Adaptimmune Therapeutics has appointed Gavin Wood as chief financial officer, effective April 1, 2020.

Since 2006, Gavin has held CFO and senior management roles in public companies in the life sciences sector. Most recently, he served as the CFO and a director of Abcam plc from September 2016 through February 3, 2020, working as part of the executive team that led the company through a period of significant growth and change. Before that, Gavin held a series of roles at Affymetrix Inc, from 2006 to 2016, including serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from May 2013 through March 2016, and managing the global finance, IT, internal audit and facilities functions, until the company was acquired by ThermoFisher Scientific. 

“I am delighted to welcome Gavin to Adaptimmune. He is an experienced and seasoned finance leader with a track record of growing biotech companies in the UK and the US that scaled up successfully and delivered significant value,” said Adrian Rawcliffe, Adaptimmune’s chief executive officer. “Gavin will be a valuable addition to our leadership team, as we prepare to commercialize our first treatment in 2022. The experience he brings from successful commercial companies will be particularly useful to realize our vision of an integrated cell therapy company for people with cancer.”