Orchard Therapeutics announced that company Bobby Gaspar, M.D., Ph.D., has been named chief executive officer, effective immediately. Dr. Gaspar, previously president of research, chief scientific officer, and a member of the Orchard board of directors, succeeds Mark Rothera, who has served as the company’s chief executive officer since 2017. As part of this transition process, Frank Thomas, Orchard’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer, will take on the role of president.