Management

Thomas Riga is Spectrum’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Riga was named Spectrum’s President and Chief Executive Officer on January 1st, 2022. He has over 20 years of diverse pharmaceutical leadership experience. He has leadership experience in various positions at Wyeth Ayerst Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly and Company, Amgen Inc. and Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC. Throughout his career he has successfully integrated leadership and strategy to create meaningful value. His executive leadership experience spans across operations, business development, sales, marketing, Six Sigma, manufacturing, and corporate accounts.

During his tenure at Spectrum, Mr. Riga has led a strategic shift in the company’s focus from a specialty pharmaceutical company to a development-focused organization. The divestiture of seven marketed products infused non-dilutive capital back into the organization and enabled Spectrum to further advance its two cornerstone, value driving assets. Additionally, he has led multiple product launches in the oncology market, delivering innovative cancer care while establishing world class partnerships with key industry stakeholders. He has consistently inspired cross-functional teams to deliver superior performance to create value for Spectrum.

Mr. Riga holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology and Chemistry from St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York. Mr. Riga is an accredited public company director from UCLA’s Anderson School of Business.

Nora Brennan has served as our Chief Financial Officer since May 2022. Prior to joining Spectrum, she was the Chief Financial Officer of Fore Biotherapeutics, a private precision oncology company pioneering the development of cancer therapies guided by functional genomics. Prior to Fore, she was the Chief Financial Officer of TELA Bio, Inc., where she guided the company through a successful IPO and follow-on financing. Previously, Ms. Brennan spent 11 years as the Senior Vice President of Treasury and Investor Relations at Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, where she served in numerous capacities and led Integra through a myriad of financings. She was key to the capital markets strategy over a significant period of time and successfully integrated 18 acquisitions leading to significant revenue growth for the company. For the past 15 years she has served on management teams of publicly traded life science companies raising more than $2 billion in capital, building finance organizations and supporting operations from early development stage into commercialization.

She earned her B.A. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and received her MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Ms. Brennan is currently serving as a Director and Audit Chair at Artios Pharma Limited, a privately held biotech company.

Michael Grabow has served as Spectrum’s Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer since October 2022, overseeing Corporate Strategy, Commercial Operations and Analytics, Business Development, Human Resources, Investor Relations, and IT. Mr. Grabow has over twenty years of biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry experience and has been with Spectrum since 2013, most recently as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Operations, where he was responsible for developing and driving the strategic planning of the organization. He’s also held the roles of Vice President, Global Commercial Operations and Executive Director, Sales & Marketing Sciences.

Prior to Spectrum, Mr. Grabow was Director, Business Analytics & Insights at Amgen, Inc., where he supported the US/Global Oncology Business Unit as a team lead, delivering insights in the areas of Primary Market Research, Secondary Market Research, and Competitive Intelligence. He was previously Director, Sales Operations and served in several other senior sales operations positions while at Amgen.

Mr. Grabow earned his B.S. in Finance from California State University, Northridge and his M.B.A. from Pepperdine University.

Keith McGahan has served as our Chief Legal Officer since June 2018, as Corporate Secretary since February 2018 and as Executive Vice President since June 2019. From August 2016 to June 2018, he served as Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Associate General Counsel. He brings to Spectrum more than 20 years of diverse experience in the healthcare, medical device and pharmaceutical industries. From 2015 through August 2016, Mr. McGahan served as Executive Director and Associate General Counsel at Avanir Pharmaceuticals. During his tenure at Avanir, Mr. McGahan served as legal advisor on all compliance and commercial related matters. From 2012 through 2015, Mr. McGahan served as Director, Healthcare Compliance at Johnson & Johnson, where he was responsible for executing the global compliance program. Prior to that, from 2003 through 2011, Mr. McGahan served as the Assistant Staff Judge Advocate to the Navy Surgeon General, Staff Judge Advocate to the Navy Medical Research Command as well as Staff Judge Advocate and Chief Compliance Officer at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.

Mr. McGahan is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) and holds a professional certificate in health care compliance & privacy from Seton Hall University, a Six Sigma Black Belt certification from Villanova University and is certified by UCLA’s Anderson School of Business as an accredited public company director.

Mr. McGahan holds a bachelor’s degree in Zoology from Connecticut College, a master’s degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University, a Juris Doctorate from Seattle University School of Law and a Master of Laws in Taxation from University of San Diego School of Law.