Company: KROS
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-037982
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Company: Keros Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
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 from October 1999 to June 2001 and the Director of Research and Development Planning at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from June 1993 to October 1999. Mr. Knowles also serves on the board of several private life science companies. Mr. Knowles received a B.A. with distinction in Chemistry from Carleton College, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.Sc. in Chemistry from UC Berkeley. Our Board believes Mr. Knowles’ significant industry experience and corporate management experience qualify him to serve on our Board. Class III Directors Continuing in Office Until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Jean-Jacques Bienaimé , age 71, has served as a member of our Board since June 2024 and has served as Lead Independent Director of our Board since July 2024. Mr. Bienaimé served as the Chief Executive Officer of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. from May 2005, and as the Chairman from June 2015, until his retirement from BioMarin in December 2023. From November 2002 to April 2005, Mr. Bienaimé served as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Genencor, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on industrial bioproducts and targeted cancer biotherapeutics. Prior to Genencor, Mr. Bienaimé served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Sangstat Medical Corporation, an immunology-focused biotechnology company, from 1998 to late 2002, becoming President in 1998 and Chief Executive Officer in 1999. Mr. Bienaimé also held several senior management positions at Rhône-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals (now Sanofi-Aventis) from 1992 to 1998, culminating in the position of Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Business Development. Earlier in his career, Mr. Bienaimé worked at Genentech, Inc. where he was involved in the launch of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) for the treatment of heart attacks. Mr. Bienaimé currently serves on the board of directors of Incyte Corporation and Immunome, Inc., as well as serving on the board of directors of two private biotechnology companies. Mr. Bienaimé received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a degree in economics from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris. Our Board believes that Mr