Orchard Therapeutics announced two additions to its executive leadership team, appointing Kathryn (Katie) Payne as senior vice president, global head of corporate communications and external affairs, and John Cerio as senior vice president, global head of human resources. Ms. Payne and Mr. Cerio will report to Mark Rothera, president and CEO of Orchard. Katie Payne joins Orchard from AMAG Pharmaceuticals, where she served as senior vice president of corporate affairs, directing the companys communications, government relations and advocacy activities. During her time at AMAG, Ms. Payne led the internal and external communications strategy for six significant corporate and business development transactions and played a key role in the company's efforts to collaborate with healthcare experts and advocacy groups to advance public health. Her expertise includes stakeholder engagement, issues and crisis management, media relations and corporate identity. Prior to AMAG, Ms. Payne spent a decade at APCO Worldwide where she developed and implemented U.S. and global communications programs for a wide variety of companies and organizations in the healthcare industry. In her role at Orchard, Ms. Payne will be responsible for leading the global corporate communications and external affairs function, spanning internal and external communications, investor relations, patient advocacy and government relations. John Cerio brings over 25 years of human resources leadership experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry, building high-growth, high-performance, mission-driven and entrepreneurial companies. His expertise includes talent acquisition, leadership and organizational development, human resources planning and mergers and acquisitions. Until recently, Mr. Cerio served as vice president of human resources and administration for Agenus, where he led the human resources and real-estate functions through periods of rapid growth, transformation and global expansion, including the integration of strategic acquisitions in research and technical operations. Prior to Agenus, he was vice president of global human resources for PerkinElmer Life Sciences division, which included their pre-natal and neo-natal genetic screening business. Previously, John spent nearly a decade with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in roles of increasing responsibility and leadership, including director of organizational development for US Medicines and head of human resources for the oncology and immunology division.