Brendan Gibbons Appointed Chief Legal Officer at Allurion Technologies
30 January 2024 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
Allurion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ALUR), a company dedicated to
ending obesity, today announced the appointment of Brendan Gibbons
as its new Chief Legal Officer and corporate secretary.
Brendan joins Allurion with nearly 20 years’ experience as a
chief legal and compliance officer at three separate public
companies. Most recently, Brendan served as Executive Vice
President and Chief Legal Officer at Acushnet Company, the parent
company of Titleist and other golf brands and a global leader in
product innovation, precision manufacturing, and performance. Prior
to Acushnet, Brendan held similar roles at Wolverine Worldwide and
Carter’s, Inc. Before going in-house, Brendan worked at Ropes &
Gray LLP as a corporate and securities lawyer. Brendan holds
bachelor’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and a juris
doctorate from Boston College Law School.
In this new role, Brendan will lead the company’s legal and
compliance strategies, playing a pivotal part in guiding the
company's global expansion and upholding its commitment to
delivering safe and effective weight loss solutions. Brendan will
report directly to Dr. Shantanu Gaur, Allurion’s Founder and CEO,
and will serve as key advisor to Dr. Gaur, Allurion’s senior
management team, and its Board of Directors.
"We are thrilled to welcome Brendan to Allurion as our Chief
Legal Officer," said Dr. Gaur. "His extensive legal experience and
proven leadership skills will be instrumental as we continue to
innovate and expand our global reach, while ensuring we uphold the
highest legal and ethical standards as a publicly traded
company.”
“I am incredibly excited to join Allurion at this exciting stage
of its life cycle and be part of such an innovative company
dedicated to transforming the lives of individuals through
cutting-edge weight loss solutions,” said Mr. Gibbons. “I look
forward to contributing to Allurion's mission."
About Allurion
Allurion is dedicated to ending obesity. The Allurion Program is
a weight-loss platform that combines the Allurion Gastric Balloon,
the world’s first and only swallowable, procedure-less gastric
balloon for weight loss, the Allurion Virtual Care Suite, including
the Allurion Mobile App for consumers, Allurion Insights for
healthcare providers featuring the Iris AI Platform, and the
Allurion Connected Scale. The Allurion Virtual Care Suite is also
available to providers separately from the Allurion Program to help
customize, monitor, and manage weight-loss therapy for patients
regardless of their treatment plan, whether it is gastric balloon,
surgical, medical or nutritional. The Allurion Gastric Balloon is
an investigational device in the United States.
For more information about Allurion and the Allurion Virtual
Care Suite, please visit www.allurion.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
his press release may contain certain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the U.S. federal and state securities laws.
These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the
words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,”
“intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “target,”
“may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will
likely result,” and similar expressions and include statements
regarding time and costs savings resulting from use of the Allurion
Program; and future funding of balloon placements by, and expansion
of the partnership with, NHS. Forward-looking statements are
predictions, projections and other statements about future events
that reflect the current beliefs and assumptions of Allurion’s
management based on information currently available to them and, as
a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors
could cause actual future results or developments to differ
materially from the forward-looking statements in this press
release, including but not limited to (i) the ability of Allurion
to obtain regulatory approval for and successfully commercialize
the Allurion Program, (ii) the timing of and results from its
clinical studies and trials, (iii) the evolution of the markets in
which Allurion competes and the rise of GLP-1 drugs, (iv) the
ability of Allurion to defend its intellectual property and satisfy
regulatory requirements, (v) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,
Russia-Ukraine war and Israel-Hamas war on Allurion’s business,
(vi) Allurion’s expectations regarding its market opportunities and
(vii) the risk of economic downturns and a changing regulatory
landscape in the highly competitive industry in which Allurion
operates. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You
should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks
and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q on November 14, 2023, and
other documents filed by Allurion from time to time with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings identify and
address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual events and results to differ materially from those contained
in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak
only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put
undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Allurion assumes
no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise. Allurion does not give any assurance
that it will achieve its expectations.
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