SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS INC (SMMT)
Sector: Health Care
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Health Care
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Director information for SMMT
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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| SMMT | Retired Executive and Professor; Board Member; Director | 72 | [] | [] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Robert Booth, age 72, has served on our Board of Directors since September 2022. Dr. Booth has spent more than 30 years in the biopharmaceutical industry, From 2019 until 2021, Dr. Booth served as Executive Chairman of Myoforte Therapeutics. Additionally, Dr. Booth served as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Virobay Inc. from 2010 until 2019. Prior to Virobay, Dr. Booth was the Chief Scientific Officer at Celera Genomics, where he was responsible for all discovery and development activities. At Celera, Dr. Booth conceived and initiated the BTK inhibitor program that was ultimately licensed to Pharmacyclics and from which IMBRUVICA (ibrutinib) was developed and approved. Dr. Booth served on the board of directors of Pharmacyclics until its acquisition by AbbVie. Prior to Celera, Dr. Booth was Senior Vice President for Roche in Palo Alto, California, where he was a member of the global research management team and the business development committee, which oversaw licensing opportunities. Dr. Booth currently serves on the boards of Acurex Biosciences, Thryv Therapeutics, and Maxymune Therapeutics, private companies that are focused on neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, and immune-related diseases, respectively. Dr. Booth additionally served on the board of Cymabay Therapeutics, a public biotech company from 2016 until 2020, Glialogix Therapeutics, a private biotech company from 2013 until 2022, and Myoforte Therapeutics, a private biotech company from 2019 until 2021. Dr. Booth received his BSc and PhD in biochemistry from the University of London. The Board of Directors has determined that Dr. Booth qualifies as an independent director under applicable Nasdaq listing rules. We believe Dr. Booth is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his expertise and experience in drug discovery and development and the life sciences industry.