Adicet Bio, Inc. announced the appointment of Katie Peng to its Board of Directors. Ms. Peng brings extensive industry and commercial expertise to the Board. She currently serves as Chief Commercial Officer at Denali Therapeutics Inc., where she is leading the global commercialization efforts of Denali’s pipeline.

Previously Ms. Peng served as the Senior Vice President, Head of the OMNI Business Unit at Genentech, Inc., where she was responsible for the oncology, neurology, and rare diseases portfolio representing approximately $14 billion in revenue, and served as part of Genentech’s commercial leadership team. Prior to Genentech, Ms. Peng held a number of senior leadership positions at Roche Holding AG, managing the Roche portfolio of over 30 products in the Asia Pacific region as the General Manager of two countries. Ms. Peng has successfully launched multiple products in neurology, oncology, and rare disease, notably including OCREVUS® (ocrelizumab), a therapeutic monoclonal antibody approved for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, Evrysdi® (risdiplam), a medicine used to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in adults and children, and HEMLIBRA® (emicizumab-kxwh), a bispecific antibody for the treatment of people with hemophilia A. Her experience spans marketing, sales, market access, medical affairs and business planning.

Before joining Roche, Ms. Peng held several commercial roles at Amgen Inc. and began her career as a research scientist at Allergan plc. She holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. She also serves as a board member for California Life Sciences.