Absci Appoints Zach Jonasson, Ph.D., as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer - Seite 2

"I am thrilled to welcome Zach to Absci’s leadership team as CFO and CBO,” said Sean McClain, Founder and CEO of Absci. "Zach’s extensive experience in scaling innovative companies, as well as his intimate knowledge of Absci from his tenure on the Board, makes him an ideal addition to the leadership team in leading Absci into our next stage of growth.”

"I am excited to join Absci as CFO and CBO, continuing my commitment to Absci’s vision and my long-standing working relationship with Sean,” said Dr. Jonasson. “I look forward to working with Absci’s exceptional team to transform the drug discovery process to a drug creation discipline, utilizing world-leading generative AI and the company’s unique data engine to generate better therapeutics for patients at scale.”

Greg Schiffman, who has served as Absci’s CFO since 2020, will retire after a transitional period. Mr. Schiffman, an industry leader with decades of experience at the helm of leading biotechs, successfully guided Absci through its public offering and initial phases of growth. Mr. Schiffman will remain with Absci in an advisory capacity to ensure a seamless transition. Mr. Schiffman expressed his confidence in Dr. Jonasson’s abilities to take on the role: "I have no doubt that Zach will be an excellent addition to the Absci executive team. His deep financial expertise and experience in the life sciences industry make him ideal to lead the company's financial and business development operations."

“I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to Greg for his leadership at Absci during a period of incredible growth and transformation,” added Mr. McClain. “Absci wouldn’t be where it is without Greg’s deep expertise and experience, and we wish him the very best on the next leg of his adventure cruising in his Dino Ferrari.”

Dr. Jonasson will officially begin his role as CFO and CBO on August 31, 2023.

About Absci

Absci is a generative AI drug creation company that combines AI with scalable wet lab technologies to create better biologics for patients, faster. Our Integrated Drug Creation platform unlocks the potential to accelerate time to clinic and increase the probability of success by simultaneously optimizing multiple drug characteristics important to both development and therapeutic benefit. With the data to train, the AI to create, and the wet lab to validate, Absci can screen billions of cells per week, allowing it to go from AI-designed antibodies to wet lab-validated candidates in as little as six weeks. Absci’s vision is to deliver breakthrough therapeutics at the click of a button, for everyone. Absci's headquarters is in Vancouver, WA, its AI Research Lab is in New York City, and its Innovation Center is in Zug, Switzerland. Learn more at absci.com and follow us on LinkedIn (@absci), Twitter (@Abscibio), and YouTube.