Willow Biosciences Inc. announces changes to its management team with the promotion of Dr. Chris Savile to Chief Operations Officer and the departure of Dr. Peter Facchini, Chief Scientific Officer, and Dr. Jill Hagel, Vice President, Applied Science, effective immediately.
“Chris’ extensive scientific knowledge and proven business acumen will be a valuable addition to our executive leadership team,” said Trevor Peters, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Chris has played an integral part in the success Willow has achieved to date. He is the driving force behind our scientific achievements, including developing our state-of-the-art, high throughput strain engineering laboratory in Mountain View, California, and negotiating key partnerships that will advance our business towards commercialization, including the recent strategic partnership with Albany Molecular Research, Inc.”
Dr. Chris Savile has been with Willow since April 2019 in the role of Vice President, Commercial Operations.
Prior to joining Willow, Dr. Savile worked in senior leadership roles at Intrexon Corporation, a biotechnology company, and Codexis, Inc., a protein engineering company. He is a highly experienced chemist, high throughput assay scientist and protein engineer with a strong technical background.
Dr. Savile has been the research and development leader on several programs that led to commercial manufacturing processes. He received his PhD in 2006 from McGill University.
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