Circassia Pharmaceuticals plc announced the appointment of Lota S Zoth as a non-executive director and member of the remuneration committee. Ms. Zoth will also join the audit committee as its chair. Most recently she was CFO at MedImmune, and previously held senior positions at PSINet, Sodexho Marriott, PepsiCo and Ernst & Young.

She is currently a non-executive director, compensation committee member and the audit committee chair at Hyperion Therapeutics Inc. and NewLink Genetics Corporation. She is also a non-executive director and the audit committee chair at Orexigen Therapeutics Inc.