Jim Chopas

Jim Chopas serves as the Chief Accounting Officer at Apellis Pharmaceuticals since August 2021. Previously, Jim held various roles at Radius Health, Inc., including Principal Finance and Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller, overseeing financial reporting and internal controls. Jim has extensive experience in finance and accounting, serving as a consultant at Danforth Advisors and as CFO at KBI Biopharma, where responsibilities included managing financial operations until the company was sold to JSR Corporation. Jim's background also includes significant roles at Thermo Fisher Scientific, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Parexel, Microcom, and Ernst & Young LLP, focusing on financial management, auditing, and operations finance. Jim holds a Master’s degree in Computer Information Systems from Bentley College and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts.