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Fate Therapeutics appoints Kamal Adawi as CFO, board resignations reduce size from 10 to 8
FATE THERAPEUTICS INC
- Kamal Adawi appointed CFO effective Oct 20, 2025; base salary $495k, target bonus 40%.
- Adawi receives 375k stock option and 75k RSUs as inducement equity grants, vesting over 4 years.
- Board members John Mendlein and Neelufar Mozaffarian resigned voluntarily effective Oct 13, 2025.
- Board size decreased from 10 to 8 directors following resignations.
- CFO role focused on supporting registrational path for FT819 in SLE and pipeline progress.