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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-004925"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALEC"
cik: "0001653087"
company_name: "Alector, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T14:52:18.113724+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alector appoints Gary Romano, M.D., Ph.D., as CMO effective May 23, 2022

## Summary
- Appointed Gary Romano, M.D., Ph.D., as Chief Medical Officer, effective May 23, 2022.
- Annual base salary of $475,000; eligible for performance bonus of 40%; equity awards: $3.9M stock option (4-yr vest) and $975K RSU (3-yr vest).
- He brings over 25 years of neurodegenerative disease experience, previously CMO at Passage Bio and roles at Janssen and Merck.
- Interim CMO Sam Jackson, M.D., M.B.A., is leaving Alector to pursue a new opportunity; will continue as a consultant.
- He will report to President and Head of R&D Sara Kenkare-Mitra.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-004925
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALEC
- cik: 0001653087
- company_name: Alector, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653087/000095017022004925/0000950170-22-004925-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653087/000095017022004925/alec-20220329.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gary Romano, Ph.D., M.D. was appointed as Chief Medical Officer at Alector, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Medical Officer
  source text: On March 29, 2022, Alector, Inc. (“Alector”) announced the appointment of Gary Romano, Ph.D., M.D., as Alector’s Chief Medical Officer , effective May 23, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653087/000095017022004925/0000950170-22-004925-index.htm

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