Company: CERO
Filing Date: 2025-05-02
Form Type: PRER14A
Source: 0001213900-25-039149
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Company: CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-05-02
Form: PRER14A
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 2018 to January 2020 and Chief Financial Officer of Ocera Therapeutics, Inc., from December 2014 until its acquisition by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals in December 2017. Mr. Byrnes served as Corporate Controller of Maxygen, Inc. from March 2010 to December 2014 and prior to that, held finance positions of increasing responsibility from 2000 to 2010 with NeurogesX, Inc., Lipid Sciences, Inc. and ADAC Laboratories, Inc., a Philips Medical Systems company. Mr. Byrnes received his B.S.C. in Finance from Santa Clara University and an M.B.A. from California State University, Hayward. Mr. Byrnes was selected to serve on our board of directors based on his substantial leadership and management experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Lindsey Rolfe, M.D., has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2024. Dr. Rolfe has served as Chief Medical Officer at 3B Pharmaceuticals GmbH since January 2024 and previously served as Chief Medical Officer at Clovis Oncology Inc. from August 2015 to June 2023, and served as Senior Vice President of Clinical Development from 2010. At Clovis, Dr. Rolfe oversaw the development team that obtained approvals for Rubraca as an ovarian cancer

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treatment in the United States and Europe, and was responsible for all pre- and post -marketingmedical activities. Dr. Rolfe has more than 20 years of drug development experience and previously served in senior oncology development roles at Celgene Corporation, Pharmion Corporation, Cambridge Antibody Technology, UCB Inc. and Celltech Group plc. In addition, Dr. Rolfe served as an independent director at Atreca Inc. (Nasdaq: BCEL) from August 2019 until May 2024. Dr. Rolfe holds a BSc Anatomy and Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Edinburgh, undertook post -graduatemedical training in London, UK and obtained her post -graduateinternal medicine qualification as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians. She has specialist accreditation in Pharmaceutical Medicine from the UK General Medical Council and is a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine in the UK. Dr. Rolfe was selected to serve on our board of directors based on her experience in leading drug discovery and development of therapeutics. Vote Required; Board Recommendation The plurality of votes of the shares present or represented by