William Dawson

Director/Board Member at MCGRATH RENTCORP

Net worth: 1 M $ as of 2026-05-30

72 year

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William J.
Dawson currently serves as Independent Director at McGrath RentCorp since 1998, Director at Wellington Trust Co., NA since 2001, and Independent Director at Nalu Medical, Inc. since 2021.
Former roles include Senior Vice President-Business Development at McKesson Corp.
from 1998 to 2001, Chief Financial Officer & VP-Operations at Dynavax Technologies Corp.
in 2004, Chief Financial Officer & Vice President-Finance at Cerus Corp.
from 2004 to 2009, Chief Financial Officer at Catalyst Bioscience, Inc. from 2010 to 2012, Chief Financial & Accounting Officer at Adamas Pharmaceuticals LLC from 2014 to 2017, and Acting Chief Financial Officer at iMcKesson LLC.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 1976 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1980.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
MCGRATH RENTCORP 0.04%	2026-04-15	10,105 ( 0.04% )	1 M $	2026-05-30

William Dawson active positions

Companies	Position	Start
MCGRATH RENTCORP	Director/Board Member	1997-12-31
Wellington Trust Co., NA Wellington Trust Co., NA Regional BanksFinance Operates as a non-depository trust company	Director/Board Member	2001-09-30
Nalu Medical, Inc. Nalu Medical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Develops medical devices to manage intractable chronic pain	Director/Board Member	2020-12-31

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Former positions of William Dawson

Companies	Position	End
ADAMAS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	Director of Finance/CFO	2017-06-30
Catalyst Bioscience, Inc. /Old/ Catalyst Bioscience, Inc. /Old/ Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Develops and markets catalytic biopharmaceutical products	Director of Finance/CFO	2012-03-31
CERUS CORPORATION	Director of Finance/CFO	2009-04-29
DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION	Director of Finance/CFO	2004-07-31
MCKESSON CORPORATION	Corporate Officer/Principal	2000-12-31

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Private companies	11
McGrath RentCorp McGrath RentCorp Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Engages in rental of re-locatable modular buildings, portable storage containers and electronic test equipment	Finance
McKesson Corp. McKesson Corp. Medical DistributorsDistribution Services Distributes pharmaceuticals and medical supplies & provides related technology services	Distribution Services
Wellington Trust Co., NA Wellington Trust Co., NA Regional BanksFinance Operates as a non-depository trust company	Finance
Cerus Corp. Cerus Corp. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Develops and commercializes the INTERCEPT Blood System for platelets and plasma	Health Technology
Dynavax Technologies Corp. Dynavax Technologies Corp. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Develops and commercializes novel products to prevent and treat infectious diseases	Health Technology
Catalyst Bioscience, Inc. /Old/ Catalyst Bioscience, Inc. /Old/ Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Develops and markets catalytic biopharmaceutical products	Health Technology
Adamas Pharmaceuticals LLC Adamas Pharmaceuticals LLC Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Develops, manufactures and markets therapeutics for neurological diseases	Health Technology
Stanford University Stanford University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
iMcKesson LLC
Harvard Business School Harvard Business School Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Nalu Medical, Inc. Nalu Medical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Develops medical devices to manage intractable chronic pain	Health Technology