The Board of Directors further proposes the election of the following nominees for a term of one year expiring at the closing of the 2022 Annual General Meeting:
4.7 Election of Catarina Edfjäll as member of the Board of Directors
Catarina Edfjäll is a Global Regulatory Affairs Expert with more than 25 years of experience in the biotech and pharma sector, now working as an independent consultant and mentor. She has profound drug development experience across the entire product lifecycle, from development to launch, and across many therapeutic areas, including rare diseases. She was responsible for the successful regulatory approval of 20 innovative medicinal products and new indications in more than 50 countries. In her most recent senior management role, Catarina was the global head of regulatory affairs at CSL Behring. Prior to that, she held leadership positions in regulatory affairs at companies formerly known as Actelion, Celgene and Shire, and, started her career at F. Hoffmann-La Roche.
Catarina is a Board Member at the Cancer Drug Development Forum (CDDF) and at the International Collaboration on Rare Diseases & Orphan Drugs (ICORD), both non-profit organisations. She has been actively involved in several multi-stakeholder organisations, including the European Medicines Agency´s Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products´ Working Group with Interested Parties.
Catarina holds a Master in biotechnology engineering from the Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie in Strasburg, a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University in Basel and a Corporate Governance Certification from the Swiss Board School and the University of St Gallen.
The mandate of Catarina Edfjäll as member of the Board of Directors would only be effective as of June 30, 2021.
4.8 Election of Brian O’Callaghan as member of the Board of Directors
Brian O’Callaghan is a Life Science Executive with extensive experience within the biotech, big pharma and CRO sectors. He also has extensive global experience, having lived and worked in 5 different countries, as well as both sides of the US. He joined ObsEva in November 2020, as Chief Executive Officer to lead the Company through its future development, regulatory filings and product launches.
Prior to joining ObsEva, Brian has held CEO positions at Petra Pharma, Acucela, Sangart and BioPartners, as well as having held senior management positions at Pfizer, Merck Serono, Novartis, Covance and NPS Pharmaceuticals.
Brian has experience running both public and private companies, M&A’s, IPO’s, fundraising, divestments, spin-outs and strategic alliances. His operational experience is also wide ranging, having managed multiple businesses and programs, across many therapeutic areas, from concept through to commercialization. He also has extensive Board experience, having served on numerous biotech and 501c3 Boards.
