Cambridge, Mass.-based Aveo Pharmaceuticals will the appoint Henri A. Termeer, outgoing chairman, president and chief executive officer of Genzyme, to its board of directors.

Termeer served as president and a director of Genzyme since 1983, its chief executive officer since 1985 and as chairman of its board since 1988. In 2008, he was appointed to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's Council of Economic Advisors, and he is a co-chair of the Leadership Council of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Collaborative. Termeer is also chairman emeritus of the New England Healthcare Institute and is a director at Massachusetts General Hospital.