Dr. Alison Taunton-Rigby, age 62, has been President and Chief Executive Officer of RiboNovix, Inc., a privately held anti-infectives company, since February 2003. Prior to founding RiboNovix, Dr. Taunton-Rigby was President and Chief Executive Officer of several companies including CMT, Inc., a private medical device company, from 2001 to 2003, Aquila Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company, from 1996 to 2000, Cambridge Biotech Corporation, a public biotechnology company, from 1995 to 1996, and Mitotix, Inc., a private biotechnology company, from 1993 to 1994. Previous to these positions, she held senior management positions at several other biotechnology companies including Genzyme Corporation and Biogen. Dr. Taunton-Rigby is a director of RiverSource Funds, a mutual fund complex, Healthways, Inc., a public healthcare services company, and Abt Associates Inc., a research and consulting firm. In June 2002, Dr. Taunton-Rigby was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of her work as a leader in the research, development and promotion of biotechnology. |