Scott J. Charles

Biography

  Charles is Chief Financial Officer of Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. Previously, Mr. Charles served as Senior Vice President of Finance of POZEN Inc., the company’s predecessor, which he joined on July 27, 2015.  Mr. Charles has over 19 years of experience with a record of accomplishment across a spectrum of financial operations in public and private environments. Prior to joining the company, he most recently served as the Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Ikaria, Inc., a critical care pharmaceutical company based in Hampton, New Jersey with annual revenues in excess of $400 million. Mr. Charles played a lead role in the spin-off of Ikaria’s R&D operations and sale of its commercial business to a private equity firm in 2014 for $1.6B and then to Mallinckrodt in April 2015 for $2.3B. Mr. Charles also successfully helped raise over $3B through numerous capital market transactions. While at Ikaria, Mr. Charles had the opportunity to lead all of the finance functions. Prior to that, Mr. Charles held several senior finance roles of increasing responsibility, culminating as the Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Charles played an integral role in the company’s M&A process that resulted in the successful sale of Reliant to GlaxoSmithKline for $1.6B in 2007. He was also instrumental in closing several business development transactions, including the acquisition of Lovaza, a product that grew to over $1B in annual revenues. Prior to that he was a Manager of Assurance and Business Advisory Services at Arthur Andersen, LLP. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Bucknell University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

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