RE: New Appointment1 Sep 2017 08:51
Agreed. . .a breath of fresh air following Harper!!
Reneuron Group
01 Sep 2017 07:00:05
ReNeuron Group plc
RNS Number : 5221P
ReNeuron Group plc
01 September 2017
1 September 2017
AIM: RENE
ReNeuron Group plc
Non-executive Director Appointment
ReNeuron Group plc (the "Company") (AIM: RENE), a UK-based global leader in the development of cell-based therapeutics, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Claudia D'Augusta as a Non-executive Director of the Company, effective from the date of the Company's Annual General Meeting on 6 September 2017. She will also chair the Company's Audit Committee.
Dr D'Augusta has over twenty years' experience in corporate finance, capital markets and M&A. She is the Chief Financial Officer of TiGenix NV, a leading international cell therapy company listed on both Euronext Brussels and, more recently, on NASDAQ following a successful US IPO in 2016. TiGenix's lead product has been filed for regulatory approval in Europe for the treatment of a severe complication of Crohn's disease.
Before joining TiGenix in 2004, Dr D'Augusta was finance director of Aquanima (Santander Group). Previous experience includes roles in corporate finance and M&A at Deloitte & Touche in Milan and Apax Partners in Madrid. Dr D'Augusta holds a degree in Economics and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Bocconi, Italy.
Commenting on Dr D'Augusta's appointment, John Berriman, Chairman of ReNeuron, said:
"I am delighted to welcome Claudia to the Board of the Company, and to its Audit Committee. Her broad and extensive experience in Europe and US corporate finance, in particular in the cell therapy sector, will be invaluable to ReNeuron and its management team."
Commenting on her appointment, Dr D'Augusta said:
"I look forward to joining the Board of ReNeuron and contributing to the Company as it continues to develop and moves closer to realising value from its novel cell-based therapies targeting areas of unmet medical need."