Tom Beetham

Tom Beetham joined Viridian as Chief Operating Officer. Tom has more than 20 years of experience in operations, business development, legal and strategy in the biopharmaceutical industry. Tom joined Viridian after serving as Chief Legal Officer of Magenta Therapeutics. Prior to Magenta, Tom served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Operations, and Chief Legal Officer of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals where he had reporting responsibility for multiple functions. Prior to Kiniksa, Tom served as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Development of Synageva BioPharma Corp. Prior to Synageva, Tom was General Legal Counsel for New England Biolabs, Inc., and earlier, was the lead corporate attorney for Genzyme Corporation’s Oncology and Multiple Sclerosis business units. Tom holds a J.D. and M.B.A. from Boston College and a B.A. from the University of Rochester.