Zura Bio promotes recent hire Robert Lisicki to CEO post

29 March 2024

US clinical-stage biotech Zura Bio (Nasdaq: ZURA) on Thursday announced the appointment of Robert Lisicki as chief executive (CEO), effective April 8, 2024.

He will succeed its founding CEO, Dr Someit Sidhu, who will continue to serve Zura Bio as a non-independent board director.

The company, which was founded in January 2022 and closed a business combination with JATT Acquisition Corp last year, will expand its board membership to 10, which includes Mr Lisicki’s role as a director of the board. Mr Lisick joined Zura Bio in January this year as president and chief operating officer.

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