Biography

Mr. Edwards has also served as a member of the board of directors of FibroGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: FGEN), a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, since October 2015 and currently serves as the chair of its audit committee. He has also served on the board of directors of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO), a publicly traded life sciences research and clinical diagnostic products company, since April 2017, where he is currently a member of its audit and compliance committees, as well as chairman of its compensation committee. Mr. Edwards has also served, since September 2018, on the board of directors, including the audit and nominating and corporate governance committees, of Clearside Biomedical Inc. (Nasdaq: CLSD), a publicly traded, clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. Additionally, Mr. Edwards previously served on the board of directors of BioTheryX, Inc., a privately owned, clinical-stage biotechnology company, from September 2019 to May 2021. In 2015 Mr. Edwards retired from Allergan, Inc., which he joined in June 1993 and where he served as Executive Vice President, Finance and Business Development and Chief Financial Officer from September 2005 to August 2014. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Edwards served as Allergan’s Corporate Vice President, Corporate Development and previously served as Senior Vice President, Treasury, Tax, and Investor Relations. Prior to joining Allergan, he was with Banque Paribas and Security Pacific National Bank, where he held various senior-level positions in the credit and business development functions. Mr. Edwards received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Muhlenberg College and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.