LEADERSHIP

Laurent Fischer, M.D., is Adverum’s president and chief executive officer and serves as a director. Dr. Fischer has more than 20 years of drug development and commercialization experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Before joining Adverum, Dr. Fischer was senior vice president and head of the Liver Therapeutic Area at Allergan, PLC. Previously, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Tobira Therapeutics until its acquisition by Allergan in November 2016. He also served as chairman and chief executive officer of Jennerex, Inc. until its acquisition by SillaJen Biotherapeutics, Inc. Prior to Jennerex, he was co-founder, president and chief executive officer of Ocera Therapeutics and president and chief executive officer of Auxeris Therapeutics, Inc. Over the span of his career, Dr. Fischer has held roles of increasing responsibility at several companies, including RXCentric, Inc. (now part of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.), MedVantx Inc., Dupont Pharmaceuticals, Dupont-Merck, and F. Hoffmann-La Roche.

Dr. Fischer received his undergraduate degree from the University of Geneva and his medical degree from the Geneva Medical School, Switzerland.

Dr. Fischer served as chairman of the board of CTI Biopharma until its sale to SOBI in July 2017. He is a director at Atai Life, the first independent director at Nobel laureate Carolyn Bertozzi’s Lycia Therapeutics, and was a senior advisor on the Life Sciences Team at Frazier Healthcare Partners.