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Viking Therapeutics Announces Senior Management Team Appointments
Greg Zante Promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Marianne Mancini Promoted to Chief Operating Officer SAN DIEGO, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking
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[{"type":"text","content":"Greg Zante Promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Marianne Mancini Promoted to Chief Operating Officer\n\n\nSAN DIEGO, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (\"Viking\") (NASDAQ: VKTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders, today announced two key executive promotions. The company has named Greg Zante as chief financial officer and Marianne Mancini as chief operating officer. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nMr. Zante possesses nearly 25 years of financial management experience at public and private companies in the biotechnology and accounting industries and most recently served as Viking's senior vice president of finance. Ms. Mancini has more than 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry focusing on the management and oversight of clinical trials from early-stage to late-stage drug development and most recently served as the company's senior vice president of clinical operations.\n\"Greg and Marianne have played integral roles in the successes that Viking has achieved over the past several years, including the advancement of our pipeline of best-in-class therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders and the execution of a prudent financial strategy to support our continued progress,\" stated Brian Lian, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Viking. \"These promotions are well deserved and reflect Greg's and Marianne's contributions to Viking's position as a leader in the discovery and development of novel therapies for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH.\"\nPrior to joining Viking in 2016 as vice president of finance and operations, Mr. Zante was chief financial officer at Dance Biopharm, a diabetes-focused biopharmaceutical company, where he managed the company's private financing strategy and positioned it for initial public offering activities. Mr. Zante has also previously held senior positions at several biopharmaceutical companies including Sangamo Therapeutics, Calyx Therapeutics and Matrix Pharmaceuticals. He is a certified public accountant in the state of California and previously served as a senior staff accountant at Ernst & Young. Mr. Zante received his bachelor's degree in business-economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.\nPrior to joining Viking ...