John G. Cox, 63, has served as our Chief Executive Officer and President and as a director of our company since March 2024. Previously, Mr. Cox served as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Repertoire Immune Medicines, Inc., a biotechnology company, from January 2020 to November 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Cox served as the Executive Chairman of Torque Therapeutics, Inc., or Torque, a biotechnology company, from January 2019 until September 2019, and as the Chief Executive Officer of Torque from September 2019 until January 2020, when Torque merged with another company to form Repertoire Immune Medicines, Inc. From February 2017 to September 2018, Mr. Cox served as Chief Executive Officer of Bioverativ Inc., a biotechnology company, which was acquired by Sanofi S.A. in February 2018. From 2003 to February 2017, Mr. Cox served in various roles at Biogen Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. From May 2016 until February 2017, he led the process to spin-off Biogen Inc. s hematology division into an independent company, which became Bioverativ Inc.; from 2015 to 2016, Mr. Cox served as Executive Vice President of Global Commercial, Pharmaceutical & Technical Operations; and from 2010 to 2015, Mr. Cox served as Executive Vice President of Pharmaceutical Operations & Technology. Mr. Cox has served as a member of the board of directors of Minovia Therapeutics Ltd., a biotechnology company, since 2019 and of Canopy-Immuno Therapeutics Ltd., a biotechnology company, since March 2023. Mr. Cox previously served as a member of the board of directors of Sigilon Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, from March 2019 to August 2023 and Repligen Corporation, a biotechnology company, from 2014 to February 2020. Mr. Cox holds a B.S. in biology from Arizona State University, an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.S. in cell biology from California State University. We believe that Mr. Cox is qualified to serve on our board of directors based on his extensive leadership experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, including his biotechnology company board and executive experience.