Company: PRTA
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001559053-25-000009
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Company: PROTHENA CORP PUBLIC LTD CO
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 10
Chunk 7
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 increasing responsibility at Eisai, Inc. from 2011 to December 2022, including as the International Project Team Leader for the lecanemab program, leading clinical development for the first Alzheimer’s disease therapy targeting amyloid beta to receive full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Prior to that role, Dr. Swanson held clinical research roles at Schering Plough and Merck Research Laboratories, and discovery research roles culminating as the US Head of Neurochemistry at Lundbeck Research US, Inc. Dr. Swanson earned his BS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his PhD from Medical University of South Carolina, while completing postdoctoral training at Eli Lilly and Co.

Karin L. Walker has served as our Chief Accounting Officer since 2013. Prior to joining Prothena in 2013, she was Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of Affymax, Inc., a position she held from 2012 to 2013. From 2009 to 2012, Ms. Walker was Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller at Amyris Inc. From 2006 to 2009, she was Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller for CV Therapeutics, Inc. Ms. Walker also held senior financial leadership positions at Knight Ridder Digital, Accellion, Niku Corporation, Financial Engines, Inc. and NeoMagic Corporation. Ms. Walker served on the boards of Cyclacel Pharmaceutical Inc. (a publicly traded clinical-stage oncology company) from 2020 to January 2025 and LifeSci Acquisition Corp. (a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company) in 2020. She earned her BS in business from the California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, and is a certified public accountant.

Wagner M. Zago, Ph.D., has served as our Chief Scientific Officer since 2017. Prior to that, from 2015 to 2017, he was our Vice President, Head of Research. From 2012 to 2015, Dr. Zago was our Head of Pharmacology and Neuropathology. From 2006 to 2012, he held various scientific positions at Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc, performing research aimed at developing new therapeutics for central nervous system disorders and inflammation. While in these positions, from 2009 to 2013, Dr. Zago also served as a scientist at Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy, a Johnson & Johnson Company. He earned his