Jennifer Chao

Jennifer M. Chao was appointed to the Board of Directors in February 2021 and is a member of Endo’s Audit Committee and Compliance Committee. Prior to joining Endo, Ms. Chao served as Chairman of the Board of BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. (BioSpecifics) from October 2019 until its acquisition by Endo in December 2020, and also served as Chair of BioSpecifics’ Compensation Committee, financial expert and member of the Audit Committee, Strategy Committee, Intellectual Property Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee from 2015 to 2020. Ms. Chao is the founder of CoreStrategies Management, LLC, a strategic consulting firm providing transformational corporate and financial strategies to biotech/life science companies for maximizing core valuation. From 2004 to 2008, Ms. Chao was a Managing Director and Senior Lead Biotechnology Securities Analyst at Deutsche Bank, covering large- and small- to mid-cap biotechnology companies. Prior to this, Ms. Chao was a Managing Director and Senior Lead Biotechnology Analyst at RBC Capital Markets and a Senior Analyst in Biotechnology at Leerink Swann & Co. Her industry forte includes game-changing life science technologies, rare genetic diseases, vaccines, neurology, pulmonology, cardiology, oncology, immunology and HIV/HCV with a focus on new treatment paradigms, shifting treatment algorithms, new drug modalities and healthcare legislation. Ms. Chao has held Series 7, 63, 86 and 87 licenses. Ms. Chao was a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School as a recipient of the BioMedical Research Career Award and received her B.A. in Politics and Greek Classics from New York University. Ms. Chao’s qualifications to serve on the Board of Endo include, among others, her knowledge of the biotech and life sciences industries, significant board-level experience at a publicly traded company and financial expertise and experience.