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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-335921"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZLAB"
cik: "0001704292"
company_name: "Zai Lab Ltd"
filed_at: "2021-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T06:09:38.387287+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zai Lab appoints Richard Gaynor, MD as independent director and R&D Committee chair

## Summary
- Gaynor is President & Chief R&D Officer at BioNTech US; previously 15 years at Lilly Oncology.
- He receives $50K annual cash retainer for Board, plus $10K as R&D Committee chair, pro-rated to $6,904 for 2021.
- Gaynor received an initial grant of 8,912 restricted ordinary shares on November 19, 2021.
- CEO Samantha Du noted Gaynor and Scott Morrison were added to the Board in the past two months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-335921
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZLAB
- cik: 0001704292
- company_name: Zai Lab Ltd
- filed_at: 2021-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704292/000119312521335921/0001193125-21-335921-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704292/000119312521335921/d244462d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-335921
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-335921.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard Gaynor was appointed as Independent Director at Zai Lab Ltd.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: On November 19, 2021 (U.S. Eastern Time), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Zai Lab Limited (the “Company”) appointed Richard Gaynor as an independent director, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704292/000119312521335921/0001193125-21-335921-index.htm

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