Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc Announces President Changes, Effective August 11, 2025

Published: 2025-07-10 08:51:24 ET JAZZ

Published on 07/10/2025 at 08:51

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc announced that the Jazz Board of Directors has unanimously selected Renee Gala, Jazz's President and Chief Operating Officer, as the President, effective August 11, 2025, when she will also join the Board. She will succeed co-founder, Chairperson and CEO Bruce Cozadd, who informed the Board in December 2024 of his intent to retire as CEO upon the identification of the Company's next leader. This appointment reflects a key milestone in the Board's long-term succession planning process and previously disclosed CEO transition.

Ms. Gala was promoted to the role of President and COO in October 2023, after having served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since March 2020. She brings more than 30 years of experience across finance, strategy, corporate development and commercialization. In her current role, she oversees the Company's global business operations, which include commercial, medical, research and development, technical operations and quality, as well as corporate strategy.

Ms. Gala has played a critical role in driving Jazz's ongoing transformation, including architecting a business development strategy that has diversified the Company's portfolio, driven total revenue growth of nearly 90%, built broad capabilities, and established a pipeline that has positioned the Company for value creation and sustainable growth. Mr. Cozadd will continue to serve as Chairperson of the Board, providing strategic input as the Company continues to execute on its growth strategy. Ms. Gala, who joined Jazz as CFO in 2020 and was promoted to COO in 2023, is a proven organizational leader with decades of progressive leadership experience across key areas spanning finance, strategy, corporate development, and commercial at a range of life science companies.

Before joining Jazz in 2020, Ms. Gala served as the CFO of GRAIL Inc., a healthcare company focused on early cancer detection. From 2014 to 2019, she served as senior vice president and CFO of Theravance Biopharma Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, following its spin-out from Theravance Inc. (now Innoviva Inc.). Ms. Gala joined Theravance in 2006 and held various roles in the finance organization before leading the company's spin-out transaction.

Prior to that, she served in various roles in global treasury, pharmaceutical sales and corporate strategy/business development at Eli Lilly and Company from 2001 to 2006. She also currently serves on the Board of Directors of DexCom, and previously served on the Board of Directors of Gossamer Bio, Corcept Therapeutics and Gyroscope Therapeutics, prior to its acquisition by Novartis. She holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.