vTv Therapeutics Inc. announced that Paul Sekhri will lead the company as Chief Executive Officer, effective August 1, 2022. Rich Nelson, who has been serving as Interim Chief Executive Officer since March 2, 2022, will continue to support the company as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and as a member of the Board of Directors. Sekhri brings nearly 30 years of healthcare experience, including serving as President and CEO of several healthcare companies such as eGenesis, Lycera Corp., Cerimon Pharmaceuticals, as well as senior business development and strategy roles at Sanofi, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., TPG Biotech, Cerimon, Ariad Pharmaceuticals and Novartis Pharma AG.

He has been a director on more than 30 private, public company and non-profit boards and is currently a Director at Ipsen, S.A., Compugen, Pharming N.V., Veeva Systems, Longboard, Spring Discovery and eGenesis. Additionally, he is on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Opera.