Bernadette Connaughton

Bernadette Connaughton is an independent director who joined the board in November 2019 with three decades of experience in global strategic and leadership roles within large pharma. Ms. Connaughton spent her career at Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), building a consistent track record of improving operational models, achieving sales growth and improving profitability. She most recently served as President Intercontinental, including China, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. In this role, she developed successful, multi-year commercialization strategies for a number of oncology, virology and immunology products. Ms. Connaughton currently serves on the Board of Directors of Zealand Pharma A/S (Nasdaq:ZEAL) and Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:HALO). She was previously a member of the Board of Directors of Visterra, Inc. From 2014 to 2016, she served on the Patient Access and European Markets Committees of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Johns Hopkins University and her Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.