Peter Y. Tam

Mr. Tam has been President since November 2009. Prior to that time, Mr. Tam held various senior management positions at VIVUS, including senior vice president of product and corporate development and vice president of strategic planning and corporate development. Mr. Tam joined VIVUS in 1993 as manager of clinical research, and in 1999 he assumed the responsibilities of director of clinical and corporate development. Prior to VIVUS, Mr. Tam held various research and clinical development positions at Genentech from 1991 through 1993 and XOMA Corporation from 1987 to 1991. Mr. Tam received a B.S. in Chemistry from University of California Berkeley in 1986 and his M.B.A. at Santa Clara University in 2000.