Matthew K. Fust


Board Member

Matthew K. Fust has served on our board of directors since February 2018. He is currently a board member and advisor to life sciences companies. Mr. Fust retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, where he served from January 2009 through its acquisition by Amgen Inc. in October 2013. From May 2003 to December 2008, Mr. Fust served as Chief Financial Officer at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Fust served as Chief Financial Officer at Perlegen Sciences, a genetics company. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ALZA Corporation, a pharmaceutical company, where he was an executive from 1996 until 2002. Mr. Fust serves on the board of directors of the following publicly traded biopharmaceutical companies: as a member of the audit committee at Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc., as a member of the audit committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee at Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc., and as a member of the audit committee and the compensation committee at Neumora Therapeutics, Inc..

Mr. Fust previously served on the board of directors of MacroGenics, Inc., Dermira, Inc., and Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Fust received a B.A. from the University of Minnesota and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Mr. Fust’s experience as a chief financial officer in the life sciences industry, his leadership and management experience, and his service as a director of other biopharmaceutical companies, contributed to our board of directors’ conclusion that he should serve as a director of our company.

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