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CEO Diana Brainard departs; President/CFO Vikas Sinha named CEO effective Dec 19, 2024
Kalaris Therapeutics, Inc.
- Diana Brainard resigned as CEO and director effective Dec 19; no disagreement with company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Vikas Sinha (President, CFO since 2019) appointed CEO and principal executive officer same day; he has over 20 years life sciences finance experience.
- Brainard receives $1.88M lump sum (36-mo salary), $376k target bonus, $100k merger completion bonus, and acceleration of 371,525 RSUs.
- Company previously disclosed proposed merger with Kalaris Therapeutics, Inc.; Sinha served as CFO of Alexion Pharma (ALXN) previously.