Thomas J. Appio

Chief Executive Officer, Bausch Health Companies Inc.

Thomas J. Appio was appointed to the Board and has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Company since May 2022. He previously served as the Company’s President & Co-Head Bausch + Lomb/International and Executive Vice President, Company Group Chairman, International. Prior to its acquisition by Bausch Health in 2013, Mr. Appio served in several positions with Bausch + Lomb, including as Vice President, North Asia/Japan and as Managing Director, Greater China and Japan. Prior to joining Bausch + Lomb, Mr. Appio served 23 years with Schering-Plough in a wide range of leadership and operations responsibilities. Mr. Appio holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Arizona State University, W.P. Carey School of Business.

Christian A. Garcia

Corporate Director

Mr. Garcia is currently a corporate director. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at BrandSafway, a provider of industrial services solutions to various markets, from October 2020 to May 2023. Prior to joining BrandSafway, Mr. Garcia served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Weatherford International, a publicly traded oil services company, from January 2020 to August 2020. Prior to joining Weatherford, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Visteon Corporation, a publicly traded provider of automotive cockpit electronics, from October 2016 to October 2019. Previously, Mr. Garcia served as acting Chief Financial Officer of Halliburton Company, a publicly traded energy company. At Halliburton, he progressed through a variety of leadership positions including Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer, and Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Since May 2023, Mr. Garcia has been a director of Tetra Technologies Inc., a publicly traded energy services and solutions company. He has previously served as a director of Keane Group, Inc., a publicly traded provider of integrated well completions, from May 2017 to October 2019, and Dana Incorporated, a publicly traded automotive supplier company, from January 2025 to June 2025. In August 2024, he joined the Board of Mueller Water Products, Inc. Mr. Garcia received his Bachelor of Science from the University of the Philippines and his master’s degree in business from Purdue University.

Michael Goettler

Corporate Director

Mr. Goettler has served on the Board since July 2025. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of Viatris, a global healthcare company formed through the merger of Mylan Inc. and Upjohn, a division of Pfizer. During his tenure as CEO from November 2020 to March 2023, Mr. Goettler successfully led the integration of the companies, achieved cost synergies, and developed a growth strategy for Viatris. He also served on the board of Viatris, Inc. from 2020 to 2023. Prior to this role, he held various leadership positions at Pfizer Inc., including Group President of the Upjohn Division, Global President of Inflammation & Immunology, and Global President of the Rare Disease Business. Prior to Pfizer, Mr. Goettler held a variety of senior positions at Sanofi Aventis in the U.S. and Japan. Mr. Goettler began his career at Hoechst in Germany. Mr. Goettler holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a Diplom-Kaufmann in Business from Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung.

Sarah B. Kavanagh

Corporate Director

Ms. Kavanagh has served on the Board since July 2016. She is currently a corporate director. From 2011 through May 2016, Ms. Kavanagh served as a Commissioner of the Ontario Securities Commission, where she also served as chairperson of the audit committee starting in 2014. Between 1999 and 2010, Ms. Kavanagh served in various senior investment banking roles at Scotia Capital Inc., including Vice-Chair and Co-Head of Diversified Industries Group, Head of Equity Capital Markets, and Head of Investment Banking. Prior to Scotia Capital, she held several senior financial positions with operating companies. She started her career as an investment banker with a multinational bank in New York.

Ms. Kavanagh has served on the board of directors of Bausch + Lomb Corporation, a publicly traded eye health company, in May 2022. Ms. Kavanagh previously served as a director of Hudbay Minerals Inc., a publicly traded Canadian mining corporation, from June 2013 to May 2024, and a member of the board of trustees of WPT Industrial REIT, a publicly traded open-ended real estate investment trust, from March 2013 to October 2021. Ms. Kavanagh graduated from Harvard Business School with an MBA and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Williams College.

Frank D. Lee

Chief Executive Officer, Pacira BioSciences, Inc.

Mr. Lee is the Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Pacira BioSciences, Inc., a publicly traded pharmaceutical company targeting non-opioid pain management and regenerative health solutions. Prior to joining Pacira, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Forma Therapeutics Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company focused on rare hematologic diseases and cancers, from March 2019 until its acquisition by Novo Nordisk in October 2022. During his tenure at Forma, Mr. Lee transformed the organization from an early-stage drug discovery company into one focused on the clinical development of lead assets in rare hematologic disorders and cancer. Prior to Forma, Mr. Lee served as Senior Vice President, Global Product Strategy and Therapeutic Area Head for Immunology, Ophthalmology and Infectious Diseases at Genentech, Inc., a member of the Roche Group. Mr. Lee’s 13-year tenure at Genentech included leadership positions of increasing scope and responsibility focused on delivering transformative medicines to patients and driving the growth of multiple in oncology, immunology and ophthalmology products to blockbuster/multi-blockbuster status. Prior to Genentech, Mr. Lee spent approximately 13 years across Novartis, Janssen and Eli Lilly. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from the Wharton Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Lee has served as director of Bolt Biotherapeutics, a publicly traded biotechnology company targeting immunotherapies, from November 2021 to September 2024, and has served as an Advisor to Lightstone Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on medical devices and biopharmaceuticals, since January 2023.



Sandra Leung

Corporate Director

Ms. Leung has served on the Board since July 2025. Ms. Leung brings over three decades of legal and executive experience, having served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Bristol Myers Squibb Company from 2014 to 2025. Prior to this role, she held various positions within the company, including Senior Vice President and General Counsel, as well as Corporate Secretary. Ms. Leung began her career as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office.

Ms. Leung has been recognized for her exceptional leadership and contributions to the legal profession, receiving numerous awards including the Executive of the Year Award from the IPO Education Foundation in 2023 and the Excellence in Corporate Practice Award from the Association of Corporate Counsel in 2013. She has also served on the board of Mead Johnson Nutrition Company in 2009. Ms. Leung holds a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University.



Richard C. Mulligan, Ph.D.

Mallinckrodt Professor of Genetics, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School

Dr.  Mulligan has served on the Board since May 2022. He is currently the Mallinckrodt Professor of Genetics, Emeritus, at Harvard Medical School, and served as Visiting Scientist at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from March 2017 to February 2021. From March 2017 to October 2018, Dr. Mulligan served as Portfolio Manager at Icahn Capital LP, an investment management firm, and from May 2013 to December 2016, he served as Founding Partner and Senior Managing Director of Sarissa Capital Management LP, a registered investment advisor. From 1996 to 2013, Dr. Mulligan served as the Mallinckrodt Professor of Genetics at Harvard and Director of the Harvard Gene Therapy Initiative. Prior to that, he served as Professor of Molecular Biology at MIT and a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.

Dr. Mulligan’s honors include the MacArthur Foundation Genius Prize, the Rhodes Memorial Award of the American Association for Cancer Research, the ASMB-Amgen Award, and the Nagai Foundation International Prize. Dr. Mulligan received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Stanford University School of Medicine and his B.S. from MIT.

Dr. Mulligan has been a member of the board of Sana Biotechnology, Inc. a public biotechnology company since November 2018 and as Vice Chairman since April 2022. He previously served as a director of Biogen Inc., a public biotechnology company, from June 2009 to June 2023.

John A. Paulson

President & Portfolio Manager, Paulson Capital Inc.

Mr. Paulson is currently our Non-Executive Chairperson. He rejoined the Board on June 23, 2022. Mr. Paulson previously served on the Board from June 2017 through May 2022. Mr. Paulson is the President and Portfolio Manager of Paulson Capital Inc., an investment management company specializing in global mergers, event arbitrage, and credit strategies. Mr. Paulson previously served as President and Portfolio Manager of Paulson & Co. Inc., which he founded in 1994. Prior to forming Paulson & Co., Mr. Paulson was a Partner of Gruss Partners and a Managing Director in mergers and acquisitions at Bear Stearns. Mr. Paulson received his undergraduate degree from New York University in 1978 and his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1980.

Mr. Paulson has served on the board of directors of Bausch + Lomb Corporation, a publicly traded eye health company, in May 2022. Mr. Paulson has also served as a director of Acadian Asset Management Inc. (formerly BrightSphere Investment Group Inc.), a publicly traded asset management holding company, since November 2018, and has served as Chairman since April 2020.

Robert N. Power

Corporate Director

Mr. Power has served on the Board since August 2008. He is currently a corporate director. From 2009 to 2011, Mr. Power was a faculty member at The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, where he taught multinational marketing. Mr. Power has more than 25 years’ experience working in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, which he gained serving in a number of leadership positions with Wyeth from 1985 through 2007, including Director-New Product Development, Managing Director-U.K./Ireland, Vice President-Global Marketing, President-Europe, Middle East, Africa, President-International and Executive Vice President-Global Business Operations. Mr. Power also has completed the Director Professionalism course offered by the National Association of Corporate Directors. Mr. Power has a B.S. in statistics from the State University of New York and an M.S. in biostatistics from the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Amy B. Wechsler, M.D.

Board-Certified Dermatologist & Psychiatrist, Dr. Amy Wechsler Dermatology

Dr. Wechsler has served on the Board since June 2016. She is a practicing dermatologist at Dr. Amy Wechsler Dermatology, which she founded in 2005. She is one of the few physicians in the United States board-certified in both dermatology and psychiatry. In addition to serving her patients, Dr. Wechsler serves as an advisor for Chanel Skin Care, and is a certified trainer and Key Opinion Leader (KOL) Speaker, qualified to teach physicians and other medical professionals in the use of various dermatological products.

Dr. Wechsler graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Duke University. She earned an M.D. with honors from Cornell University Medical College. After completing her residency in psychiatry at Payne Whitney Clinic — The New York Presbyterian Hospital, she stayed to do her fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry. Fascinated by the fundamental connection between the mind and body, Dr. Wechsler completed her residency in dermatology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Her hospital appointments include Assistant Clinical Professor in Dermatology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Wechsler earned a Master of Business Administration with honors from Columbia Business School in May 2024.

Dr. Wechsler is the author of The Mind-Beauty Connection, published by Simon & Schuster in 2008. Dr. Wechsler is an active member of several medical professional organizations, including the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Independent Doctors of New York, The Physicians Scientific Society, and The Skin Cancer Foundation.

Dr. Wechsler has served as a director of Galecto, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, since October 2024.

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