Syncona Limited announced the appointments of Dr. Julie Cherrington and Dr. Cristina Csimma as Non-Executive Directors with effect from 1 February 2022. Dr. Julie Cherrington is an experienced life science executive with a strong track record in bringing drugs into the clinic and through to commercialisation, and particular expertise in the oncology setting. She has previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer at several biotechnology companies in the US West Coast, Canada and Australia, most recently at ARCH Oncology and QUE Oncology, and currently holds non-executive roles at a number of listed and private biotechnology companies including Mirati Therapeutics. Dr. Cristina Csimma joins Syncona with nearly 30 years' experience of drug development, new company formation, value creation and strategic guidance across a broad range of therapeutic areas. She also brings significant expertise in venture capital and the US biotech capital market environment. She is currently Executive Chair of the clinical-stage drug development firm Forendo Pharma, which recently entered into a definitive agreement under which Organon will acquire Forendo Pharma, and also holds non-executive roles at several other listed and private US-based biotechnology companies.