Directorate Change

RNS Number : 7664L

Immupharma PLC

30 April 2015

 

30 APRIL 2015

DR STÉPHANE MÉRY APPOINTED AS NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ImmuPharma PLC (LSE:IMM), ("ImmuPharma" or the "Company"), the specialist drug discovery and development company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Stéphane Méry as non-executive director.

Dr Stéphane Méry has extensive experience in the Healthcare industry. He is currently CEO of Contronics Ltd, which designs and sells laboratory monitoring equipments, and until recently he was Partner at Beringea LLP, a $400m US/UK venture capital fund, where he was responsible for healthcare investments in Europe. Previously, he was the Fund Manager/CEO of the Bloomsbury Bioseed Fund, a Biotech and Medtech investment fund, which was behind the birth of successful companies such as Spirogen (sold to MedImmune), Abzema (listed on AIM), and Canbex, (recently sold to Ipsen). Prior to this, Stéphane was Associate Director, Worldwide Business Development, for SmithKline Beecham (GSK) where he was responsible for the negotiation of several major in-license deals and acquisitions. Before GSK, he was involved in the start-up of Double Helix Development, a successful strategic consultancy company specialising in R&D for the biotech and healthcare industry and recently sold to McCann. Just before, he worked as a management consultant at the American consultancy firm, ZS Associates, specialising on sales and marketing within the pharmaceutical industry. Stéphane is a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine, a trained Veterinary Pathologist, specialising in Nasal Toxicology at the Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology (CIIT) in North Carolina, and holds an MBA from INSEAD (Fontainebleau).

Commenting on Dr Méry's appointment Richard Warr, Executive Chairman said: 

"The appointment of Dr Stéphane Méry represents a strong addition to the Board.  Stéphane's industry background and investment experience will be very valuable as we embark on the pivotal Phase III trial for Lupuzor^TM."

Stéphane Robert George Méry, age 50

Current Directorships

Previous Directorships (held within the past five years)

Contronics Limited Contronics (Holdings) Limited La Petite Ecole Francaise Ltd

Abzena plc Altacor Limited APM Healthcare Limited Beringea LLP Canbex Therapeutics Limited Disposable Cubicle Curtains Limited Digital Healthcare Ltd Domainex Limited Endomagnetics Ltd Genex Biosystems Limited Inforsense Ltd Long Eaton Healthcare Ltd NCE-Discovery Limited Omni Dental Sciences Limited Pharmovation Limited Polytherics Limited Population Genetics Technologies Limited ProAxon Limited Spear Therapeutics Limited

Stéphane Méry holds 2,259 ordinary shares in the Company.

There are no other disclosures required in relation to Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

For further information please contact:

ImmuPharma plc	+ 44 (0) 20 7152 4080
Dimitri Dimitriou, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Robert Zimmer, President and Chief Scientific Officer
Richard Warr, Chairman
Lisa Baderoon, Head of Investor Relations	+ 44 (0) 7721 413496
Panmure, Gordon & Co., NOMAD & Broker	[phone]
Hugh Morgan, Fred Walsh, Duncan Monteith, Corporate Finance Charles Leigh-Pemberton, Corporate Broking

 

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