Oxford Biomedica plc announces the appointment of Ms Leone Patterson as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Ms Patterson shall join the Board on 1st May 2023. Ms Patterson has more than 20 years of public company biotech experience including in the cell and gene therapy industry and has managed significant growth within international commercial companies working across areas including strategy, finance, operations and governance.

She is currently the Chief Financial and Business Officer at Tenaya Therapeutics. Ms Patterson also serves on the Board of Directors for Nkarta, a clinical-stage cell therapy company. Previously, Ms Patterson held leadership roles, including Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, at Adverum Biotechnologies, a gene therapy company focused on rare and ocular diseases.

She has also held the role of Chief Financial Officer at public companies, including diagnostics firm Diadexus and speciality pharmaceuticals provider Transcept Pharmaceuticals and, earlier in her career, worked within Novartis, Chiron and KPMG. She holds a B.S. in business administration and accounting from Chapman University, an executive M.B.A. from St. Mary's College, and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).