Raymond Withy, Ph.D.
Director
Raymond Withy has served as a member of our Board since July 2005, as a member of the Compensation Committee since March 2006 and as Chair of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since July 2012. He has over 25 years experience in the biotechnology industry. Most recently, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Abgenix, Inc. until his retirement in 2004. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Abgenix until June 2005. As one of the co-founders of Abgenix in 1996, Dr. Withy initially served as its Vice-President, Business Development, then its Chief Business Officer and then President before becoming its CEO. Prior to the founding of Abgenix, Dr.Withy held various business development positions at Cell Genesys, Inc. From 1991 to 1993, Dr. Withy was a consultant to the industry in the areas of business development and strategic planning. Dr. Withy held various research and development positions at Genzyme Corp. and Integrated Genetics, which he joined in 1984. Dr. Withy has served as a member of the Board of a number of companies, including Xenotech, Inc., Abgenix, Digitab, Inc. and Nuon Therapeutics, Inc., and has served as chairman of the board of Nuon Therapeutics, Inc. and Digitab, Inc. Dr. Withy received a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Biochemistry and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, both from the University of Nottingham, UK and was a post-doctoral research fellow at the California Institute of Technology.