Achieve Life Sciences Announces Changes in Executive Leadership and Board of Directors

Richard Stewart reassumes role of Chief Executive Officer

Thomas King appointed Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors

SEATTLE and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Achieve Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACHV), a late-stage pharmaceutical company dedicated to the global development and commercialization of cytisinicline for smoking cessation and nicotine dependence, today announced that Mr. Richard (Rick) Stewart, Achieve’s co-founder and current Executive Chairman, will reassume the role of Chief Executive Officer. John Bencich, who served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer for the past four years, will serve as an advisor during the transition. Additionally, the Company announced that Mr. Thomas (Tom) King, currently the lead independent director of the Board of Directors, will assume the role of Executive Chairman.