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Asterias Biotherapeutics adds two to board

pharmafile | August 26, 2014 | Appointment | Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing |ย ย Asterias Biotherapeutics, Pfizerย 

US biotech firm Asterias Biotherapeutics has confirmed the appointments of Andrew Arno and Natale Ricciardi to its board of directors.

Natale Ricciardi (pictured) joins the company having spent his entire 39-year biopharma career at Pfizer. He retired in 2011 as a member of its executive leadership team after holding the positions of president of Pfizer global manufacturing, and as a senior VP.

In addition to his corporate leadership role at the firm, he was directly responsible for all Pfizerโ€™s internal and external supply organisation.

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Arno joins the company with 30 years of experience working with emerging growth companies. He is currently managing director of investment bank Emerging Growth Equities.

He was previously president of LOMUSA, also an investment banking firm. From 2009 to 2012 he served as vice chairman and CMO of Unterberg Capital, an investment advisory firm that he co-founded.

โ€œWe are very pleased to welcome Andy Arno and Nat Ricciardi to our board and look forward to working with them to build shareholder value,โ€ says Alfred Kingsley, chairman at Asterias.

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