Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of Bill Chase, MBA, to its board of directors. Mr. Chase will be a member of the audit committee and will succeed Caroline Dorsa as chair of the audit committee upon her retirement from the board. Ms. Dorsa is retiring from Intellia's board, effective June 15, 2023, as a result of her appointment as chair of Biogen's board of directors.

Mr. Chase has over three decades of strategic and financial management experience at leading life science companies. He previously served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of AbbVie, following the company's successful spinout from Abbott Laboratories, in 2012 until 2018. He then went on to serve as executive vice president, Finance and Administration from October 2018 to July 2019.

Prior to his tenure at AbbVie, Mr. Chase spent almost 25 years in financial management positions of increasing seniority at Abbott, including corporate vice president, Licensing & Acquisitions; corporate vice president and treasurer; and divisional vice president and controller of Abbott International. He also serves on the board of Parexel International, one of the industry's largest clinical research organizations. Mr. Chase holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Illinois and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.