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Issuer:     GERON CORP (GERN)
CIK:        0000886744
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-044862
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Geron announces COO and CCO departures; appoints new CCO and three senior leaders
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- COO Andrew Grethlein and CCO Jim Ziegler depart Oct 15, 2025; Grethlein stays as consultant up to 12 months.
- Ahmed ElNawawi appointed EVP, Chief Commercial Officer, effective Oct 20, 2025; ex-Stemline/Novartis.
- Three new SVP appointments: CTO, IR/Corporate Affairs, Portfolio/Project Mgmt; join by Oct 20.
- Director Gaurav Aggarwal resigns immediately; V. Bryan Lawlis not standing for re-election at 2026 meeting.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000162828025044862/0001628280-25-044862-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000162828025044862/gern-20251010.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-044862

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