Vigil Neuroscience, Inc. announced the appointments of Christopher Verni as General Counsel and Mary Thistle to its Board of Directors. Mr. Verni brings over 20 years of broad legal experience in the biotech and pharma industries. He was most recently Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Intellectual Property Officer at Sarepta Therapeutics.

There he provided legal counsel and contributed to legal risk management during a period of high growth with the commercial launch of three rare disease therapies. Ms. Thistle has more than 25 years of experience leading biopharmaceutical companies' strategy, business development and finance and has deep expertise in an array of therapeutic areas. She currently serves as Special Advisor at the Bill & Melinda Gates Research Institute.