• Susan Altschuller, Ph.D. brings financial management, investor relations, and business planning experience from leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to Cerevel
  
• Dr. Altschuller to become CFO effective May 15, 2023

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerevel Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CERE), a company dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of the brain to treat neuroscience diseases, today announced the appointment of Susan Altschuller, Ph.D. as chief financial officer (CFO), effective May 15, 2023.

“We are excited to welcome Susan to Cerevel, as she brings a breadth of experience leading biopharmaceutical companies by leveraging her strategic understanding, financial expertise, strong scientific background, and engagement with the investment community,” said Tony Coles, M.D. chairperson and outgoing chief executive officer of Cerevel Therapeutics. “Our strong cash position continues to support a robust pipeline of potential therapies and Susan will be a key member of the leadership team as we focus on executing clinical trials and optimizing our cash runway. I also want to express my sincere gratitude to Mark Bodenrader for his important contributions as interim CFO during a time of significant growth at Cerevel.”

“I look forward to collaborating with Susan as we track toward seven expected data readouts in 2024,” said Ron Renaud, incoming president and chief executive officer of Cerevel Therapeutics. “Tony and I agree that Susan is a natural fit for Cerevel, with her deep experience in corporate and commercial finance, investor relations, and strategic growth.”

“I am impressed by what Cerevel has accomplished to date through creative dealmaking and thoughtful capital formation,” said Dr. Altschuller. “I look forward to joining a fantastic team with exciting days ahead and working together to push boundaries, develop solutions and transform lives of people with some of the most devastating neuroscience diseases.”

About Susan Altschuller, Ph.D.

Susan Altschuller, Ph.D., MBA has extensive financial management, investor relations, and business planning experience with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Most recently, she served as the chief financial officer of ImmunoGen, a biotechnology company developing the next generation of antibody-drug conjugates for cancer patients.

Before ImmunoGen, Dr. Altschuller worked at Alexion, where she was head of investor relations and later, head of enterprise finance. Prior to joining Alexion, Dr. Altschuller was head of investor relations at Bioverativ, where she served as the primary interface with Wall Street and led all investor-related activities for the launch of the Biogen hemophilia spin-off. Earlier in her career, Dr. Altschuller held positions at Biogen in various functions of increasing responsibility, including investor relations, corporate finance, and commercial finance. She received a BSE in Biomedical Engineering with Honors from Tulane University, a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Dr. Altschuller serves as audit chair on the Board of Directors of Vestaron Corporation and is a founding Board member of the HNRNP Family Foundation.

About Cerevel Therapeutics

Cerevel Therapeutics is dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of the brain to treat neuroscience diseases. The company is tackling diseases by combining its deep expertise in neurocircuitry with a focus on targeted receptor subtype selectivity and a differentiated approach to pharmacology. Cerevel Therapeutics has a diversified pipeline comprised of five clinical-stage investigational therapies and several preclinical compounds with the potential to treat a range of neuroscience diseases, including schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease psychosis, epilepsy, panic disorder, and Parkinson’s disease. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Cerevel Therapeutics is advancing its current research and development programs while exploring new modalities through internal research efforts, external collaborations, or potential acquisitions. For more information, visit www.cerevel.com.

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