San Diego, Ca., USA - January 11, 2016, San Diego, Ca., USA - Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of Thomas Lynch as executive vice president, general counsel & secretary.
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Mr. Lynch is a veteran legal professional with more than a decade of experience in the life sciences industry as well as six years of general corporate practice. Mr. Lynch will assume responsibility for the company's global legal affairs and compliance operations.
Mr. Lynch joins Orexigen from Novartis where, since 2012, he was serving as senior legal counsel in two divisions, including leading global legal and compliance support for Novartis Pharma's neuroscience franchise, based in Basel, Switzerland, and advising on business development and alliance management with partners in Europe and the U.S.
Earlier, he spent almost ten years with Boston Scientific in a variety of legal roles and nearly six years practicing corporate law at Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
He holds a juris doctorate degree from Boston College Law School, a master's degree in teaching from the University of St. Thomas, and a bachelor's degree in history from Stanford University.
The company also announces Heather Ace as executive vice president, global human resources.
Ms. Ace has held a variety of high-level executive positions overseeing human resources, communications, facilities, mergers and acquisitions and transformational change initiatives during a ten-year career in the life sciences and medical devices industries.
Ms. Ace will lead the human resources organization, including talent and performance management, organizational and leadership development, compensation & benefits, and employee relations.
Most recently, Ms. Ace was Integration Leader at Philips HealthTech and led the integration of the acquisition of Volcano Corporation by Royal Philips to form a new Image-Guided Therapy business, combining industry leading interventional systems and solutions with therapy guidance tools.
Prior to that role, she served as the EVP, Global Human Resources at Volcano Corporation and VP, Human Resources at Life Technologies in various positions of responsibility serving key business units, functions, the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions and numerous M&A transactions.
She earned her bachelor's degree in Law & Society from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a juris doctorate degree from Santa Clara School of Law, cum laude. ■