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Appointments: News From GSK, DBV Technologies, Complexa, Synlogic And Motif Bio

 
• By Alexandra Shimmings

This week’s announcements include the retirement of GlaxoSmithKline’s CFO, new CEOs at Complexa, Synlogic and Horizon Discovery, and other new hires at TP Therapeutics and Motif Bio, and a new board member at DBV Technologies.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC's chief financial officer Simon Dingemans has informed the board of his intention to retire and to step down from the board in May 2019. The board will now conduct a global search both internally and externally to identify a successor. Dingemans joined GSK in 2011 and, as CFO, has led finance and a number of other group functions, including technology and IT, real estate and procurement. GSK noted that, as a voluntary leaver, Dingemans would not receive any severance payment when he leaves the company.

Complexa Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has appointed Francisco Salva as its president and CEO, effective immediately. Most recently, Salva was a founder and vice president of operations for...

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