ZIOPHARM (ZIOP) Appoints CMO Hagop Youssoufian to Oversee Clinical Ops
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ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZIOP), announced a new executive leadership team reporting to Jonathan Lewis, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer. Under this new structure, Hagop Youssoufian, M.Sc., M.D., President of Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer, will, in addition to his current responsibilities, assume oversight of all regulatory affairs and clinical operations, and Caesar J. Belbel, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, will add responsibility for corporate and business development. Jason A. Amello, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will continue to be responsible for finance and information technology, and Lynn M. Ferrucci, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, will continue to oversee human resources.
In conjunction with the introduction of the new reporting structure, Richard E. Bagley, President, Chief Operating Officer and Director, is leaving the Company and stepping down from the Company's Board of Directors. Additionally, Mark Thornton, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, Health Policy and Advocacy and Chief Quality Compliance Officer, is leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Both Mr. Bagley and Dr. Thornton are expected to remain available to ZIOPHARM on an advisory basis. With Dr. Thornton's departure, ZIOPHARM will no longer maintain an office in Germantown, MD.
In conjunction with the introduction of the new reporting structure, Richard E. Bagley, President, Chief Operating Officer and Director, is leaving the Company and stepping down from the Company's Board of Directors. Additionally, Mark Thornton, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, Health Policy and Advocacy and Chief Quality Compliance Officer, is leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Both Mr. Bagley and Dr. Thornton are expected to remain available to ZIOPHARM on an advisory basis. With Dr. Thornton's departure, ZIOPHARM will no longer maintain an office in Germantown, MD.
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