Non-Executive Directors

Peter Verhaeghe has served as a member and chairperson of the board of arGEN-X B.V. since October 2008 and as non-executive director on our Board of Directors since July 2014. Mr. Verhaeghe is the managing partner of VVGB Advocaten-Avocats, a corporate finance law and tax law firm, a position he has held since July 1999. He is currently lead counsel to a number of Belgian, Dutch, French, U.S. and Swiss life sciences companies. Mr. Verhaeghe also serves on the board of directors of Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen NV since May 2018, as chairman of the board of Haretis SA (Luxembourg) since March 2011, and as member of the board of directors of miDiagnostics since April 2020. Mr. Verhaeghe also serves as the chairman of the LP & advisory committee of Bioqube Factory Fund I NV. Mr. Verhaeghe served as the president of the board of directors of Merisant France SAS, as a member of the management board of Merisant Company 2 sàrl and as a member of the board of directors of CzechPak Manufacturing s.r.o. He previously also served as director of Innogenetics NV (Belgium), Tibotec-Virco NV, Biocartis SA, and as the chairman of the board of directors of PharmaNeuroBoost NV and as liquidator in charge of KBC Private Equity Fund Biotech NV from April 2009 to December 2012. Mr. Verhaeghe holds a degree in law (J.D.) from the University of Leuven and an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School. At the annual General Meeting held on May 10, 2022 (2022 Annual Meeting), he was reappointed for a new term of 2 years.

Mr. Krognes serves as a member of our Board of Directors and as a chairperson of our audit and compliance committee since February 27, 2023. Mr. Krognes also serves on the boards of directors of Guardant Health, Inc., Denali Therapeutics, Inc., and Gritstone bio, Inc. He previously served on the board of directors of RLS Global AB and Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Krognes was the chief financial officer of Denali Therapeutics, Inc., from 2015 until retiring from that position in April 2022. Steve joined Denali Therapeutics, Inc., as the founding chief financial officer, building and leading the finance team as well as supervising the IT and facilities functions. He led successful financings for Denali Therapeutics, Inc., including the initial public offering in 2017, and has contributed significantly to the company’s strategy, growth and strong financial position. His extensive leadership experience in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry includes 12 years in total at Roche and Genentech, Inc., serving as chief financial officer of Genentech, Inc., for six years and global head of Roche’s mergers & acquisition team for six years. He chaired the Genentech Access to Care Foundation and represented Genentech on the board and executive committee of the California Life Science Association. Before that, he worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, and as a venture capitalist in Scandinavia. Mr. Krognes holds a master’s in business administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Pamela Klein has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2016. Dr. Klein is a principal and founder of PMK BioResearch, which offers strategic consulting in oncology drug development to corporate boards, management teams and the investment community, a position she has held since 2008. She currently serves as a member of the board of directors of several companies including F-Star Therapeutics, Inc., I-Mab and Patrys Ltd; as well as various scientific advisor boards. Previously, Dr. Klein served on the board of directors of Jiya Acquisition Corp. Dr. Klein also spent seven years at the National Cancer Institute as Research Director of the NCI-Navy Breast Center, after which she joined Genentech as Vice President, Development until 2001. She served as chief medical officer for Intellikine, Inc., which was acquired by Takeda American Holdings. Dr. Klein holds a Bachelor’s degree in biology from California State University and an M.D. from Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago and is trained in internal medicine and medical oncology.

James M. Daly has served as a member of our Board of Directors since May 2018. He joined GlaxoSmithKline in 1985 where he held various positions, including sr. vice president – respiratory division with with full responsibility for sales, marketing and medical affairs. He moved to Amgen in 2002 where he was sr. vice president for the North America commercial operations 2011. In 2012, he joined Incyte Corp, a publicly-traded company focused on oncology and inflammation, where he was chief commercial officer until June 2015. Mr. Daly currently serves as a director of Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Halozyme, Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., all Nasdaq-listed companies. Mr. Daly holds a Bachelor of Science and an MBA from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. He was reappointed for a new 4-year term at the 2022 General Meeting.

Ana Cespedes was appointed as non-executive director on December 12, 2022 and brings robust experience across a broad range of critical areas for commercialization and access, as well as for organizational effectiveness.

Ana Cespedes is the chief operating officer of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), a global organization dedicated to developing accessible vaccines and antibodies for infectious diseases. Prior to joining IAVI, Ms. Cespedes held several roles at Merck KGaA, based in Boston, MA, most recently serving as senior vice president, global marketing & strategy. Ms. Cespedes founded and led the global market access and pricing function for the company and worked with stakeholders to communicate the clinical, economic, and societal value of innovative medicines. Prior to that, Ms. Cespedes led the first integrated corporate affairs group at Serono Iberia and Merck Spain, was managing director of the Spanish branch of the company’s nonprofit organization, and worked as a senior consultant at Arthur Andersen.

Ms. Cespedes is a founding member of the National Congress of Corporate Affairs in Spain, the London School of Economics Market Access Academy, and the Cooperation for Oncology Data. She is also the founder of Living Mindfulness S.L.

Ms. Cespedes holds a B.S. and a Pharm.D. from the Complutense University of Madrid, and an MBA from IESE Business School.