Tamara Joseph

Tamara is a seasoned health care leader, having extensive experience in both early-stage and commercial biotech companies in the US and other markets. Her expertise in the biotech sector includes public and private financings, M&A, global expansions, and a Nasdaq uplisting. She has also supported Nasdaq financings of over $800m. Her experience, spanning over 20 years, includes acting as a member of the executive team (as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel) at multiple US publicly listed companies, as well as leading IT, Public and Government Affairs, and People & Culture teams.

Tamara is currently serving as Chief Legal Officer at Nasdaq-listed Spero Therapeutics Inc., a multi-asset, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She previously served as Chief Legal Officer at Nasdaq-listed, Millendo Therapeutics Inc., to support its transition to a publicly-traded company, and as General Counsel at Enzyvant Therapeutics Inc., a rare disease company focused on regenerative medicine which is now a subdivision of Sumitomo Pharma. Previously, Tamara has served as an adviser to the boards of five US publicly traded biotechs, including Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. Tamara has a BA in Economics from Duke University, a JD from the University of Michigan Law School, and LLM degrees from the College of Europe in Belgium and the University of Paris. She began her legal career at the law firms of Morrison & Foerster and Fried Frank, working in New York, Los Angeles, Brussels and Paris. She also serves as a non-executive board member for the non-profit organizations of BINA Farm Center and Heluna Health, an $600M+ agency focused on improving population health.