George B. Abercrombie joined Tranzyme's Board of Directors in September, 2011. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. from 2001-2009 where he was responsible for leading the North American Pharmaceuticals Operations. He also served as a member of the Roche Pharmaceutical Executive Committee, which was responsible for developing and implementing global strategy for the Pharmaceuticals Division. Before joining Roche, Mr. Abercrombie was Senior Vice President of U.S. commercial operations at Glaxo Wellcome. He joined Glaxo as Vice President and General Manager of the Glaxo Pharmaceuticals Division in 1993 following 10 years at Merck, where he held a broad range of positions in sales, marketing, executive sales management and business development. Mr. Abercrombie currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Brickell Biotech, and was a Director on the Boards of Inspire Pharmaceuticals (recently acquired by Merck) and Ziopharm Oncology. Mr. Abercrombie received a bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and earned an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
