Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of Jan Skvarka, Ph.D., MBA to its Board of Directors. Dr. Skvarka is an accomplished biopharmaceutical executive bringing over three decades of extensive operational, strategic and financial expertise to the Board. Dr. Skvarka currently serves as the Executive Chairman of DEM BioPharma, Inc., and as a Board Member of Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Previously, Jan was President and Chief Executive Officer of Trillium Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded, clinical-stage immuno-oncology company, where he led a highly successful business transformation that produced a leading CD47 drug candidate, propelling Trillium from a $16 million market capitalization to a $2.3 billion acquisition by Pfizer Inc. in two years.

Before Trillium, Dr. Skvarka served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Tal Medical, a private clinical-stage neuromodulation company, and as a Partner in the Healthcare Practice at Bain & Company, a leading global strategy consultancy. Dr. Skvarka received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.