XENON PHARMACEUTICALS INC (XENE)
Sector: Health Care
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Sector: Health Care
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Director information for XENE
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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| XENE | Director | 55 | ["Nearly 25 years of experience in biotechnology industry","Founding CEO and director of GW Pharmaceuticals","Led commercialization of Epidiolex®","Served on the board of directors of Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)","Current board member of Compass Pathways plc, CURE Epilepsy, and Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine","M.B.A. from INSEAD business school","B.Sc. (Hons) from Bristol University"] | [] | 2026 |
Companies shown below are based on exact name match for the selected Director
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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| DSGN | Director | 55 | [] | [] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Mr. Gover has been a member of our Board since August 2023. Mr. Gover brings nearly 25 years of experience in leadership positions in the biotechnology industry in the UK and the U.S. Mr. Gover served as founding Chief Executive Officer and as a director of GW Pharmaceuticals plc from the company s inception in 1999 until its sale to Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc for $7.2 billion in May 2021. Mr. Gover led GW from London, UK from 1999 to 2015, at which time he relocated to San Diego, CA to open the company s U.S. headquarters. At GW, Mr. Gover led the development and commercialization of Epidiolex (cannabidiol), which is approved in the U.S. and Europe in the field of childhood onset epilepsy. From 2018 to 2021, Mr. Gover served on the board of directors of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). Mr. Gover currently serves on the board of directors of Compass Pathways plc, a publicly traded mental health biotechnology company and on the boards of CURE Epilepsy and Rady Children s Institute for Genomic Medicine. Mr. Gover holds an M.B.A. from the INSEAD business school in France and a B.Sc. (Hons) from Bristol University, UK. Our Board believes that Mr. Gover is qualified to serve as a director because of his experience in commercialization of pharmaceutical products and his senior management experience in the pharmaceutical industry.