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Stephen Bardin to Join atai Life Sciences as CFO Designate
Stephen Bardin will join as CFO Designate on June 27, 2022After a transition period, atai’s current CFO Greg Weaver will be moving into a part time strategic
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[{"type":"text","content":"Stephen Bardin will join as CFO Designate on June 27, 2022After a transition period, atai’s current CFO Greg Weaver will be moving into a part time strategic advisory role NEW YORK and BERLIN, June 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- atai Life Sciences N.V., (Nasdaq: ATAI) (“atai” or the “Company”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to transform the treatment of mental health disorders, announced today that Stephen Bardin, currently Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations at BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBIO) (\"BridgeBio\"), will be appointed Chief Financial Officer during the third quarter of 2022. Initially, Mr. Bardin will join the Company as Deputy CFO and CFO Designate on June 27th and will be supported in his transition by current CFO Greg Weaver. Mr. Weaver, after two years of exceptional service to the Company, will subsequently step into a strategic advisory role which is expected to conclude on March 31, 2023. Mr. Bardin spent nearly three years at BridgeBio, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company with a broad pipeline of development programs, where he oversaw a broad range of finance activities and helped raise over USD 2B through a variety of financing transactions. Prior to that, Mr. Bardin held positions focused on finance, operations and corporate development at Myovant Sciences, Inc., Halo Neuroscience, Inc., and the Boston Consulting Group. He holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and graduated summa cum laude from Duke University with a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering. “Stephen’s highly relevant experience and his unique insights into our hub and spoke model of drug development make him the perfect fit for our team. I am thrilled to have him join us on our mission to pioneer the development of highly effective mental health treatments,” said atai Co-Founder and CEO Florian Brand. “We also extend our deepest gratitude to Greg for his achievements in building a strong finance function and his leadership during our successful IPO. We would not be where we are today without him.” “I am so proud of what we achieved as a team at atai during my tenure over the last two years,” said Mr. Weaver. “With a cash balance of USD 335M (as of March 31, 2022), we have built a company that is very well capitalized and in a uniquely strong position for success given its leadershi...