 Executive
Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
Craig Tooman
has served as Enzon’s
executive vice president of
finance and chief financial
officer since, 2005.
In this role, he is responsible
for all financial aspects of
Enzon, in addition to the Company’s
investor relations, public relations,
and strategic planning functions.
Mr. Tooman joined Enzon in January
2005 as the Company’s
executive vice president of
strategic planning and corporate
communications.
Mr. Tooman
has nearly 20 years of industry
experience, having worked extensively
in diverse pharmaceutical positions
including investor communications,
strategic planning, finance,
marketing, and sales. Prior
to joining Enzon, he served
as senior vice president of
strategic planning and corporate
communications of ILEX Oncology,
Inc, which was acquired by Genzyme
in December 2004.
While at ILEX,
Mr. Tooman managed the formation
of ILEX’s first comprehensive
strategic plan and the restructuring
of the company’s clinical
development activities to drive
the company’s transformation
from a drug development contract
research organization into a
product-driven pharmaceutical
company. Mr. Tooman was also
responsible for managing ILEX’s
investment banking relationships,
including playing a critical
role in the merger of ILEX and
Genzyme, a $1 billion transaction.
Before joining
ILEX, Mr. Tooman worked at Pharmacia
Corporation where he progressed
through positions of increasing
responsibility in investor relations,
including vice president of
investor relations. In this
role, he was responsible for
global investor relations activities
and spearheaded communications
with the financial community
on the Pharmacia and Upjohn/Monsanto
merger. Additionally, under
his leadership the Investor
Relations unit of Pharmacia
won four of the largest awards
of distinction in Investor and
Public Relations. He has also
held various management positions
in Europe and Japan.
Mr. Tooman
received his B.A. in economics
from Kalamazoo College and an
M.B.A. in finance from the University
of Chicago.
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