LAVA Therapeutics N.V. announced the appointment of Christy J. Oliger to its board of directors effective March 9, 2023. Ms. Oliger brings extensive commercial, portfolio management, and senior leadership experience to the role. Additionally, Stefan Luzi, Ph.D., will step down from his role on the LAVA Board.

Christy J. Oliger has over 30 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and is recognized for building highly effective teams, leading significant product launches and having broad therapeutic expertise. Most recently, Ms. Oliger served as senior vice president, Oncology Business Unit Head at Genentech, where she also held numerous senior leadership roles of increasing responsibility across a variety of therapeutic areas including oncology, neurology, rare disease, respiratory, dermatology and immunology. In addition, she led Roche's global portfolio management function comprised of a late-stage development portfolio of greater than 300 projects.

Prior to Genentech, Ms. Oliger held management positions at Schering-Plough. She currently serves as a member of the board at Karyopharm Therapeutics, Reata Pharmaceuticals, and Replimune Therapeutics. She was a member of the board of Sierra Oncology until the company was acquired by GSK in 2022.

Ms. Oliger holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.