Company: ZLAB
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018384
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Company: Zai Lab Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: PRE 14A
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Biographical information for our executive officers is set forth below:

The biographical information of Samantha (Ying) Du, Ph.D. is set forth above under Matters Requiring Shareholder Action – Proposals 1-9 – Election of Directors .

Yajing Chen, Ph.D., was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in July 2023. She previously served as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer since September 2021. Dr. Chen joined Zai Lab from AstraZeneca, where she held various roles of increasing responsibility from 2006 to 2021, including Chief Financial Officer for the U.S. Oncology Business Unit from 2019 to 2021 and Finance Controller of the Global Oncology Business Unit from 2016 to 2019. In these roles, Dr. Chen led financial planning and analysis as well as the development of a long-term strategic plan for the oncology therapeutic area, guiding business development, pipeline prioritization, and commercial strategy, and enabling substantial revenue growth for their global oncology business. Dr. Chen received a Ph.D. in Microbiology from New York University and an MBA. from Columbia University.

Rafael G. Amado, M.D., joined our Company as President, Head of Global Oncology Research and Development in December 2022 and was promoted to President, Head of Global Research and Development in June 2024, expanding his role to encompass R&D efforts across all of our therapeutic areas. Dr. Amado joined Zai Lab from Allogene Therapeutics, Inc., where he served as Executive Vice President, Head of Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer since September 2019. Prior to Allogene, he served as President of Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer of Adaptimmune, LLC from August 2018 to July 2019 and as Chief Medical Officer from March 2015 to July 2018. In these roles, he was responsible for directing discovery and clinical development strategy as well as execution activities for several gene-engineered cell therapies, chairing the R&D leadership team and providing medical guidance for pipeline prioritization. Prior to Adaptimmune, Dr. Amado held various roles of increasing responsibility at GlaxoSmithKline from 2008 to 2015, most recently as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Oncology Research and Development, and at Amgen Inc. from 2003 to 2008, where he was last Executive Director of Clinical Research and Global Development in Therapeutic