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and Robert Williamson
to the Company's Board as independent non-executive directors following an extensive search as previously announced.
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-- Mr. Robert Williamson.Independent non-executive director.
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Mr. Robert Williamson
Mr. Williamson is the founder of LaSalle Venture Advisors, a US-based consultancy serving venture-backed and public life science companies and their investors on strategic and operational issues, including licensing, partnerships, financing and M&A.He currently serves as a non-executive director of Pharmasset Inc. (VRUS), an anti-viral therapeutics company.
From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Williamson
served as President and CEO of Arriva Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held clinical stage respiratory and dermatological therapeutic company and helped the company raise $27 million in venture capital.Previously, Mr. Williamson
was President and Chief Operating Officer of EOS Biotechnology, Inc., a therapeutic antibody and genomics company, where he was responsible for operations, business development and finances, and was instrumental in the company's sale to Protein Design Labs, now known as PDL BioPharma (PDLI).Prior to this, Mr. Williamson
was President and Chief Operating Officer of DoubleTwist, Inc. (formerly Pangea Systems), a genomics start-up, where he helped the company expand its business model to include genomics content, informatics services and software.Mr. Williamson
began his career at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc., a global business consulting firm, where he was named a Partner, and led the firm's west coast health care practice.