Monopar Therapeutics Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 19, 2025

 

 

 

 

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Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Michael J. Brown has resigned from his position as a member of the Monopar Therapeutics Inc. (the” Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective February 19, 2025.

 

On February 21, 2025, the Company’s Board appointed Lavina Talukdar to the Board. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board found her to be qualified under the standards established by the Committee and to meet the standards of independence applicable to directors of companies listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market and recommended her to be appointed to the Board.  Ms. Talukdar, upon recommendation of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, was also appointed to the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Plan Administration Committee. Ms. Talukdar will serve on the Board until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders or until her successor is duly elected and qualified.

 

Ms. Talukdar currently serves as Senior Vice President, Head of Investor Relations at Moderna Inc. and has held this role since April 2019. She brings over 20 years of experience in investor relations, healthcare investments, and financial strategy. Before joining Moderna, Ms. Talukdar was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (“ADIA”), overseeing global healthcare investments, and previously served as a Partner and Healthcare Equity Analyst at Lord Abbett & Co. She also held investment roles at MFS Investment Management and State Street Global Advisors. Ms. Talukdar received her B.S. in Business Administration from SUNY Stony Brook and is a CFA charterholder.

 

There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Talukdar and any other person pursuant to which she was appointed as a director. There are no transactions between Ms. Talukdar or any member of her immediate family and the Company or any of its subsidiaries that would be reportable as a related party transaction under the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Ms. Talukdar will be entitled to receive the standard compensation for non-employee directors.

 

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.