About

Abraham Ceesay is Chief Executive Officer of Rapport Therapeutics. Prior to joining Rapport, he served as President of Cerevel Therapeutics from May 2021 through February 2023. Earlier, he was Chief Executive Officer of Tiburio Therapeutics, where he built a fully integrated organization and advanced a program to investigational new drug (IND) enablement for a rare neuroendocrine tumor. Prior to Tiburio, Mr. Ceesay held positions including Chief Operating Officer at scPharmaceuticals, Head of Commercial at Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Vice President of Marketing at Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, and roles of increasing responsibility at Sanofi, formerly Genzyme.

Mr. Ceesay serves on the boards of Rapport Therapeutics, Pacira Biosciences, and Life Science Cares, as well as on the Board of Trustees of Thayer Academy. He has been a director of Charles River since May 2025. His qualifications to serve as a director include his nearly two decades of executive and public company biopharmaceutical industry experience.

Roles

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.
Director (Chief Executive Officer, Rapport Therapeutics) · Current role
May 2025–present
Rapport Therapeutics
Chief Executive Officer
present
Cerevel Therapeutics
President
May 2021 - Feb 2023
Tiburio Therapeutics
Chief Executive Officer · Built a fully integrated organization and advanced a program to IND enablement for a rare neuroendocrine tumor.
scPharmaceuticals
Chief Operating Officer
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals
Head of Commercial
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
Vice President of Marketing
Sanofi (formerly Genzyme)
Roles of increasing responsibility

External Roles

Rapport Therapeutics
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Pacira Biosciences
Director
Life Science Cares
Director
Thayer Academy
Trustee

Also at Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.

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