Jean-Francois Formela, MD
Chairman
Dr. Formela has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2010 and has served as chair since March 2012. He is currently a partner in the life sciences group of Atlas Venture, an early stage venture capital firm focused on investments in biological and drug discovery technologies, and has served in such capacity since joining Atlas Venture in 1993. Dr. Formela currently serves on the board of directors of Horizon Pharma, Inc., a publicly held life sciences company. He is also the chairman of the board of directors of RaNA Therapeutics, Inc., which he co-founded, and serves on the board of directors of the following privately held companies: Annovation Biopharma, Inc., Arteaus Therapeutics, LLC, and F-star Biotechnology Limited. Within the past 5 years, Dr. Formela has also served on the boards of directors of the following public companies: ARCA biopharma, Inc., and Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to joining Atlas Venture, Dr. Formela served as a senior director of medical marketing and scientific affairs at Schering-Plough Corporation, a pharmaceutical company which merged with Merck & Co., Inc. Dr. Formela began his career as a medical doctor and practiced emergency medicine at Necker University Hospital in Paris. Dr. Formela is a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Research Advisory Council and a trustee of the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art. He received his M.D. from the Paris University School of Medicine and his M.B.A. from Columbia University.
Robert Radie
Mr. Radie is our president and chief executive officer and a member of our board of directors, positions he has held since March 2012. From November 2010 to October 2011, Mr. Radie served as president and chief executive officer of Topaz Pharmaceuticals Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company acquired by Sanofi Pasteur in the fourth quarter of 2011. From March 2009 to November 2010, Mr. Radie served as president and chief executive officer of Transmolecular, Inc., a biotechnology company developing cancer diagnostic and treatment products, after serving as a consultant to Transmolecular from December 2008 through March 2009. From September 2007 to September 2008, Mr. Radie served as the chief business officer of Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Before joining Prestwick, Mr. Radie served in senior management positions with a number of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including Morphotek, Inc., Vicuron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company. Mr. Radie serves as a director of Paratek Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company, and Horse Power for Life, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals diagnosed with cancer. Mr. Radie received his B.S. in chemistry from Boston College.
Renee Aguiar-Lucander
Ms. Aguiar-Lucander has been a member of our board of directors since our inception in July 2010 and served as chair from that time until March 2012. Since January 2009, Ms. Aguiar-Lucander has been a partner of Omega Fund Management, a venture capital fund focused on healthcare investments. From 2005 to 2009, she was a partner in the venture capital team of 3i Group plc, a private equity and venture capital firm. While with 3i Group, Ms. Aguiar-Lucander also was a member of the venture capital division’s investment committee and a senior member of the European portfolio management team with a focus on healthcare assets. From 2003 to 2005, Ms. Aguiar-Lucander served as an advisor for private equity funds and from 2000 to 2003, she was a managing director in corporate finance with Lehman Brothers, focusing primarily on the technology, media, and communications sectors. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Ms. Aguiar-Lucander worked for Deutsche Bank and Alex Brown & Sons, both in the United States and in Europe, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and private and public capital-raising for growth companies. Ms. Aguiar-Lucander currently serves on the board of NsGene A/S and Spinevision S.A., 2 privately held Omega portfolio companies. Ms. Aguiar-Lucander has a bachelor’s degree in finance from the Stockholm School of Economics and an M.B.A. from INSEAD.
Gregory Weaver
Mr. Weaver joined our board of directors effective February 5, 2014, the date of the listing of our common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market. As of January 15, 2015 Mr. Weaver serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Oryzon Genomics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics in oncology and CNS diseases. From September 2013 to October 2014, Mr. Weaver served as the chief financial officer, senior vice president, treasurer and corporate secretary of Fibrocell Science, Inc., a publicly held cell therapy company. From June 2011 to July 2013, Mr. Weaver served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Celsion Corporation, a publicly held biotechnology company, and was a director and chairman of the audit committee of Celsion’s Board of Directors from 2005 to 2011. From February 2009 to September 2010, Mr. Weaver served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Poniard Pharmaceuticals, a public oncology drug development company. From February 2007 to February 2009, Mr. Weaver served as chief financial officer of Talyst, Inc., a privately-held pharmacy information product company. In 2006 and 2007, he served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Sirna Therapeutics, a public RNA therapeutics company until it was acquired by Merck & Co., Inc., in December 2006. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Weaver was chief financial officer of Nastech Pharmaceuticals, a public drug delivery company. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Weaver was chief financial officer of Ilex Oncology Inc., a public oncology drug development company, and from 1996 to 1999, he was chief financial officer of Prism Technologies, a privately held medical device company. Prior to that, Mr. Weaver held increasingly senior positions with Fidelity Capital and Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Weaver currently serves on the board of directors and audit committee of Atossa Genetics, a publicly held diagnostics company, and also served as a director and chairman of the audit committee of SCOLR Pharmaceuticals, a public drug delivery company, from 2007 to 2009. Mr. Weaver is a certified public accountant and received an M.B.A. from Boston College and a B.S. in accounting from Trinity University.
Timothy Walbert
Since March 2014 Mr. Walbert has been a member of our board of directors. Mr. Walbert has been the president and chief executive officer of Horizon Pharma since June 2008 and has been the chairman of the Horizon board since 2010. Previously, he served as president, chief executive officer, and director of IDM Pharma, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company which was acquired by Takeda America Holdings, Inc., or Takeda, in June 2009. Prior to IDM, Mr. Walbert served as executive vice president, commercial operations, at NeoPharm, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Walbert served as divisional vice president and general manager, immunology, where he led the global development and launch of the multi-indication biologic HUMIRA, which is on track to exceed $10.0 billion in 2013 sales, and divisional vice president, global cardiovascular strategy, at Abbott, now AbbVie. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Walbert served as director, CELEBREX North America, and arthritis team leader, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Canada at G.D. Searle & Company. From 1991 to 1998, Mr. Walbert also held sales and marketing roles with increasing responsibility at G.D. Searle, Merck & Co., Inc., and Wyeth. Mr. Walbert received his B.A. in business from Muhlenberg College. In addition to the Egalet board of directors, Mr. Walbert serves on the XOMA Ltd., Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization (iBIO), ChicagoNEXT and Greater Chicago Arthritis Foundation boards. Mr. Walbert was appointed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to the Illinois Innovation Council.

