Adam Houghton, Ph.D., M.B.A. has served as our Chief Business Officer since October 2021. From March 2019 until September 2021, Dr. Houghton was Vice President, Corporate Strategy, and Head of AbbVie Ventures, AbbVie Inc.'s corporate venture investment group and served as Senior Director and Head, Immunology Search and Evaluation from February 2015 until March 2019. Prior to this, Dr. Houghton was Senior Director and Head of Search and Evaluation at Biogen from July 2017 until February 2018. From November 2013 until February 2015, Dr. Houghton was Senior Director, Global External Research and Development, BioMedicines and Tailored Therapeutics at Eli Lilly and Company. Prior to this, Dr. Houghton was Section Head, Bone and Inflammation Drug Discovery at Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals from April 2000 until July 2005 and Research Assistant at Zeneca (now AstraZeneca) from October 1988 until September 1994. Dr. Houghton holds a B.S. from Manchester Metropolitan University, a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Sheffield, performed post-doctoral research at Yale School of Medicine and holds an M.B.A. from Xavier University.