Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. announced that Kristian Humer will join the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on April 16, 2024. Mr. Humer joins Foghorn with over 14 years of diversified financial strategy and business development experience in the life science industry and more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining Foghorn, Mr. Humer most recently held executive roles at Viridian Therapeutics Inc., where he successfully led financial strategy and business development as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer.

Mr. Humer spent over 20 years on Wall Street including 14 years as a life science-focused investment banker. During his 11 years with Citi, most recently as Managing Director, he helped lead the firm?s investment banking engagements for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and was instrumental in advising clients on strategic matters, including equity, equity-linked and M&A transactions. Prior to joining Citi, Mr. Humer worked at Lehman Brothers, UBS and Merrill Lynch.

He holds an MBA from Duke University?s Fuqua School of Business and a BA (Hons) degree in accounting and economics from the University of Reading, United Kingdom. Mr. Humer is a member of the board of Sensei Biotherapeutics, a public biotechnology company.