People: Sangamo BioSciences Inc (SGMO.O)


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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

William Ringo

67 2010 Independent Chairman of the Board

Edward Lanphier

56 1995 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

H. Ward Wolff

64 2007 Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, Executive Vice President

Geoffrey Nichol

58 2011 Executive Vice President - Research and Development

Philip Gregory

42 2009 Vice President - Research, Chief Scientific Officer

Dale Ando

59 2004 Vice President - Therapeutic Development, Chief Medical Officer

Paul Cleveland

56 2008 Independent Director

Stephen Dilly

53 2010 Independent Director

John Larson

77 1996 Independent Director

Steven Mento

61 2005 Independent Director

Saira Ramasastry

37 2012 Independent Director

Thomas Wiggans

2008 Independent Director

Elizabeth Wolffe

IR Contact Officer, Corporate Communications

Biographies

Name Description

William Ringo

Mr. William R. Ringo, Jr., is Independent Chairman of the Board of Sangamo BioSciences Inc. From April 2008 until his retirement in April 2010, Mr. Ringo was Senior Vice President of Business Development, Strategy and Innovation at Pfizer Inc. and was responsible for guiding Pfizer’s overall strategic planning and business development activities. Prior to joining Pfizer, he served as an executive in residence at Warburg Pincus and Sofinnova Ventures. From August 2004 to April 2006, Mr. Ringo was President and Chief Executive Officer of Abgenix, Inc., a biotechnology firm focused on developing human antibodies as agents to treat cancer and other serious diseases. At Abgenix, he led efforts to transform the organization into a more focused product company by strengthening the senior management team and enhancing an existing partnership with Amgen, which acquired Abgenix in 2006. Mr. Ringo began his career at Eli Lilly & Company in 1973 and during his 28-year tenure he held a number of senior positions, including Product Group President for Oncology and Critical Care, President of Internal Medicine Products, President of the Infectious Diseases Business Unit and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for U.S. Pharmaceuticals. He retired from Lilly in 2001. Since February 2011, Mr. Ringo has served on the board of directors of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He also serves on the board of directors of BioCrossroads, a public-private collaboration of corporate, university, government and entrepreneurial leaders that supports Indiana’s life sciences research and corporate strengths in life sciences while encouraging business development in the region. Mr. Ringo is a senior advisor to Barclays Healthcare Group and a strategic advisor to Sofinnova Ventures. He received a B.S. in business administration and an M.B.A. from the University of Dayton.

Edward Lanphier

Mr. Edward O. Lanphier II, is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. Mr. Lanphier has over thirty years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. From June 1992 to May 1997, he held various positions at Somatix Therapy Corporation, a gene therapy company, including Executive Vice President, Commercial Development and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Somatix, Mr. Lanphier was President and Chief Executive Officer of BioGrowth, Inc., a biotechnology company that merged with Celtrix Laboratories to form Celtrix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 1991. From 1986 to 1987, Mr. Lanphier served as Vice President of Corporate Development at Biotherapeutics, Inc. From 1984 to 1986 he served as Vice President of Corporate Development at Synergen Inc. Prior to Synergen, he was employed by Eli Lilly and Company, a pharmaceutical company, in the strategic business planning biotechnology group. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Biotechnology Institute, the board of directors and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine, the board of trustees for The Buck Institute for Research on Aging and the Dean’s Advisory Board of the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Mr. Lanphier received a B.A. in biochemistry from Knox College.

H. Ward Wolff

Mr. H. Ward Wolff is Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, Executive Vice President of Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. Prior to his appointment as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Wolff served as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee from June 2006 through December 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wolff served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Nuvelo, Inc. (now ARCA biopharma, Inc.) from July 2006 to August 2007 and Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance, of Abgenix, Inc. from September 2004 to April 2006. From July 2002 to December 2003, Mr. Wolff served as Chief Financial Officer of QuantumShift. From 1998 to January 2002, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DoubleTwist, Inc. From 1992 to 1998, he was Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Premenos Technology Corporation. From 1985 to 1992, Mr. Wolff was an Executive Director of Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. From 1974 to 1985, Mr. Wolff held numerous positions with Price Waterhouse & Co., as a certified public accountant, including Senior Audit Manager. From March 2008 to March 2013, Mr. Wolff served on the board of directors of MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which was acquired by Allergan, Inc. in March 2013. Mr. Wolff received a B.A. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Geoffrey Nichol

Dr. Geoffrey M. Nichol, M.B., Ch.B., is Executive Vice President - Research and Development of Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. Dr. Nichol has over twenty years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries and has made contributions in all stages of the drug development process from program initiation, through all phases of clinical evaluation to product approval. He has been closely associated with the development of over 15 new drug candidates and the approval and/or launch of several marketed drugs, including Augmentin BID, Foradil® and Yervoy™. Dr. Nichol has particular in development of platform technologies. From 2002 to 2010 he served as Senior Vice President of Product Development at Medarex, Inc., where he was responsible for all aspects of the clinical development of therapeutic products based on a fully-human monoclonal antibody platform. From 1996 to 2002, he held various senior management positions at Novartis Pharmaceuticals, including Vice President, U.S. Medical Affairs and Vice President and Global Head, Project Management, and in the seven years prior held management positions in drug development with SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals. Most recently, Dr. Nichol has been Chief Medical Officer of Ikaria, Inc., a biotherapeutics company. Dr. Nichol earned his B.Med.Sc., M.B., Ch.B., or the equivalent of an M.D. in the U.S., from Otago University Medical School in New Zealand and received an M.B.A. from Warwick University in the United Kingdom.

Philip Gregory

Dr. Philip D. Gregory, Ph.D. is Vice President - Research, Chief Scientific Officer of Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. He joined Sangamo in December 2000 as a Scientist, became a Team Leader in October 2001 and Senior Director, Research in July 2003. Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Gregory was at the University of Munich, Germany, where he studied the role of chromatin structure in gene regulation and published in this field. He has authored over 80 articles, reviews and book chapters in the field of gene editing and gene regulation and is an inventor on 22 of Sangamo’s patent families, which includes 10 issued US patents, 24 pending US patent applications, 11 issued foreign patents and 101 pending foreign patent applications. He has served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Keystone Symposia since December 2009. Dr. Gregory received a D. Phil. in biochemistry from the University of Oxford and a B.Sc. in microbiology from the University of Sheffield.

Dale Ando

Dr. Dale G. Ando, M.D. is Vice President - Therapeutic Development, Chief Medical Officer of Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. Dr. Ando has held senior positions in therapeutic product development in several biotechnology companies. From 1997 until he joined Sangamo in 2004, he was Vice President, Clinical Research at Cell Genesys, Inc. While at Cell Genesys, Dr. Ando directed the development of Phase I-III GVAX programs, oncolytic virus programs and Phase I/ II trials of chimaeric T-cell receptor products in HIV and cancer. From 1992 to 1997, Dr. Ando served as director of clinical gene therapy at Chiron Corporation. From 1997 to 2001 Dr. Ando served as a member of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) and the Adenoviral Safety Committee for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Ando began his career as a faculty member at the UCLA Medical School in the Division of Rheumatology. He received his M.D. and internal medicine training at the University of Michigan and a B.S. in chemistry from Stanford University.

Paul Cleveland

Mr. Paul B. Cleveland is Independent Director of Sangamo Biosciences, Inc. Mr. Cleveland is currently Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Chief Financial Officer of Aragon Pharmaceuticals, a private biotechnology company focused on the development of small-molecule drugs for the treatment of hormone-dependent cancers, such as prostate and breast cancer. From April 2011 through January 2013 he served as General Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Mohr Davidow Ventures. From January 2006 through February 2011, Mr. Cleveland served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer of Affymax, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. From April 2004 to December 2005, he served as a managing director at Integrated Finance, Ltd., an investment bank. From September 1996 to April 2003, he served as a managing director at J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. (and a predecessor firm, Hambrecht & Quist), an investment bank. From January 1993 to September 1996, he was a partner at Cooley Godward LLP, a law firm. From December 1988 to December 1992, he was a corporate attorney at Sidley Austin LLP, a law firm, and from September 1981 to November 1988, he was a corporate attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell, a law firm. Mr. Cleveland received a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law and an A.B. from Washington University in St. Louis.

Stephen Dilly

Dr. Stephen G. Dilly, M.B.B.S., Ph.D. is Independent Director of Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. From January 2012 to December 2012, Dr. Dilly was Chief Executive Officer of PhotoThera, Inc., a medical device company. From 2006 to December 2011, Dr. Dilly served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of APT Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a drug development company. From 2007 to 2009, he served as a member of the board of directors of Avigen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company which merged with MediciNova, Inc. in December 2009. From 2003 to 2006, he served as Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Development of Chiron BioPharma, a biotechnology company which was later acquired by Novartis International AG. From 1998 to 2003, he held various management positions at Genentech, Inc., including Vice President of Development Sciences from 2002 to 2003 and Vice President of Medical Affairs from 1998 to 2001. From 1988 to 1998, Dr. Dilly held various management positions in drug development with SmithKline Beecham in the U.K. During his career, Dr. Dilly has been closely associated with the development and launch of marketed drugs for many therapeutic areas, including Kytril, Paxil, Kredex, Requip, TNKase, Xolair, Avastin, Raptiva, Tarceva, Lucentis and Cubicin. Dr. Dilly currently serves as non-Executive Chairman of the Allergen Research Corporation Inc. and serves on the National Board of Advisors of the UC Davis Health System. In 1982, Dr. Dilly received an M.B.B.S., the equivalent of an M.D. in the U.S., from the University of London in the U.K. and a Ph.D. in cardiac physiology from University of London in 1988.

John Larson

Mr. John W. Larson is Independent Director of Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. From February 2003 to December 2009, Mr. Larson served as a partner at the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. From 1969 to January 2003, Mr. Larson served as partner at the law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, except for the period from July 1971 to September 1973 when he was in government service as Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior and Counselor to George P. Shultz, Chairman of the Cost of Living Council. From 1988 until March 1996, Mr. Larson was Chief Executive Officer of Brobeck. Mr. Larson serves on the boards of directors of Needham Funds, WageWorks, Inc. and MBA Polymers, Inc. and other private companies. Mr. Larson received a L.L.B. and a B.A., with distinction, in economics, from Stanford University.

Steven Mento

Dr. Steven J. Mento, Ph.D., is Independent Director of Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biotechnology company engaged in the development of human therapy for liver disease. From 1997 to 2005 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Idun Pharmaceuticals and prior to that, from 1982 to 1992, Dr. Mento held various positions at American Cyanamid Company. His last position was Director of Viral Vaccine Research and Development at Lederle-Praxis Biologicals, a business unit of American Cyanamid Company. In January of 1992, he joined Viagene, Inc. as Vice President of Research and Development. Dr. Mento was responsible for directing the company’s transition from basic research through initiation of the first company sponsored Phase I and Phase II clinical trials in the emerging field of gene therapy. In October of 1995, Chiron Corporation acquired Viagene, Inc., and renamed the company Chiron Viagene, Inc. Dr. Mento served as President of Chiron Viagene, Inc. and Vice President of Chiron Corporation until August of 1997. Dr. Mento currently serves on the boards of BIOCOM, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), the BIO ECS Governing Body, the BIO Health Section Governing Body, the Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center at SDSU Scientific Advisory Board and Cal State San Marcos Advisory Council. Dr. Mento received a B.A, M.S, and a Ph.D. in microbiology from Rutgers University. He completed his post-doctoral fellowship in somatic cell genetics at the University of Toronto.

Saira Ramasastry

Ms. Saira Ramasastry is Independent Director of Sangamo Biosciences Inc. Since April 2009 she has served as Managing Partner of Life Sciences Advisory, LLC, a company that she founded to provide strategic advice, business development solutions and innovative financing strategies for life science companies. From August 1999 to March 2009, Ms. Ramasastry was an investment banker with Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc. where she helped establish the biotechnology practice and was responsible for origination of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), strategic and capital markets transactions. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch she served as a financial analyst in the M&A group at Wasserstein Perella & Co., an investment banking firm, from July 1997 to September 1998. Ms. Ramasastry currently serves on the Industry Advisory Board of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the board of directors of the American Liver Foundation and was formerly a special advisor to the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Ms. Ramasastry currently serves on the boards of directors of Pain Therapeutics, Inc. and Repros Therapeutics Inc. She received a B.A. in economics with honors and distinction and an M.S. in management science and engineering from Stanford University as well as an M. Phil. in management studies from the University of Cambridge in the U.K.

Thomas Wiggans

Mr. Thomas G. Wiggans was Independent Director of Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. Mr. Wiggans is a member of the Compensation Committee. In September 2010, Mr Wiggans founded and became Chief Executive Officer of Dermira, a private biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing innovative new therapies in dermatology. He formerly served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Peplin, Inc., which was acquired by LEO Pharma of Copenhagen, Denmark in November 2009. Prior to joining Peplin he served as Chief Executive Officer of Connetics Corporation, a biotechnology company, from 1994, and as Chairman of the Board from January 2006, until December 2006 when Connetics Corporation was acquired by Stiefel Laboratories. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Wiggans served as President and Chief Operating Officer of CytoTherapeutics, a biotechnology company. From 1980 to 1992, Mr. Wiggans served in various positions at Ares-Serono Group, a pharmaceutical company, including President of its U.S. pharmaceutical operations and Managing Director of its U.K. pharmaceutical operations. Mr. Wiggans currently serves as a member of the boards of directors of Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc., Somaxon Pharmaceuticals and Lithera, Inc., and the Board of Trustees of the University of Kansas Endowment Association. In addition, he is Chairman of the Biotechnology Institute, a non-profit educational organization. Mr. Wiggans received a B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Kansas and an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University.

Elizabeth Wolffe

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

William Ringo

--

Edward Lanphier

2,785,230

H. Ward Wolff

1,132,140

Geoffrey Nichol

1,332,210

Philip Gregory

977,430

Dale Ando

1,010,120

Paul Cleveland

--

Stephen Dilly

--

John Larson

--

Steven Mento

--

Saira Ramasastry

--

Thomas Wiggans

--

Elizabeth Wolffe

--
As Of 30 Dec 2012

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