Candel Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of three new members to its Board: Gary Nabel, MD, PhD, renowned virologist and immunologist; Joseph C. Papa, prominent business leader; and Renee Gaeta, strategic financial expert, effective August 8, 2022. These new members replace current Board members: Alan E. Smith, PhD, Shaan Ghandi, MD, D.Phil, and Udi Meirav, PhD, maintaining Candel's nine-seat board. Dr. Gary Nabel, a renowned virologist and immunologist, currently serves as Chief Innovation Officer of OPKO and President/CEO of ModeX Therapeutics that merged as a subsidiary of OPKO Health in May 2022.

Before this, he served as Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President at Sanofi, where he oversaw the Breakthrough Laboratory that worked to create the first trispecific antibodies for HIV, cancer immunotherapies, and novel vaccines. Prior to Sanofi, Dr. Nabel spearheaded progressive research on HIV, influenza, SARS, Ebola, Chikungunya, and Epstein-Barr virus while he served as founding director at the NIH's Vaccine Center for more than a decade. His honors include being elected to the Institute of Medicine for the National Academy of Science and the Amgen Scientific Achievement Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, following his countless accomplishments across virology, immunology, gene therapy, and molecular biology.

Joseph C. Papa has more than 35 years of experience in the pharmaceutical, health care and specialty pharmaceutical industries, including more than 20 years of branded prescription drug experience. In July 2022, he stepped down as chair of Bausch + Lomb's Board and will remain CEO until his successor is appointed. Prior to Bausch + Lomb, Mr. Papa had led various organizations, including Bausch Health formerly known as Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Perrigo, and the Cardinal Health PTS business, as Chairman and CEO separately during the period of two decades.

In 2014, he was ranked 47 on Harvard Business Review's “Best Performing CEOs in the World”. His track record for leadership continued as he served as President and Chief Operating Officer for Watson Pharmaceuticals (2001-2004), President of Global Country Operations for Pharmacia's North American business (2000-2001), and President of Searle's US Operations (1997-2000). During his 15-year career at Novartis Pharmaceuticals, he and his teams successfully launched the pharmaceutical products Lotrel, Divovan, and Celebrex .

Mr. Papa currently serves on the Board of Prometheus Biosciences and had been a previous member of the Boards for the UConn Foundation and Smith & Nephew. Renee Gaeta currently serves as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Eko Devices, a privately held cardiopulmonary digital health company. Before joining Eko, she served as CFO and member of the executive team at Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc. There, she successfully led the organization to an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and through a significant growth and value creation stage.

Mrs. Gaeta has played integral roles across the financial sector including during her role as Vice President, Corporate Controller, and executive team member at publicly traded company, Sientra, Inc., where she guided the company during its pre-IPO period, as well as continued financing following their IPO. Before leading the finance department of Sientra, she exceled in multiple roles within KPMG over a decade with her most recent role having been Advisory Director in the Transactions and Restructuring Group. Mrs. Gaeta currently serves on the Board of SeaSpine Holdings Corporation as Audit Committee Chair and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California.