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H. Thomas Watkins
Director
H. Thomas Watkins has served as a Director of Vanda since September 2006. H. Thomas Watkins joined HGS as Chief Executive Officer and a Director in December 2004, and was also named President in December 2005. Mr. Watkins came to HGS with nearly twenty years of experience at Abbott Laboratories and its affiliates in the U.S. and Asia. He joined Abbott in 1985 and held various executive positions in the Pharmaceutical Products Division, Diagnostics Division and HealthSystems Division prior to serving as President of TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., from 1998 to 2004. Mr. Watkins began his career in 1974 with Arthur Andersen & Co., and was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, Inc., from 1979 to 1985. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the National Symphony Orchestra. He is a Trustee of The College of William and Mary Foundation and a member of the Board of Trustees of The Mason School of Business of The College of William and Mary. Mr. Watkins currently serves as Chair of the Life Sciences Advisory Board of the State of Maryland.
Mr. Watkins holds a bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary, and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
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