SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP INC (SLS)
Sector: Health Care
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Health Care
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Director information for SLS
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLS | Chair of the Board | 66 | [] | ["Audit Committee","Compensation Committee","Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee","Science Committee"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Mr. Varian has been a director of the Company since December 2017 and Chair of the Board since June 2024. He was the Chair of the Audit Committee from December 2017 to June 2023 and remains a member. He was Chair of the Compensation Committee from June 2023 to June 2024 and remains a member. Mr. Varian served as Chief Executive Officer of XOMA Corporation (NASDAQ: XOMA) from August 2011 through December 2016 and served as a member of the board of directors of XOMA from December 2008 through May 2017. Mr. Varian served as a member of the board of directors of Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACOR) from January 2022 to August 2024, when its assets were sold to Merz Therapeutics, the board of directors of Versartis, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAR) from March 2014 through October 2018, when it acquired Aravive, and the board of directors of Egalet Corporation (NASDAQ: EGLT) from June 2018 through February 2019, when it acquired the assets of Iroko. Mr. Varian has also been a director on the board of AmMax Bio, Inc. (a privately held clinical stage biotechnology company) since February 2021. Mr. Varian previously served as Chief Operating Officer of ARYx Therapeutics, Inc. from December 2003 through August 2011. Beginning in May 2000, Mr. Varian was Chief Financial Officer of Genset S.A. in France, where he was a key member of the team negotiating Genset s sale to Serono S.A. in 2002. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Varian served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration of Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., joining the company as part of its acquisition of Neurex Corporation. Prior to the acquisition, he served as Neurex Corporation s Chief Financial Officer from 1997 until 1998. From 1991 until 1997, Mr. Varian served as the VP Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Anergen Inc. Mr. Varian was an Audit Principal/Senior Manager at Ernst & Young LLP from 1987 until 1991, where he focused on life sciences. Mr. Varian was also a founding committee member of Bay Bio and a former chairman of the Association of Bioscience Financial Officers International Conference. Mr. Varian holds a BBA from Western Michigan University. He was a Certified Public Accountant. The Company believes Mr. Varian s significant experience working with biopharmaceutical companies, including developing and implementing strategy, with a focus on drug development, financing, corporate financial management, and related matters, qualifies him to serve on our Board.