Company: SPRB
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-055856
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Company: SPRUCE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: PRE 14A
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 served in various roles with Glaxo, Inc., and Glaxo Holdings PLC, culminating in his position as Vice President, Corporate Development and director of international licensing. Mr. Grey received a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

The Board and Nominating Committee believes that Mr. Grey’s extensive experience managing and leading both early stage and established companies within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries qualify him to serve on the Board.

Camilla V. Simpson, M.Sc., 53, has served as a member of the Board since October 2017. Since April 2021, Ms. Simpson has served as Chief Executive Officer of Zehna Therapeutics, Inc., a private biotechnology company and spin-out from the Cleveland Clinic. Since April 2019, Ms. Simpson has been the Managing Member and President of Rare Strategic, LLC where she provides strategic advice and consulting services to biotechnology companies. Ms. Simpson joined the board of directors of Dyve Biosciences, Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company, in December 2020 and the board of directors of GRI Bio, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company, in April 2023. From April 2017 to April 2019, Ms. Simpson was SVP, Head of Product Portfolio Development at BioMarin, where she was responsible for corporate and R&D governance, program leadership, project management, competitive intelligence, portfolio strategy, and business analytics. From October 2014 to April 2017, Ms. Simpson was Group Vice President Global Regulatory Affairs at BioMarin, and from March 2014 to October 2014, Ms. Simpson was Vice President Regulatory Affairs EU at BioMarin. She also spent 12 years at Shire, where after multiple roles of increasing responsibility, she held the position of Vice President Regulatory Affairs Early Development and Business

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Development. Ms. Simpson holds a B.Sc. from University College Galway, Ireland, a B.Sc. Hons. from Kingston University, United Kingdom, and an M.Sc. with distinction from the University of London, United Kingdom.

The Board and Nominating Committee believes that Ms. Simpson’s significant experience as a senior executive in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, including her experience in a wide range of drug development, organizational strategy and global regulatory affairs matters, qualifies her to serve on the Board.

Directors Continuing in Office Until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of