EXELIXIS INC (EXEL)
Sector: Health Care
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Health Care
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Director information for EXEL
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXEL | Independent Director | 70 | ["Expertise in corporate development","Significant leadership experience in the biopharmaceutical sector","Extensive experience serving on the boards of several public and private companies"] | ["Governance Committee","Risk Committee"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Tomas J. Heyman has been a director since May 2023. Since 2025, Mr. Heyman has served as Executive Partner at Bioqube Ventures, a life sciences investment firm, having previously served as Operating Partner from 2020 to 2025. Mr. Heyman was a consultant to Interlaken Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, and served as its interim Chief Executive Officer, from 2021 to 2024, was President of Johnson & Johnson s Corporate Venture Capital Group, the venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson, a pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods company, from 2015 to 2019, and served as Global Head of Business Development for Johnson & Johnson s Pharmaceutical Group from 1992 to 2015. In addition, he served as Managing Director of Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V., an affiliate of Johnson & Johnson (now known as Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine), from 2008 to 2016. Mr. Heyman began his career as a member of the legal department of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV in 1982. Mr. Heyman has also served as a member of the board of directors of: Legend Biotech Corporation, a publicly held biotechnology company, since 2022, Primmune Therapeutics, a privately held pharmaceutical company since 2024; and Synox Therapeutics, a privately held biotechnology company, since 2025. Previously, Mr. Heyman served as Non-Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Venatorx, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical company from 2023 to 2024. Mr. Heyman has also served as a member of the board of directors of: Xilio Therapeutics Inc., a publicly held biotechnology company, from 2022 to 2024; Invivyd, Inc., a publicly held biopharmaceutical company, from 2021 to 2024; OptiNose, Inc., a publicly held specialty pharmaceutical company acquired by Paratek Pharmaceuticals, from 2020 to 2025; Akero Therapeutics Inc., a publicly held biotech company acquired by Novo Nordisk, from 2020 to 2025; and as a member of the Supervisory Board of Crucell NV, a biotechnology company. Mr. Heyman has also served on the board of directors of the International Biomedical Research Alliance, a non-profit organization focused on biomedical research, since 2018, and on the board of directors of Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum VZW, a Belgian non-profit organization specializing in micro- and nano-electronic research, since 2012. Mr. Heyman holds a Master of Laws from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He completed post-graduate studies in International Law in Geneva, Switzerland, and post-graduate studies in Business Management at the University of Antwerp in Belgium.