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Sanjay Shukla is a President/CEO at aTyr Pharma Inc, Advisor at Hiteks Solutions Inc., and Chief Medical Officer at Tesco and is based in San Diego, California. He has worked as Director, Investor & Media Relations at Aspreva Pharmaceuticals; Executive Director, Drug Development Operations at Aspreva Pharmaceuticals; and Consultant at aTyr Pharma Inc. Sanjay studied at Howard University College of Medicine between 1997 and 2001, University of Maryland Baltimore between 1993 and 1995, and University of Maryland between 1989 and 1993.

Alexander Hardy is the CEO of Genentech. Hardy, who joined Genentech in 2005, has served as CEO since March 1, 2019. He previously served as head of global product Strategy for Roche Pharmaceuticals. Previously, he headed up Asia Pacific for Roche's pharma outfit.

Rick Winningham has served as a member of our Board of Directors since May 2010. Since 2001, he has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Theravance, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, and in April 2010, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors. From 1997 to 2001, he served as President of Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology/Immunology/Oncology Therapeutics Network and, from 2000 to 2001, as President of Global Marketing. He is a member of the board of directors of the California Healthcare Institute (CHI) and is also a member of the External Advisory Board for the College of Business and Administration and Business Hall of Fame at Southern Illinois University.Rick Winningham holds an M.B.A. from Texas Christian University and a B.S. from Southern Illinois University.

Ron Squarer serves as Chairman and Executive Advisor at ADC Therapeutics SA (NYSE: ADCT) and directly supported the May 2020 company IPO. Mr. Squarer served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Array Biopharma Board of Directors from April 2012 through August 2019 when Pfizer Inc. acquired the company for $11.8 billion following the successful launch of the cancer treatments Braftovi® and Mektovi®. During his tenure, the company’s valuation grew ~40-fold through execution across research, development, and commercialization focused in the Oncology area. Array Biopharma’s research team is recognized for having invented Vitrakvi®/larotrectinib/TRK, Koselugo®/selumetinib/MEK, Tukysa®/tucatinib/HER2, ipatasertib/AKT, selpercatinib/RET, and MRTX849/KRAS-G12C among other molecules. Mr. Squarer has extensive commercial, development, research prioritization, and executive leadership expertise from a career spanning more than two decades in the biopharmaceutical industry. Before joining Array, Mr. Squarer held positions of increasing responsibility with Hospira, Inc., a global pharmaceutical and medical device company. In his last role there, as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, he was responsible for delivering $4 billion in annual revenue. Mr. Squarer joined Hospira from Mayne Pharma, where he served as Senior Vice President, Global Corporate and Business Development when Mayne was sold to Hospira in 2007 for over $2 billion. Before Mayne Pharma, Mr. Squarer held leadership roles at both Pfizer, Inc. (including in Oncology), and SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (now GlaxoSmithKline) in the U.S. and Europe and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Deciphera Inc. (NASDAQ: DCPH) and Travere Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: TVTX) Mr. Squarer earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.

Armin Spura is a Chief Executive Officer at Crown bioscience.