BeiGene announced the appointment of Chan Lee as General Counsel, effective July 18, 2022. Mr. Lee joins BeiGene from Sanofi and will bring his significant expertise leading legal functions in the biopharma industry to overseeing legal, compliance, intellectual property and related matters. Mr. Lee succeeds Scott Samuels, who built BeiGene's global legal and compliance team and served as an important part of the company's evolution to a global commercial organization.

Mr. Lee most recently served as North America General Counsel and Head of Legal for Specialty Care Global Business Unit at Sanofi, responsible for the legal oversight of Sanofi's operations in the U.S. and Canada and Specialty Care business globally. Prior to Sanofi, he held roles of increasing responsibility at Pfizer, most notably as Chief Counsel for Pfizer's Innovative Health global business. Earlier in his career, he served as Chief Counsel for the Vaccines, Oncology and Consumer Health global businesses at Pfizer, as well as Assistant General Counsel for its Asia operations.