Directors Continuing in Office Until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Andrew Cheng, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Cheng currently serves as the chairman of the board of directors of the privately held biotechnology company, Expedition Therapeutics Inc. Dr. Cheng served as the President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as a director, of Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKRO), a biotechnology company, from September 2018 until its acquisition by Novo Nordisk A/S, a biopharmaceutical company, in December 2025. Dr. Cheng also served as non-executive director for MorphoSys AG (Nasdaq: MOR), a biopharmaceutical company, from May 2022 until its acquisition in February 2024 by Novartis AG. From August 2019 to May 2022, Dr. Cheng served as a non-executive director for Arbutus. Before joining Akero, Dr. Cheng was at Gilead as Chief Medical Officer from March 2018 to September 2018, Executive Vice President from February 2015 to September 2018, and Senior Vice President from February 2009 to February 2015. From April 2018 to November 2018, Dr. Cheng served on the board of directors of Syntimmune, Inc., a biotechnology company, which was acquired by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc (now a subsidiary of AstraZeneca). Dr. Cheng holds a B.A. in biology from the Johns Hopkins University and an M.D. and Ph.D. in cellular and molecular biology from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his internal medicine residency at UCLA and was board certified in internal medicine. Our Board and Nominating Committee believe that Dr. Cheng is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to his extensive experience in clinical development across multiple therapeutic areas.
Christopher Hite. Mr. Hite currently serves as Chairman, Partnering and Investments of Royalty Pharma plc (Nasdaq: RPRX), a biopharmaceutical company, a position he has held since March 2026. Prior to such time, Mr. Hite served as Executive Vice President and Vice Chairman of Royalty Pharma plc since March 2020. Previously, Mr. Hite was Vice Chairman and Global Head of Healthcare at Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) (“Citi”), where he worked from 2008 to 2020. Prior to joining Citi, Mr. Hite was the Global Head of Healthcare Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Mr. Hite serves on the Board of Trustees at Lehigh University, the Board of Directors of Kailera Therapeutics, Inc. and served on the Board of Directors of Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLRN), a biopharmaceutical company, until its acquisition by Merck in November 2021. Mr. Hite has a B.S. from Lehigh University and a J.D. and M.B.A from the University of Pittsburgh. Our Board and Nominating Committee believe that Mr. Hite is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to his extensive experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors.
Scott Morrison. From 1996 to December 2015, Mr. Morrison was a partner with Ernst & Young LLP, a public accounting firm, where he also served as U.S. Life Sciences Leader from 2002 to December 2015. Mr. Morrison currently serves on multiple public company boards, including Corvus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: CRVS), a biopharmaceutical company, since December 2015, IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDYA), a biotechnology company, since July 2018, Zai Lab Limited (Nasdaq: ZLAB), a biotechnology company, since October 2021, and Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TARS), a biotechnology company, since October 2022. Mr. Morrison previously served on the boards of Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GBT), a biopharmaceutical company, from December 2015 through its sale to Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE), a biopharmaceutical company, on October 4, 2022, Audentes Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOLD), a biotechnology company, from January 2016 through its sale to Astellas Pharma Inc. in January 2020, and Escape Bio, Inc., a biotechnology company, from July 2020 to November 2022. Mr. Morrison has also held roles on the boards of directors of numerous other life sciences industry organizations. Mr. Morrison has previously served on the boards of directors of the Life Sciences Foundation, the California Life Sciences Association, the Biotech Institute and the Emerging Companies Section of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley and is a certified public accountant (inactive). Our Board and Nominating Committee believe that Mr. Morrison’s 45 years of experience serving life sciences companies and in public accounting as well as many years of governance experience qualifies him to serve on our Board.
Christy Oliger. Ms. Oliger currently serves on multiple public company boards, including Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: KPTI), a biopharmaceutical company, since August 2020, Replimune Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: REPL), a biotechnology company, since December 2021, and Nuvalent, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVL), a biopharmaceutical company, since June 2025. She previously served on the boards of LAVA Therapeutics N.V. (Nasdaq: LVTX), a biopharmaceutical company, from March 2023 until its acquisition by XOMA Royalty Corporation (Nasdaq: XOMA), a biotech royalty aggregator, in November 2025, Sierra Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRRA) (“Sierra Oncology”), a biopharmaceutical company from June 2021 until its acquisition by GSK plc (NYSE: GSK) (“GSK”), a biotechnology company, in July 2022, Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: RETA) from April 2021 until its acquisition by Biogen, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB), a biopharmaceutical company, in June 2023, and RayzeBio, Inc. (Nasdaq: RYZB), a biopharmaceutical company, from August 2023 until its acquisition by Bristol Myers Squibb in February 2024. In her most recent operational role, Ms. Oliger served as Genentech’s Senior Vice President, Oncology Business Unit Head
