Company: RNAC
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001453687-25-000075
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Company: Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 in 2001 from the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., North America, based in Nutley, N.J. Mr. Zenner held various executive positions during his 32-year career with the company. Mr. Zenner is currently a member of the board of trustees of Creighton University and is Chairman Emeritus of the board of trustees of Fairleigh Dickinson University. In addition, Mr. Zenner served as Chairman of the board and a director of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. from 2002 until May 2022. From 2002 until January 2020, Mr. Zenner served as Chairman of the board and a director of ArQule, Inc. Until its sale in 2012, Mr. Zenner was a director of Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc. In 2010, he resigned from the boards of Geron Corporation, Xoma Ltd. and Exact Sciences, Inc. Until its sale in September 2009, Mr. Zenner was a director of CuraGen Corporation. Mr. Zenner received a B.S./B.A. from Creighton University and an M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Mr. Zenner’s extensive experience as a senior pharmaceutical executive and board member to numerous companies in the biotechnology industry contributed to our Board’s conclusion that he should serve as a director of our Company.

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Class II Directors (Terms Expire at 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders)

The current members of the Board who are Class II Directors are as follows:

| Name                         |     | Age |     | Served as a Director Since |     | Position(s) with Cartesian |
| Carrie S. Cox                |     |  67 |     |                       2019 |     | Chairman of the Board      |
| Murat Kalayoglu, M.D., Ph.D. |     |  52 |     |                       2023 |     | Director                   |
| Kemal Malik, M.B.B.S.        |     |  62 |     |                       2024 |     | Director                   |

The principal occupations and business experience, for at least the past five years, of each Class II Director are as follows:

| CARRIE S. COX |     | Age | 67 |

Carrie S. Cox has served as a member of our Board and as chairman of the Board since November 2019. Ms. Cox has also served as chairman