Cellectis (CLLS) hires HR veteran as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

by Zeeshan

November 17, 2020

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Cellectis (Nasdaq: CLLS), a biopharmaceutical firm, today confirmed the appointment of Kyung Nam-Wortman as Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President of Cellectis. Also joining the Company’s Executive Committee is Ms. Nam-Wortman, who will be based in the New York office of Cellectis.

Ms. Nam-Wortman will work closely with Dr. Choulika and the executive teams in her new position at Cellectis to ensure that the organization progresses the strategy through the recruiting and retaining of talented people. She will also focus on further cultivating and strengthening the diverse and multicultural community of Cellectis while maximizing the role of the human resource of the organization.

Ms. Nam-Wortman joins Cellectis from Achillion, where she worked as Senior VP, Head of HR, Head of IT, Facilities, and Internal Communications. She was responsible for managing the strategic and organizational aspects of the above roles at Achillion.

Ms. Nam-Wortman will work closely with Dr. Choulika and the executive teams in her new position at Cellectis to ensure that the organisation progresses the strategy through the recruiting and retaining of talented people. She will also focus on further cultivating and strengthening the diverse and multicultural community of Cellectis, while maximising the human resources role of the organisation.

Kyung Nam-Wortman joins Cellectis from Achillion, where she worked as Senior Vice President, Head of HR, Head of IT, Facilities and Internal Communications. She was responsible for managing the strategic and organisational aspects of the above roles at Achillion.

Ms. Nam-Wortman served as VP and Head of Global Talent and Corporate Capacity at Zoetis prior to her time at Achillion, where she helped spin-off of the animal health business unit of Pfizer via its IPO and was key player for standing up the international talent management role of Zoetis to boost the development of the sector worldwide. She has held numerous major positions in HR with Pfizer’s company groups, branches, and domestic and global management functions.

Ms. Nam-Wortman has 14 years of expertise in the consultancy field focusing on strategic and organisational change management from Delta Consulting Group and IBM, in addition to her success with biotech/biopharma.

After completing her bachelor’s degree in marketing from the New York University Stern School of Business Ms. Nam-Wortman did her MS in Human Resources Management/Organizational Growth from the New School of Social Research’s

Ms. Nam-Wortman joins Cellectis from Achillion, where she worked as Senior Vice President, Head of HR, Head of IT, Facilities, and Internal Communications. She was responsible for managing the strategic and organizational aspects of the above roles at Achillion.

Kyung Nam-Wortman served as VP and Head of Global Talent and Corporate Capacity at Zoetis prior to her time at Achillion, where she helped spin-off of the animal health business unit of Pfizer via its IPO and was a key player for standing up the international talent management role of Zoetis to boost the development of the sector worldwide.

Ms. Nam-Wortman has 14 years of expertise in the consultancy field focusing on strategic and organizational change management from Delta Consulting Group and IBM, in addition to her success with biotech/biopharma.

After completing her bachelor’s degree in marketing from the New York University SternSchool of Business Ms. Nam-Wortman did her MS in Human ResourcesManagement/Organizational Growth from the New School of Social Research’s.

MS. Nam-Wortman served as VP and Head of Global Talent and Corporate Capacity at Zoetis prior to her time at Achillion, where she helped spin-off the animal health business unit of Pfizer via its IPO and was a key player for standing up the international talent management role of Zoetis to boost the development of the sector worldwide. She has held numerous major positions in HR with Pfizer’s company groups, branches, and domestic and global management functions.