Mithra announced the appointment of leading life sciences executive Dr. Christian Homsy as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors also appointed Inge Beernaert as President of the Compensation and Nomination Committee and Gaudeto, represented by Jacques Galloy as President of the Audit Committee. Christian Homsy, who recently joined the Board as an Independent Director of Mithra, has more than 30 years' experience in the life sciences industry, most recently as founder and interim Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Capstan Therapeutics.

He was also founder, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Celyad SA and spent the first part of his career in senior roles at Guidant Corporation, now part of Boston Scientific and Abbott. Christian gained his Medical Doctorate at the University of Louvain, Belgium and his MBA at IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland.