Prothena Corporation plc announced the appointment of Richard T. Collier and Shane Cooke to its board of directors. Mr. Collier and Mr. Cooke join existing directors Lars Ekman, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Dale Schenk, CEO of Prothena. Richard T. Collier is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at The Temple University Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia.

Shane Cooke is President of Alkermes plc and previously, was Head of Elan Drug Technologies (EDT) and Executive Vice President of Elan Corporation, plc from 2007 until the merger between EDT and Alkermes Inc. in September 2011.