Paul M. Meister has been a director since July 2019 and our Lead Independent Director since April 2022. Mr. Meister is a partner in Novalis LifeSciences, a life science venture firm and is also co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Lane Partners, LLC, a private investment company with investment holdings in healthcare, technology and distribution-related industries. From 2014 to 2018, he was President of MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated, a private company that owns or controls a diverse set of businesses. During 2018, he also served, on an interim basis, as Executive Vice Chairman of Revlon, Inc., a leading beauty products company, and acted as Revlon’s principal executive officer. He served from 2010 to 2014 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of inVentiv Health (now Syneos Health), a leading provider of commercial, consulting and clinical research services to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. He was Chairman of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., a scientific instruments equipment and supplies company, from November 2006 to April 2007. He was previously an Executive Officer of Fisher Scientific International, Inc., a predecessor of Thermo Fisher Scientific from 1991 to 2006. Mr. Meister holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s of business administration degree from Northwestern University. Mr. Meister’s extensive public company experience, as both an executive and a board member, provides the Board significant expertise in management, strategy, finance and capital markets, operations, and mergers and acquisitions.
Other Public Company Directorships: Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Quanterix Corporation, LKQ Corporation (1999-2018), Oaktree Acquisition Corp.II, (2020-2022), Revlon, Inc. (2016-2018), Scientific Games Corporation (2012-2020) and vTv Therapeutics Inc. (2015-2018)