Aeterna Zentaris Inc. announced the appointment of Ms. Geneviève Lemaire, currently Interim Corporate Controller, to serve as the Company's Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Ms. Lemaire is a chartered professional accountant in Canada and Certified Public Accountant, registered in the State of Illinois. She has worked in various accounting and audit functions for Ernst & Young in Canada and Switzerland and in senior finance and accounting functions in other organizations.

Ms. Lemaire will be the principal financial officer overseeing the completion and filing of the Company's 2015 annual audited consolidated financial statements and the related documents and filings, while also providing the overall leadership in the finance and accounting function within the Company. The Company announces that Mr. Keith Santorelli, the Company's former Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, has left the Company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Santorelli served as the Company's principal financial officer after the Company's reorganization of its finance and accounting function was implemented in early October 2015.