998 and 2003. He served as Senior Partner of PwC Ireland for over twelve years until 2007.
Mr. O’Connor obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.
Burton G. Malkiel, Ph.D., has served as a director since October 2013. Prior to our spin-off from Innoviva, Inc. (“Innoviva”) in June 2014 and since July 2007, Dr. Malkiel served as a director of Innoviva.
Dr. Malkiel is the Chief Investment Officer and chair of the Investment Committee at Wealthfront, Inc., a private investment company, a position he has held since November 2012, and the Chemical Bank Chairman’s Professor of Economics, Emeritus, and Senior Economist at Princeton University, a position he has held since July 2011 following positions as a senior research economist and professor at Princeton University since 1988.
Dr. Malkiel is the author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street and over 125 articles and is the author or co-author of nine other books. From 1981 to 1988 he was dean of the Yale University School of Management and also served as the William S. Beinecke Professor of Management Studies. He is a past appointee to the President’s Council of Economic Advisors.
In addition, Dr. Malkiel currently serves on the board of directors of several private corporations and served on the board of directors of The Vanguard Group Ltd. until March 2015 and Genmab AS until June 2018. He also serves on several investment management boards including the Investment Committees for the American Philosophical Association and Alpha Shares, LLC. He is a past president of the American Finance Association and the International Atlantic Economic Association.
He holds a B.A. and M.B.A. degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D. degree from Princeton University.
Member of the Nominating / Corporate Governance Committee
Member of the Development and Commercialization Committee Charter
Dean J. Mitchell has served as a director since June 2014.
Mr. Mitchell has been on the board of directors of Precigen, Inc. (formerly Intrexon Corporation) since March 2009 and Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. since August 2020, both of which are biopharmaceutical companies. He served as Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Covis Pharma Holdings, a specialty pharmaceutical company, from August 2013 until its sale in March 2020, was Chairman of PaxVax Corporation from January 2016 until its sale in October 2018, was a member of the board of directors of ImmunoGen Inc. from 2012 until its sale in February 2024 and was a member of the board of directors of Kinnate Biopharma, Inc. from August 2020 until its sale in April 2024. Mr. Mitchell served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lux Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company focusing on the treatment of ophthalmic diseases, from July 2010 to August 2013.
Prior to Lux Biosciences, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of both Alpharma, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, from 2006 until its acquisition in 2008, and Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused in oncology and acute care, from 2004 until its acquisition in 2005.
From 2001 to 2004 he served in various senior executive capacities in the worldwide medicines group of Bristol Myers Squibb Company, a pharmaceutical company. Prior to Bristol Myers Squibb Company, he spent 14 years at GlaxoSmithKline plc, in assignments of increasing responsibility spanning sales, marketing, general management, commercial strategy and clinical development and product strategy.
Mr. Mitchell holds an M.B.A. from City University London and a B.Sc. in biology from Coventry University.
Donal O’Connor has served as a director since October 2015.
Mr. O’Connor is the Chairman of Galco Steel Limited and Huttonread Unlimited Company, having been appointed to their boards in September 2010 and March 2011, respectively, and has been a nonexecutive Director of Perrigo Company plc since November 2014. He was a non-executive director of Malin Corporation plc from July 2017 (appointed chairman in January 2018) until July 2018. He was a non-executive Director of Elan Corporation, plc, from May 2008 until it was acquired by Perrigo in December 2013. He was a non-executive Director and senior independent director of Readymix plc from December 2008 until May 2012.
He was appointed by the Irish Government as Chairman of Anglo Irish Bank from December 2008 until June 2010. He was the Irish High Court appointed Administrator of Icarom plc from 1995 until February 2013. Mr. O’Connor was a member of the Board of the Irish Auditing and Accountancy Supervisory Authority from its inception as an Interim Board in 2001 until 2009.
He was a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (“PwC”) Global Board from 2003 until 2008 and is a former Chairman of the PwC Eurofirms Board. Mr. O’Connor originally joined PwC in 1972 and was appointed partner in 1983. He was later appointed partner in charge of the PwC Financial Services practice in 1988 and leader of the Audit Practice in 1992. He was elected Senior Partner in 1994 and was re-elected in 1998 and 2003. He served as Senior Partner of PwC Ireland for over twelve years until 2007.
Mr. O’Connor obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.
Deepa R. Pakianathan
Director
Deepa R. Pakianathan, Ph.D., has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2020.
Since 2001, Dr. Pakianathan has served as a Managing Member at Delphi Ventures, a venture capital firm. She has also been the Chief Executive Officer of Redd Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held pharmaceuticals company, since September 2019, and is the Chief Executive Officer of an additional privately held discovery-stage biopharmaceuticals company, a position she has held since August 2023. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Pakianathan served as a Vice President in the healthcare group at JP Morgan Chase & Company. From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Pakianathan served as a postdoctoral scientist in the Immunology Department at Genentech Corporation.
Dr. Pakianathan has served on the board of directors of biopharmaceutical companies Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc., since April 2013 and Mereo Biopharma Group PLC, since February 2019. In the past five years, Dr. Pakianathan served on the board of directors of Alder Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2007 to 2019, Calithera Biosciences, Inc. from 2010 to December 2023, and OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2008 to 2019, each of which was a biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Pakianathan also served on the board of directors of FSDC I from August 2020 to February 2021 and FSDC II from February 2021 to December 2021, each of which was a special purpose acquisition company. Dr. Pakianathan also serves on the board of directors of two privately owned biopharmaceutical companies.
Dr. Pakianathan holds an M.S. and a Ph.D. from Wake Forest University, a B.Sc. from the University of Bombay, India and an M.Sc. from The Cancer Research Institute at the University of Bombay, India.
Deepa R. Pakianathan, Ph.D., has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2020.
Since 2001, Dr. Pakianathan has served as a Managing Member at Delphi Ventures, a venture capital firm. She has also been the Chief Executive Officer of Redd Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held pharmaceuticals company, since September 2019, and is the Chief Executive Officer of an additional privately held discovery-stage biopharmaceuticals company, a position she has held since August 2023. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Pakianathan served as a Vice President in the healthcare group at JP Morgan Chase & Company. From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Pakianathan served as a postdoctoral scientist in the Immunology Department at Genentech Corporation.
Dr. Pakianathan has served on the board of directors of biopharmaceutical companies Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc., since April 2013 and Mereo Biopharma Group PLC, since February 2019. In the past five years, Dr. Pakianathan served on the board of directors of Alder Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2007 to 2019, Calithera Biosciences, Inc. from 2010 to December 2023, and OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2008 to 2019, each of which was a biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Pakianathan also served on the board of directors of FSDC I from August 2020 to February 2021 and FSDC II from February 2021 to December 2021, each of which was a special purpose acquisition company. Dr. Pakianathan also serves on the board of directors of two privately owned biopharmaceutical companies.
Dr. Pakianathan holds an M.S. and a Ph.D. from Wake Forest University, a B.Sc. from the University of Bombay, India and an M.Sc. from The Cancer Research Institute at the University of Bombay, India.