Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
For the period ended Apr 28, 2025. Filed Apr 28, 2025.
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Apr 28, 2025 · Filed Apr 28, 2025
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to our executive officers as of April 21, 2025:
| Name · Age · Position | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Bohen, M.D., Ph.D.(1) | | 58 | | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
| Shane Kovacs | | 51 | | Chief Operating and Financial Officer |
| Shawnte M. Mitchell, J.D. | 47 | Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||
| David C. Myles, Ph.D. | | 63 | | Chief Discovery and Non-Clinical Development Officer |
| Naseem Zojwalla, M.D. | | 52 | | Chief Medical Officer |
(1)
Please see “Information About Our Continuing Directors” for Dr. Bohen’s biography.
Shane Kovacs has served as our Chief Operating and Financial Officer since June 2020. Prior to joining us, Mr. Kovacs served as Chief Business and Financial Officer at BlueRock Therapeutics LP, a biotechnology company, from July 2018 to March 2020, which was acquired by Bayer AG, a biopharmaceutical company, in August 2019. Mr. Kovacs served as Managing Director, Head of Biotechnology Investment Banking at RBC Capital Markets, a financial services company, from May 2017 to September 2018. From May 2013 to May 2017, Mr. Kovacs served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development at PTC Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. From March 2004 to May 2013, Mr. Kovacs served in various positions at Credit Suisse, a financial services company, including Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking. Mr. Kovacs received a B.Eng. in chemical engineering and a B.S. in life sciences from Queen’s University and an M.B.A. from the University of Western Ontario. He is also a CFA Charterholder.
Shawnte M. Mitchell, J.D. has served as our Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary since February 2025. Prior to joining us, Ms. Mitchell served as Chief Legal Officer at Genomatica, Inc., a biotechnology company, from June 2022 until May 2024. She previously served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Zogenix, Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company, from April 2020 until March 2022 (until its acquisition by UCB S.A., a biopharmaceutical company). Before that she was at Aptevo Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, from July 2016 until March 2020, last serving as Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary. Ms. Mitchell currently serves as a member of the Board of Managers of Life Science Cares Bay Area and is a member of How Women Lead’s Silicon Valley Board of Advisors. She received a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.
David C. Myles, Ph.D. has served as our Chief Discovery and Non-Clinical Development Officer since September 2022. Prior to that, he served as our Chief Development Officer and Executive Vice President, Drug Discovery and Development beginning in April 2008. From 2006 to 2008, Dr. Myles co-founded and served as the Chief Operating Officer of Epiphany Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company. From January 2001 to November 2006, he served as the Executive Director of Chemistry at Kosan Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Myles served as the Associate Director of Medical Chemistry at Chiron Corporation, a biotechnology company that was later acquired by Novartis International AG, a biopharmaceutical company. From 1991 to 1998, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Myles currently serves as the Finance Chair on the board of directors of Point Blue Conservation Science. Dr. Myles received a B.A. in chemistry from Occidental College, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Yale University. He was a National Institute of Health post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University.
Naseem Zojwalla, M.D. has served as our Chief Medical Officer since January 2022. Prior to that, Dr. Zojwalla served as Vice President of Clinical Development at Turning Point Therapeutics, a biotechnology company (acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb, a biopharmaceutical company), from July 2020 to January 2022, and at Peloton Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company (acquired by Merck, a biopharmaceutical company), from March 2015 to March 2020. Earlier in her career, Dr. Zojwalla held roles of increasing responsibility at multiple oncology-focused companies, including Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, ImClone Systems Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, and Eisai Medical Research, a pharmaceutical company. Dr. Zojwalla was previously an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. She received a B.S. from Stanford University, an M.D. from Temple University School of Medicine and completed her hematology/oncology fellowship training at Columbia University Medical Center.
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