Pharmaceutical Market Europe • June 2025 • 40
APPOINTMENTS
Ochre Bio
Ochre Bio has appointed Elaine Sullivan as senior independent non-executive director. Sullivan brings extensive global pharmaceutical and business experience to the role, having served as vice president of global external research and development at Eli Lilly, and as vice president of research and development and head of new opportunity therapy area at AstraZeneca. She previously held the position of chief executive officer at Keltic Pharma Therapeutics and Carrick Therapeutics, and has served as non-executive director for several companies, including Open Orphan and Active Biotech. Sullivan is also currently non-executive director at Zealand Pharma and Nykode Therapeutics, and is a member of Evotec’s supervisory board. She will now take a leading role at Ochre, supporting the company’s board and corporate strategy.
Bristol Myers Squibb
Cari Gallman
Bristol Myers Squibb has appointed Cari Gallman as executive vice president, general counsel and chief policy officer. Gallman has held leadership positions at Bristol Myers Squibb for ten years, most recently serving as executive vice president, corporate affairs. She was also previously chief compliance and ethics officer at the company.
leon-nanodrugs
Wolfgang Hofmann
leon-nanodrugs has appointed Wolfgang Hofmann as chief executive officer. Hofmann brings extensive industry experience to the role, having recently served in executive roles covering mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and innovation management at Fresenius Group. He also previously held multiple senior positions at Novartis.
VERAXA Biotech
Rick Austin
VERAXA Biotech has appointed Rick Austin as chief scientific officer. Austin holds over 25 years of experience across oncology discovery and early development, and most recently served as vice president, research at Harpoon Therapeutics, after holding the position of senior director, biology research at the company. He also previously held multiple positions at Amgen.
STORM Therapeutics
Atif Abbas
STORM Therapeutics has appointed Atif Abbas as chief medical officer. Abbas has two decades of industry experience and joins STORM after serving as vice president at Servier Pharmaceuticals. He was also previously vice president, head of oncology and immunology at Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals, and held roles at AbbVie, Astellas and Boehringer Ingelheim.
Daiser
Dominic James
Daiser has appointed Dominic James as a member of its advisory board. James brings over three decades of industry experience to the role. He previously held multiple senior positions at Merck, including global head of digital health innovation and alliances. He also founded Future Centric last year and serves as its chief executive officer.
Commit Biologics
Janine Schuurman
Commit Biologics has appointed Janine Schuurman as co-chair of its scientific advisory board. Schuurman is a molecular immunologist who previously spent over two decades at Genmab, most recently as senior vice president, head of antibody research and technology. She also currently serves as president and a board member of the Antibody Society.
Commit Biologics
Gavin Thurston
Commit Biologics has appointed Gavin Thurston as a member of its scientific advisory board. Thurston holds over 20 years of experience in oncology research and previously served as senior vice president of oncology research at Regeneron. He also serves on the scientific advisory boards of Rondo Therapeutics and AbTherx, and is an advisor at Voyant Bio.
Priothera
Hans Menssen
Priothera has appointed Hans Menssen to its board of directors. Menssen most recently served as senior global programme clinical head at Novartis Oncology. Prior to this, he held the position of chief medical officer at Philogen, and was senior director, clinical development oncology at Bayer Pharmaceuticals earlier in his career.