Latha Vairavan was promoted to chief financial officer in May 2025 and is responsible for overseeing and managing all financial operations for Arcutis. She has over 20 years of finance and accounting professional experience in the biotech industry.  She joined Arcutis in 2020 and has held roles of increasing responsibility within the organization, beginning as executive director, financial planning and analysis. Most recently, she served as vice president, finance and corporate controller, where she oversaw daily accounting operations, ensured compliance with financial, accounting, and income tax regulations, led all investor relations activities, and managed financial planning and analysis. Prior to Arcutis, Ms Vairavan spent 12 years at Amgen, where she held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility within the finance organization.  She ultimately served as finance director for US value and access.  Ms Vairavan began her career as a financial consultant with KPMG and Arthur Andersen. She holds a bachelors of science in business administration, finance, from the University of Southern California, and is a licensed CPA in California.

Mr Edwards joined Arcutis in September 2023 as chief commercial officer and is responsible for overseeing and managing all commercial operations for Arcutis.  Mr Edwards brings over 25 years of sales, market access, marketing, and general management experience.  Prior to joining Arcutis, he spent almost three years at Incyte as group vice president and business unit head of immunology where he led the successful launch and commercialization of their topical JAK inhibitor for atopic dermatitis.  Prior to that Mr Edwards was at UCB for nearly eight years as the head of US immunology and later head of global immunology operations and strategy, where he was instrumental in leading commercialization of their dermatology, rheumatology, and gastroenterology portfolios.  Prior to that, he held senior roles at AbbVie and TAP Pharmaceuticals.  Mr Edwards holds a BS from East Tennessee State University and an MBA from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is also a decorated veteran of the US Army.

Mr Tucker is the chief human resources officer at Arcutis, where he leads the growth and development of Arcutis’ team and ensures a world-class corporate culture. He joined the company in July 2020 as executive director of HR.  Prior to Arcutis, Mr Tucker was the senior director of total rewards at Atara Biotherapeutics, where he led the compensation and benefits department. Prior to Atara, Mr Tucker was the senior director and head of human resources at Sienna Biopharmaceuticals, where he established and led the human resources function as the company transitioned from a private to a publicly traded company. Prior to Sienna, Mr Tucker was the associate director of human resources at Kythera. In his role at Kythera he was instrumental in building out the sales force for the company’s launch of Kybella®. He has also held roles in non-profit management where he oversaw all administrative functions, including human resources, information technology, bookkeeping, budgeting, and facilities. Mr Tucker started his career in Amgen’s human resources department, where he held roles of increasing responsibility. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, with an option in human resource management, from California State University, Northridge.

Mr Matsuda joined Arcutis in January 2022 as general counsel and corporate secretary. He is responsible for all legal and compliance for the company, as well as serving as secretary of the board of directors. Mr Matsuda previously served as senior vice president, general counsel, chief compliance officer, and corporate secretary at Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. Prior to Halozyme, Mr Matsuda worked at Amgen for 18 years in positions of increasing responsibility with his last role serving as vice president, Law, Global Commercial Operations, where he was responsible for strategic commercial legal support to the US Commercial Operations organization, as well as Medical Affairs, Compliance, Global Value, Access & Policy, Global Marketing, and Biosimilars divisions. Mr Matsuda received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a dual emphasis in Corporate Finance and International Finance from the University of Southern California, and a Juris Doctorate from University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Mr Madan brings over 20 years of digital transformation and innovation experience to the Arcutis team. Prior to joining Arcutis, Mr Madan served as the vice president of digital, data/analytics and innovation for consumer healthcare technology at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), where, in partnership with the chief digital officer, he was responsible for driving significant elements of their digital and tech transformation globally. Before GSK, Mr Madan was with Novartis where he was responsible for managing and delivering global, regional, and localized digital solutions and services across 3 business units and in more than 80 countries. In addition to healthcare, Mr Madan has experience in the consumer goods sector, having spent 14 years at L’Oreal in various roles, including managing the digital tech function for L’Oreal Americas. Mr Madan holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and master’s degrees in both business administration and information systems from New York University Stern School of Business.

Patrick Burnett has served as Arcutis’ chief medical officer since August 2020. Prior to that, Dr Burnett was the chief medical officer at Verrica Pharmaceuticals since April 2018. Prior to that, Dr Burnett was at Sun Pharmaceuticals where he was associate vice president of clinical development from September 2015 to March 2018, with oversight of the dermatology and rheumatology pipeline. Prior to Sun, Dr Burnett was at Novartis from 2010 to August 2015, most recently as global program medical director. He is a board-certified dermatologist and was a member of the medical faculty at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as an assistant professor of dermatology from 2004 to 2010. Dr Burnett holds an MD and PhD in neuroscience from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a BS in biology and biochemistry from the University of Iowa.

Mr Watanabe has been the president of Arcutis since 2016, and chief executive officer since 2017. Prior to joining Arcutis, he was co-founder and chief operating officer of Kanan Therapeutics, a cardiovascular drug development company, and before that, was vice president of strategy and corporate development at Kythera Biopharmaceuticals.

Mr Watanabe was an executive at Amgen, Inc. from 2005 to 2013, where he was involved in the development of Repatha^® for hyperlipidemia and Aimovig^® for migraine, and worked on the US marketing of Enbrel^® in both dermatology and rheumatology. Previously, he was an executive with Eli Lilly and Company, and an official in the US government. He was also a commissioned officer in the US Navy Reserves for 25 years. He formerly served on the board of Amunix Pharmaceuticals. Mr Watanabe earned his MA in national security studies, and his BA in international relations, both at Georgetown University.