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Chitra Nayak

Sep 11, 2018
Invitae's board of directors this week expanded the number of members on its board to six members and appointed Chitra Nayak as a member. Nayak most recently served as chief operating officer of the real estate technology company Comfy, which was acquired by Siemens in June. Prior to that, Nayak worked at Funding Circle, an online peer-to-peer lending marketplace, and the cloud computing company Salesforce.com. Nayak will stand for re-election on Invitae's board in 2021.
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