AVROBIO Appoints Georgette Verdin as Chief Human Resources Officer

AVROBIO, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVRO) (“AVROBIO” or the “Company”), a Phase 2 clinical-stage gene therapy company, today announced the appointment of Georgette Verdin as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Ms. Verdin will be responsible for all aspects of human resources, including talent management and organizational development, and will be a key contributor to the Company’s plans for continued growth.

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AVROBIO CHRO Georgette Verdin (Photo: Business Wire)

Ms. Verdin joins AVROBIO from the Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research (NIBR) in Cambridge MA, where she partnered with executive leaders and their scientific research teams across seven sites in the US, Asia and Europe, in co-creating organizational vision, and developing operations to achieve increased innovation, effectiveness and collaboration across multiple disease portfolios. Previously at Biogen Idec, and other major companies including Amazon and Microsoft, Ms. Verdin is a global human resources leader with broad experience and proven expertise in building cultures that attract, retain and develop world class talent. She joins AVROBIO’s Executive Management Team and reports to Geoff MacKay, AVROBIO’s President and CEO.

“Georgette is a great addition to our leadership team,” said Geoff Mackay. “With her strategic vision and broad HR background she will be instrumental in supporting AVROBIO’s planned growth. With significant progress across our lead Fabry program, our clinical-stage pipeline and our commercial-stage plato platform, our company is poised for rapid expansion and I look forward to working with Georgette to continue to strengthen our company’s leadership position in gene therapy.”

“It is a very exciting time and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to contribute to AVROBIO’s evolution and growth,” said Ms. Verdin. “This is groundbreaking science and technology, and I am delighted to be part of building a high-performing and world class team to bring these gene therapies to patients.”

About AVROBIO, Inc.

AVROBIO, Inc. is a leading, Phase 2 gene therapy company focused on the development of its investigational gene therapy, AVR-RD-01, in Fabry disease, as well as additional gene therapy programs in other lysosomal storage disorders including Gaucher disease, cystinosis and Pompe disease. The Company’s plato platform includes a proprietary vector system, automated cell manufacturing solution and refined conditioning regimen deploying therapeutic drug monitoring. AVROBIO is headquartered in Cambridge, MA and has offices in Toronto, ON. For additional information, visit www.avrobio.com.