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Nigel Govett

Departments

Executive Office, Executive Leadership Team, Finance & Operations

Position

CFO

Nigel Govett is Chief Financial Officer of Novo Holdings A/S, a position he has held since March 2022. In addition, Nigel is a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee of NNIT A/S.

From 2020 to 2022, Nigel was the Chief Financial Officer of Oman Infrastructure Investment Management. From 2014 to 2020, Nigel was Chief Financial Officer of the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Oman. Prior to this, Nigel held Director positions in EQT Fund Management Limited and EQT Partners UK, 2010-2014, and in Close Brothers including the role as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Fund Management (2007-2009). Nigel was a member of the Board of Directors of Outward Bound Oman from 2017-2022, and a member of the Board of Directors of Zain Group from 2017-2020.

Nigel is Chair of the Board of Directors of Ejendomsselskabet Novo Holdings Komplementar ApS and Ejendomsselskabet Novo Holdings P/S, and Member of the Board of Directors of Novo Holdings US, Inc., as well as non-executive Chair of Tanjun 1 GP Limited in Guernsey (UK). Nigel is a UK national. He is admitted as a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and holds a BA (Hons) Historical Studies from University of Sunderland and participated in the Global Board Education Programme with IMD in Lausanne.

Investing to benefit people and the planet

Novo Holdings A/S

Tuborg Havnevej 19

2900 Hellerup Denmark

+45 3527 6500

Email: Info@novoholdings.dk

CVR# 24257630

Media Relations

Christian Mostrup Scheel

Head of Public Relations

Email: novoholdingsmedia@novo.dk

+45 3067 4805

Novo Holdings US Inc.*

Boston:

200 Clarendon Street, Floor 45

Boston, MA 02116 USA

San Francisco:

One Market Plaza, Floor 17 of the Steuart Tower

San Francisco, CA 94105 USA

+1 (415) 552-6686

Email: Info@novoholdings.dk

Novo Holdings Equity Asia Pte. Ltd.*

#40-01, 6 Battery Road

Singapore 049909

Email: Info@novoholdings.dk

Novo Holdings (UK office)

16 Berkeley Street

London W1J 8DZ

Email: Info@novoholdings.dk

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*Novo Ventures (US) Inc., Novo Holdings US Inc., comprising Novo Growth and Principal Investments, and Novo Holdings Equity Asia Pte. Ltd. are separate legal entities that provide certain consultancy services to Novo Holdings A/S, mainly within the areas of identifying, analysing and negotiating various investment opportunities among life science and biotech companies in the US as well as certain follow-up activities related thereto, such as board memberships, financial control and reporting efforts.

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