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Gregory P. Sargen

Director at Avid Bioservices

Mr. Sargen was appointed to the Board of Directors in November 2017. Mr. Sargen most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy of Cambrex Corporation (NYSE:CBM) (“Cambrex”), a global manufacturer and provider of services to life sciences companies, from 2007 until early 2020, when Cambrex was acquired by a private equity company. Mr. Sargen previously served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, Chief Financial Officer, and Vice President, Finance of Cambrex. Prior to Cambrex, Mr. Sargen served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Expanets, Inc., Vice President of Finance – Chemicals Manufacturing Division of Fisher Scientific International Inc. (n/k/a Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.) (NYSE:TMO), and held positions with Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK), Heat and Control, Inc. and Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Mr. Sargen also serves on the board of Protara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:TARA), a drug development company, Umoja Biopharma, a privately owned drug discovery company developing novel therapeutics to treat cancer, and Kindeva Drug Delivery, L.P., a privately owned contract manufacturer and developer of complex drug delivery systems. Mr. Sargen is chair of the Audit Committee for each of these companies. Mr. Sargen is a Certified Public Accountant (non-practicing) and holds an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University.