People: Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc (ARNA.A)

Mr. Robert E. Hoffman is Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance, Principal Accounting Officer of Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., effective June 15, 2012. Previously from December 2005 to March 2011. Mr. Hoffman has served as the Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer since August 2011 and previously from December 2005 to March 2011. Mr. Hoffman served as the Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer from June 2004 to December 2005, as the Vice President, Finance from April 2000 to June 2004, and as the Controller from August 1997 to April 2000. From March 2011 to August 2011, Mr. Hoffman served as Chief Financial Officer for Polaris Group, a biopharmaceutical drug company. Mr. Hoffman serves as a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Small Business Advisory Committee and the steering committee of the Association of Bioscience Financial Officers. Mr. Hoffman is also a member and a former director and President of the San Diego Chapter of Financial Executives International. Mr. Hoffman holds a B.B.A. from St. Bonaventure University, and is licensed as a C.P.A. (inactive) in the State of California