Nevan Charles Elam

Mr. Elam is a native of Silicon Valley who has been managing and advising healthcare and technology companies for more than 25 years.

Prior to co-founding Rezolute, Mr. Elam served in various senior leadership roles including as CEO of a European medical device company and as Head of the Pulmonary Business Unit at Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR). During his tenure at Nektar, he was instrumental in reshaping the pipeline and streamlining the organization. Prior to negotiating the sale of his division to Novartis, Mr. Elam spun two entities out of Nektar, including Pearl Therapeutics which was acquired in 2013 by AstraZeneca, for $1 billion.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Elam was CFO and co-founder of a web based IT platform company serving the electronics and healthcare industries where, in addition to managing finance and business development, he established operations in the US as well as throughout Asia.

In the 1990s, Mr. Elam was a corporate partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he advised domestic and ex-US healthcare and technology companies on various matters from debt and equity financings to cross-border transactions. His clients included emerging growth companies as well as mature corporations such as Genentech and Hewlett Packard. Notably, he negotiated the sale of Steve Jobs' company, Next, to Apple.

In addition to serving on the board of Rezolute, he also serves on the board of directors of Savara, Inc. (NASDAQ:SVRA) in Austin Texas and Softhale in Brussels, Belgium.

Mr. Elam received his B.A. from Howard University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.