Luke Beshar

Luke Beshar has served on Protara’s board of directors since October 2018 and as its Chairman since October 2019. Luke previously served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a global biopharmaceutical Company, from 2007 to 2015. He is the former Chief Financial Officer of various public and private companies and has more than 35 years of general and financial management experience. Luke served as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cambrex Corp. from 2002 to 2007 and previously as Chief Financial Officer at Dendrite Int’l., a provider of services to the life sciences industry. Luke began his career with Arthur Andersen & Co. in 1980 and is a CPA. He holds a BA degree in Accounting and Financial Management from Michigan State University and is a graduate of The Executive Program at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. He currently serves on the boards of directors of REGENXBIO, Inc. and Trillium Therapeutics Inc.