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Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
Appointment of Chief Financial Officer.
About this update from Trellus Health Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nTrellus Health plc\n(\"Trellus Health\" or the \"Company\")\n \nAppointment of Chief Financial Officer\n \nLONDON, U.K. AND NEW YORK, U.S. (12 September 2023). Trellus Health plc (AIM: TRLS), which is commercializing a scientifically validated and clinically proven personalized resilience-driven self-management solution for chronic health conditions at their intersection with mental health, announces the appointment of Joy Bessenger as Chief Financial Officer in a non-Board capacity, effective from 18 September. Joy's appointment follows the appointment of Steve Young, Interim Chief Financial Officer, as full-time CFO of EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc. Joy has been working as a consultant for Trellus Health since late July as part of an orderly handover from Steve.\n \nJoy has worked for over 20 years with both privately and publicly held life sciences and healthcare companies, with significant experience across finance, operations, corporate strategy and development, compliance and governance and strategic communications.\n \nHer most recent full-time role was at IMV, Inc., a clinical-stage, dual-listed (NASDAQ/TSX) biotechnology company, where she served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations. There, she took responsibility for a large portion of the CFO role, working closely with the CEO to develop a new capital markets and corporate strategy, helping to secure a $25m debt facility and engaging with current and potential partners, as well as institutional investors.\n \nFrom 2017-2019, Joy served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Strategy of IN8bio, a then privately-held biotechnology company, where she helped raise a $10 million Series A financing, engaging with new and existing investors. Prior to this, Joy was the Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer of 3D Forensic, Inc., a privately held forensic animation company, where she raised seed investment from angel investors, and developed a five-year strategic plan.\n \nDr. Marla Dubinsky, CEO and Co-Founder of Trellus Health, said: \"I am delighted to welcome Joy to the Trellus Health team as our new CFO. I believe her wealth of experience in life sciences and healthcare companies will be of great value to Trellus Health as we look to further execute our commercial strategy and secure additional partnerships,...