Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. announced that, as of August 1, 2017, Damian Heller will assume the role of General Counsel & Corporate Secretary and join the Extended Management Committee which reports to the CEO. Mr. Heller succeeds Elizabeth Rozek who will be leaving Basilea to relocate to the United States. Mr. Heller joined Basilea in 2015 as Deputy General Counsel and Global Compliance Officer. Prior to joining Basilea, he served as Global Compliance Officer at Novartis Pharma AG, Corporate Secretary of Syngenta AG and Director of the Basel Institute on Governance.