Murray W. Stewart

Dr. Stewart has served as a member of the X4 Board of Directors since March 2019. He has served as Chief Medical Officer of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of rare genetic disorders of obesity, since October 2018. He previously served as Head of R&D for Novelion Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new standards of care for individuals living with rare disease, where he oversaw global medical affairs for Juxtapid® and Myalept®, two marketed products for rare metabolic diseases, from November 2017 to October 2018. Prior to that, Dr. Stewart was Chief Medical Officer at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), with global responsibility for patient well-being across the vaccine, pharmaceutical, and consumer business units, from April 2014 to November 2017. During his 18-year career at GSK, Dr. Stewart held multiple research and development leadership roles, including Chief Medical Officer for the pharmaceutical business, Clinical Head of the Biopharma Unit, and Therapy Area Head for metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. Prior to his tenure with GSK, he worked as a consultant physician and honorary senior lecturer at the Diabetes Center in Newcastle upon Tyne in the U.K. Dr. Stewart holds an M.D. from Southampton Medical School and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.