ALX ONCOLOGY HOLDINGS INC
For the period ended Jun 12, 2024. Filed Apr 22, 2024.
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Jun 12, 2024 · Filed Apr 22, 2024
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Itziar Canamasas, Ph.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2022. She has served as Chief Executive Officer of AtG Therapeutics, a preclinical stage biotech focused on overcoming tumor adaptation, since February 2023. Dr. Canamasas was most recently the Head of Oncology EMEA, from August 2020 to July 2022, with responsibility for the commercial success of Oncology in the Region for Bayer Consumer Care AG, Switzerland, a subsidiary of Bayer AG. She has previously served as Managing Director and Country Head of Pharmaceuticals for Bayer Ltd, Ireland, a subsidiary of Bayer AG from May 2017 to July 2020 and prior to that, as VP of Global Marketing Oncology for Bayer Corporation, USA, a subsidiary of Bayer AG. Between 2021 and 2023, Dr. Canamasas served as the Organizational Development Director for the Ambassador Program of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association. She previously served on the board for Bayer Ltd, a subsidiary of Bayer AG. Dr. Canamasas holds a Llicenciatura in Biology from Universitat de Barcelona and a Ph.D. in Biology, with a focus on Tumor Genetics from Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
We believe Dr. Canamasas is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of her scientific knowledge, commercial and marketing experience and the breadth and depth of her management and leadership experience in the biotechnology and oncology sectors.
Jack Nielsenhas served as a member of our board of directors since February 2020. Mr. Nielsen has served as a Managing Director at Vivo Capital LLC, a healthcare focused investment firm, since August 2017 and was promoted to Managing Partner in March 2021. He previously served as a consultant from March 2017 to July 2017. From 2001 to February 2017, Mr. Nielsen was with the Novo A/S (Novozymes) organization and its venture activities in several roles, most recently as a Senior Partner based in Copenhagen, Denmark. From May 2006 to August 2012, Mr. Nielsen was a Partner at Novo Ventures (US) in San Francisco, where he established the office that provides certain consultancy services to Novo A/S. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Aligos Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company, Harmony Biosciences Holdings Inc., a pharmaceutical company, InstilBio, a clinical-stage cell therapy company, and IO Biotech, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and previously served as a director of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Nielsen holds an M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark and a Masters in Management of Technology from Center for Technology, Economics and Management, Technical University of Denmark.
We believe Mr. Nielsen is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his experience working in the biotechnology industry, his experience as a venture capital investor and his board service for several companies in the biotechnology sector.
Scott Garlandhas served as a member of our board of directors since November 2022. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of PACT Pharma, Inc., an immuno-oncology company, from March 2021 to February 2023. Mr. Garland previously served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from October 2018 until July 2020 when it was acquired by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. From April 2017 to September 2018, he served as President of Relypsa Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, and as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer from October 2014 to April 2017. From October 2011 to October 2014, Mr. Garland served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Exelixis, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing cancer treatments. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Day One Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Olema Oncology and previously served on the board of directors of Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. and Calithera Biosciences Inc. Mr. Garland holds a B.S. in Biological Sciences from California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo) and an M.B.A. from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
We believe Mr. Garland’s experience in the biotechnology industry qualifies him to serve on our board of directors.
Rekha Hemrajani has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2020. Ms. Hemrajani served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Jiya Acquisition Corporation from August 2020 to November 2022. She previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Aravive, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, from January 2020 to April 2020. From March 2019 to September 2019, Ms. Hemrajani served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Arcus Biosciences, a biotechnology company. From March 2016 to March 2019, she served as Chief Operating Officer of FLX Bio, Inc. (now RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.), a biotechnology company. From February 2015 to March 2016, Ms. Hemrajani served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Business and Financial Operations at 3-V Biosciences, Inc. (now Sagimet Biosciences, Inc.), a biotechnology company. From November 2013 to January 2015, Ms. Hemrajani advised privately held companies on strategic corporate development and financing activities at Ravinia Consulting, a consulting firm she founded. She currently serves as a director of MaxCyte, Inc., a provider of cell-engineering platform technologies, and a privately-held company and previously served as a director of Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc., Aravive, Inc. and Jiya Acquisition Corp. She holds a B.S. in Economics and Computer Science from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
We believe Ms. Hemrajani is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her executive and financial experience at multiple companies in the biopharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
Jaume Pons, Ph.D. has served as our President and as a member of our board of directors since April 2015 and as our Chief Scientific Officer since September 2023. He previously served as our Chief Executive Officer form May 2015 to September 2023. He has also served as a Scientific Advisor at Lightstone Ventures, a venture capital fund, since January 2019 and as a Venture Partner at venBio Partners, a venture capital firm, since January 2017. Prior to joining us, Dr. Pons was with Pfizer, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, where he served as Senior Vice President and a member of the Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development Leadership Team and Chief Technology Officer for Pfizer Biotherapeutics from September 2009 to February 2015. From October 2007 to February 2015, he served as Chief Scientific Officer at Rinat Neuroscience Corporation, a subsidiary of Pfizer. Dr. Pons holds a B.S. in Biochemistry from Autonomous University of Barcelona and an M.S. in Biotechnology and a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the Institute on Fundamental Biology, Barcelona (Autonomous University of Barcelona).
We believe Dr. Pons is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of the perspective and experience he brings as our President and Chief Scientific Officer and former Chief Executive Officer, his experience in leadership positions in the biotechnology industry, his educational background and his strong scientific expertise.
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