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Editas Medicine Announces Appointment of Erick J. Lucera as Chief Financial Officer
Michelle Robertson to remain with Company until August 16, 2023 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Editas Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDIT), a
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[{"type":"text","content":"Michelle Robertson to remain with Company until August 16, 2023\nCAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Editas Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDIT), a clinical-stage genome editing company, today announced the appointment of Erick J. Lucera as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective May 17, 2023. Mr. Lucera will succeed Michelle Robertson, who has served in the role since January 2020 and is stepping down to pursue external opportunities. Ms. Robertson will remain with the Company in an advisory role through August 16, 2023, to ensure a smooth transition. “We are thrilled to welcome Erick to the executive leadership team as our new CFO. Erick brings to Editas a proven track record of driving financial decision-making, as well as identifying and successfully closing strategic partnerships in the biotechnology field,” said Gilmore O’Neill, M.B., M.M.Sc., President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are confident that Erick joining our team will best position Editas for success as we pursue our goal of delivering life-changing medicines to patients with previously untreatable or under-treated diseases.” Dr. O’Neill continued, “On behalf of the entire Company, I also would like to thank Michelle for her significant contributions and dedication to Editas Medicine during the past three and a half years, including positioning Editas financially to ensure our ability to meet our goals and deliver life-changing medicines to patients.” “I am honored and excited for the opportunity to join Editas Medicine at this pivotal time as their lead asset is generating exciting human data and the Company is beginning to prepare its regulatory and commercialization strategy. Furthermore, I believe the Company has a valuable, yet underappreciated, patent portfolio. I am confident I can leverage my prior experience to help focus the Company towards the exciting vision that Gilmore has laid out to bring innovative medicines to patients and drive shareholder returns. I am looking forward to working with Gilmore, the board of directors, and the entire team at Editas Medicine, in addition to its other stakeholders,” said Erick J. Lucera, Chief Financial Officer, Editas Medicine. Ms. Robertson added, “Being a part of Editas Medicine’s journey and helping lead to this point in the Company’s growth has been an honor. I look forward ...