---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001831283-23-000137"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIANY"
cik: "0001831283"
company_name: "LianBio"
filed_at: "2023-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T10:43:23.747701+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LianBio CEO Yizhe Wang resigns; Adam Stone named interim CEO; Board to update on strategic review in Q1 2024

## Summary
- CEO Yizhe Wang resigned effective Dec 16, 2023; receives severance of $1,525,000 plus accelerated vesting.
- Board appoints Adam Stone (Perceptive Advisors CIO) as interim CEO; no compensation for service.
- Board evaluating strategic alternatives; expects to communicate update in Q1 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001831283-23-000137
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIANY
- cik: 0001831283
- company_name: LianBio
- filed_at: 2023-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831283/000183128323000137/0001831283-23-000137-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831283/000183128323000137/lian-20231216.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001831283-23-000137
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001831283-23-000137.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001831283-23-000137.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Yizhe Wang resigned as Chief Executive Officer at LianBio.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Yizhe Wang, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and member of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), has decided to resign as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board, effective December 16, 2023, to pursue other business and professional interests and opportunities.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831283/000183128323000137/0001831283-23-000137-index.htm

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