On January 4, 2023, the Board of Directors of Merus N.V. (the Company) appointed Peter B. Silverman, the Company's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Head of Utrecht, to serve as the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. Additionally, Mr. Silverman has been designated as the Company's principal operating officer, succeeding Sven (Bill) Ante Lundberg, M.D., in such role. Peter B. Silverman, age 45, has served the Company since 2014, first as outside counsel, as Head of Utrecht from April 2020 to January 1, 2023, as General Counsel since February 2018 and Chief Intellectual Property Officer and Head of US Legal from February 2017.

His responsibilities include management of the Company's legal and intellectual property, company operations, information technology, facilities and human resource matters, and management and operations of the headquarters in Utrecht. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Silverman was a Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he represented numerous life sciences companies concerning an array of legal matters and technologies. Previously, Mr. Silverman was an associate at Kaye Scholer LLP (now Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP), and prior to that Mr. Silverman also served as judicial law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Anne E. Thompson of the District of New Jersey.

He holds a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, graduating magna cum laude and Order of the Coif. He is admitted to practice law in New York. Mr. Silverman also holds a B.A. in biology from the University of Rochester.