Entrada Therapeutics, Inc. appointed new CEO

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.


On December 29, 2023, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Entrada Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Nathan J. Dowden, the Company's Chief Operating Officer, to serve as the Company's President, effective as of January 1, 2024 (the "Effective Date"), in addition to his role as the Company's Chief Operating Officer, replacing Dipal Doshi, the Company's Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Doshi will continue to serve as the Company's Chief Executive Officer from the Effective Date.


Mr. Dowden has served as the Company's Chief Operating Officer since November 2019. Prior to joining the Company, from April 2016 to October 2019, Mr. Dowden was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. ("Rubius"), a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, where he helped develop and integrate the company's technology, capital formation and communication strategy in support of the organization's evolution from Series A to public listing, and from discovery to clinical stage status. Prior to Rubius, from January 2014 to April 2016, Mr. Dowden served as Managing Director at the Huron Consulting Group Inc. ("Huron"), a publicly traded management consulting firm. He joined Huron after having served as Managing Director of The Frankel Group LLC (acquired by Huron) for 16 years. Mr. Dowden received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Connecticut and an M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.


In connection with Mr. Dowden's promotion to President, Mr. Dowden's salary was increased to $480,000 per year, with a target bonus percentage of 45%, in each case effective as the Effective Date. Mr. Dowden was also granted 60,000 restricted stock units of the Company, effective as of March 1, 2024 (the "Effective Grant Date"), which shall vest over three years with 50% vesting on the second anniversary of the Effective Grant Date and the remaining 50% vesting on the third anniversary of the Effective Grant Date, subject to Mr. Dowden's continuous service relationship with the Company through each vesting date.


There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Dowden and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Dowden was promoted to President. There are no family relationships between Mr. Dowden, on the one hand, and any director, executive officer or any other person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer, on the other. There are no related person transactions (within the meaning of Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission) between Mr. Dowden, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other.


A copy of the press release announcing the promotion of Mr. Dowden is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.