Georges Gemayel, Ph.D. , has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2015. From February 2011 to December 2012, Dr. Gemayel served as Executive Chairman of Syndexa Pharmaceuticals Corp., a privately held drug development company. Prior to that, in 2010, Dr. Gemayel served as Executive Chairman of FoldRx until its acquisition by Pfizer. From June 2008 until November 2009, Dr. Gemayel served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Altus Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded pharmaceutical company. From 2003 to 2008, he was Executive Vice President at Genzyme Corporation where he was responsible for Genzyme s global therapeutics, transplant, renal and biosurgery businesses. From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Gemayel was employed as Vice President National Specialty Care for Hoffmann La-Roche, responsible for its U.S. business for dermatology, oncology, transplantation, hepatitis and HIV. Dr. Gemayel joined Hoffmann-La Roche in 1988 and served in various positions of increasing responsibility over his tenure there. Dr. Gemayel received his doctorate in pharmacy from St. Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Paris-Sud University in Paris. France. Dr. Gemayel currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors of GlycoEra AG a privately held company, as well as serving as a director of Disc Medicine Inc., a publicly traded company. He was previously a director of Flamingo Therapeutics, a privately held company, Adolor Corporation, a publicly traded company, acquired by Cubist Pharmaceuticals. Inc., a director at Prosensa, acquired by Biomarin, a director at NPS, acquired by Shire, a director of Epitherapeutics, acquired by Gilead, a director of Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp., acquired by Horizon Pharma plc, the Chairman of Enterome Bioscience SA and Dimension Therapeutics, acquired by Ultragenyx, a director of Momenta Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded company acquired by Johnson and Johnson, the Executive Chairman of Gemini Therapeutics, which merged with Disc Medicine Inc., the Chairman of Dynacure, which merged with Flamingo Therapeutics, and the Chairman of Vascular Magnetics and Oxthera AB, both privately owned companies. Dr. Gemayel s substantial experience on the boards of directors of life science and healthcare companies and his over 35 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including management and executive positions spanning the United States, Europe and the Middle East, qualify him to serve as a director.