Pierre Legault

Chairman at Artios Pharma

Pierre, who is based in the US, is a highly accomplished leader in the global biopharmaceutical industry with over 35 years’ experience leading companies through high phases of growth to deliver significant shareholder value.

Pierre currently serves as Chairman of the Board for Artios Pharma Limited, Bicycle Therapeutics, Amolyt Pharma and Poxel SA Biopharmaceutical. He is also a Board Director at Syndax Pharmaceuticals and Lead Director at Urovant Sciences. In the past, he was a Board Director at Armo Biosciences, Tobira Therapeutics, NPS Pharmaceuticals, Forest Laboratories, Regado Biosciences, lroko Pharmaceuticals, Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Eckerd Pharmacy and NephroGenex, a biotechnology focused on kidney diseases, where he served from 2012 to 2016 as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. From 2010 to 2012, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Prosidion Ltd., specialized in the treatment of diabetes and obesity.

From 2009 to 2010, he served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of OSI Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Legault also served as the President of Eckerd Pharmacy and Senior Executive Vice – President of Rite Aid Corporation. Between 1989 and 2005, he held various roles, such as President, CEO and Chief Financial Officer, at legacy companies of the Sanofi – Aventis group.

Pierre holds an M.B.A. in Marketing from McGill University and a Bachelor’s degree from HEC (France). He also studied at Harvard Business School. He holds an MBA, BAA, CA, CPA and Six Sigma Green Belt diplomas.