Dr Jean-Jacques Garaud, the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director joined Circassia as a Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2012. He is a Member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Nomination Committee. Jean-Jacques has extensive pharmaceutical research and development experience having held senior roles at companies in the United States and Europe. Until recently he was Global Head of Pharma Research and Early Development and a member of the extended corporate executive committee at F Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. having joined the company in 2007 as Global Head of Pharmaceutical Development and Chief Medical Officer. Prior to this he was Global Head of Clinical Research and Development and Global Head of Exploratory Development at Novartis and held roles at Schering-Plough Corporation, Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Limited and Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. Before working in industry, Jean- Jacques practised medicine at the Claude Bernard Hospital in Paris, France after gaining his medical degree at the University of Paris. He is a Non- Executive Director at MedDay SAS, Inatherys SAS and Polyphor Limited and Chairman of the Inserm Transfert Initiatives Investment Committee.

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