Mr. White s current tenure as a director began in October 2020. Mr. White has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Aptevo and as a member of its Board of Directors since August 2016 and recently announced that effective April 1, 2026, he will retire as CEO and assume the role of Executive Chair of the Aptevo Board of Directors. Mr. White first served as a director of Emergent in June 2010, until his resignation in May 2016. He also served as a consultant to Emergent prior to joining Aptevo. From 2008 to March 2014, Mr. White served as the Chief Financial Officer of St. Vincent Health, and was responsible for finance, materials management, accounting, patient financial services and managed care for all 19 hospitals and 36 joint ventures. Prior to joining St. Vincent Health in 2008, Mr. White was the Chief Financial Officer of Lilly USA, a subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, where he also held leadership positions in Treasury and Corporate Finance and Investment Banking in the Corporate Strategy Group. Mr. White is a director of OneAmerica Financial Insurance Partners, Inc., a mutual insurance and financial services company based in Indianapolis, Indiana and Delta Dental of Washington, a Seattle-based dental insurance company. From June 2014 until August 2016, Mr. White served on the board of directors of Washington Prime Group, a NYSE-listed REIT that invests in shopping centers. From July 2015 until March 2017, Mr. White served on the board of directors of CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a public pharmaceutical company. Mr. White earned his M.B.A. in finance from Indiana University and his B.S. in Accounting from Wilberforce University. Qualifications: We believe Mr. White s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his strong financial background, tenure as Chief Executive Officer of Aptevo and experience gained from senior positions he has held with other biopharmaceutical organizations.