DIANTHUS THERAPEUTICS INC (DNTH)
Sector: Health Care
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Health Care
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Director information for DNTH
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNTH | Independent Chair of the Board | 64 | [] | [] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Ms. Lawton has served as a member of our Board of Directors since September 2023, and as the Chair of our Board of Directors since July 2024. Ms. Lawton previously served as a member of the board of directors of Magenta Therapeutics, Inc., our predecessor company, from December 2020 to September 2023, and the Chair of the Board of Directors of Magenta from August 2021 to September 2023. Ms. Lawton is an executive leader with more than 35 years of experience in biopharma. She served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Kaleido Biosciences, Inc. ( Kaleido ), a pharmaceutical company, from August 2018 to June 2020, and served as President and Chief Operating Officer from December 2017 to August 2018. Prior to joining Kaleido, Ms. Lawton served as Chief Operating Officer at Aura Biosciences, Inc. ( Aura ), an oncology therapeutics company, from January 2015 until December 2017, and, prior to joining Aura, served as a consultant to Aura from March 2014 to December 2014. From January 2013 to January 2014, Ms. Lawton served as Chief Operating Officer at OvaScience Inc., a life sciences company. From 2014 to 2017, Ms. Lawton also served as a biotech consultant for various companies, including as Chief Operating Officer consultant at X4 Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: XFOR). Prior to that, Ms. Lawton spent more than 20 years in various positions of increasing responsibility, including as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Genzyme Biosurgery, a division of Genzyme Corporation which was a global biopharmaceutical company and prior to that, as Senior Vice President of Market Access at Genzyme, and subsequently at Sanofi S.A., also a global biopharmaceutical company, following the acquisition of Genzyme by Sanofi in 2011. Additionally, Ms. Lawton previously served two terms as the industry representative on the U.S. Food & Drug Administration s Cell & Gene Therapy Advisory Committee and as Chairman of the Board of the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society. Ms. Lawton has served as the Chair of the board of directors of the private company TRIMTECH Therapeutics since November 2025. Ms. Lawton has served on the boards of directors of ProQR Therapeutics N.V. (Nasdaq: PRQR) since September 2014 and previously X4 Pharmaceuticals from October 2020 to May 2025 and is currently a director of the private company BlueRock Therapeutics LP. Ms. Lawton previously served on the boards of directors of Spyre Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: SYRE) from December 2020 to January 2024, SwanBio Therapeutics, AgBiome LLC and Kaleido (Nasdaq: KLDO) from August 2018 to October 2020, Verastem, Inc. (Nasdaq: VSTM) from November 2012 to May 2020, CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (Nasdaq: CLCD) a formerly public biotechnology company from March 2016 until its acquisition by Eli Lilly and Company in March 2017, and Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,(Nasdaq: CBST) a formerly public biopharmaceutical company, from February 2012 to December 2014 prior to its acquisition by Merck & Co. in January 2015. Ms. Lawton holds a B.Sc. in Pharmacology from Kings College, University of London. We believe that Ms. Lawton is qualified to serve on the Board based on her roles on public and private boards of directors as well as her extensive experience in the life sciences industry.