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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On January 16, 2024, the Board of Directors of Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Adam Townsend, the Company’s Chief Commercial Officer, to serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
Mr. Townsend, 47, has served as the Company’s Chief Commercial Officer since November 2018. From March 2010 to October 2018 he served in a variety of leadership roles at Biogen, including as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development from March 2018 to October 2018, as Senior Vice President, Specialty Medicines and Rare Disease Group from April 2017 to March 2018, as Vice President, Asset Executive for Spinraza from May 2016 to April 2017, Vice President – Account Executive for Hemophilia from November 2015 to May 2016, and Vice President Global Marketing – Head of Multiple Sclerosis from July 2013 to November 2015. Mr. Townsend received his medical biochemistry degree from Royal Holloway, University of London.
Mr. Townsend has no family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. There are no transactions and no proposed transactions between Mr. Townsend and the Company that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ||||||
| Date: January 22, 2024 | By: | /s/ Timothy Sullivan | ||||
| Timothy Sullivan | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||