John Timberlake

John Timberlake has served as Valeritas’ chief executive officer, president and chief commercial officer and a member of the board of directors since February 2016, prior to which he served as president and chief commercial officer since August 2008. Before becoming chief executive officer, president and chief commercial officer, Mr. Timberlake was a general manager with the company from September 2006 to August 2008. Prior to joining Valeritas, Mr. Timberlake held positions of increasing responsibility from 1991 to 2006 at Sanofi-Aventis (now Sanofi), with his last role as vice president of diabetes marketing, where he was responsible for the diabetes franchise, including the brands Lantus, Apidra and Amaryl. While at Sanofi, Mr. Timberlake had extensive experience and commercial responsibilities for new products in development across multiple therapeutic areas, including inhaled insulin and other metabolic products. Prior to working in the healthcare industry, Mr. Timberlake was a manager with Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1986 to 1991 and was both a certified management accountant and a certified public accountant. He earned a B.S. in Accounting at Northwest Missouri State University, an M.S. in management from Purdue University and an MBA from ESC Rouen in France (now NEOMA Business School).