Richard J. Daly has been a director since 2015 and became our President and CEO on January 1, 2024. Prior to joining Catalyst, from January 2022 until August 2023, Mr. Daly served as President of CARsgen Therapeutics Corporation, an emerging oncology company focused on developing CAR-T therapies for both liquid and solid tumors. Further, from July 2018 through January 2022, Mr. Daly served as Chief Operating Officer of BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals, a pre-commercial biotech company focused on oncology with assets in late Phase 3 clinical trials. Finally, before joining BeyondSpring, (i) from February 2016 until July 2018 Mr. Daly served as Chairman and CEO of Neuralstem, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of central nervous system therapies based on its neuronal stem cell technology, (ii) from October 2014 until September 2016, Mr. Daly served as a partner of RavineRock Partners, a commercial consulting practice focused on biotech and pharmaceuticals, and (iii) from February 2013 until September 2014, Mr. Daly served as President of AstraZeneca US Diabetes. Additionally, Mr. Daly served on the board of directors of Opiant Pharmaceuticals, and as a member of Opiant s Compensation and Audit Committees, from 2018 until the sale of that company in 2023. Mr. Daly received his Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the University of Notre Dame in 1983 and his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University in 1998. The Board believes that the characteristics that qualify Mr. Daly as a director of our company include his significant pharmaceutical industry experience and his experience in launching and managing sales of numerous pharmaceutical products, including several products that are used to treat orphan/rare diseases.