General, United States Army (retired) Gustave F. Perna, age 65, retired from the United States Army in July 2021 as the Chief Operating Officer of Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration s multi-billion-dollar coronavirus vaccine and treatment effort, a position he had held since May 2020. Prior to that, General Perna served as Commanding General of United States Army Materiel Command, which develops and delivers materiel readiness solutions for the Army s land force capabilities, from September 2016 to May 2020 and as Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 of the Army, with responsibility for oversight of the policies and procedures used by all Army logisticians globally, from 2014 to September 2016. During his 38 years of service in the United States Army, General Perna held many other staff and command assignments, including Commander, Joint Munitions Command and Joint Munitions and Lethality Lifecycle Management Command, Commander, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Commander, 64th Forward Support Battalion and Commander, 4th Sustainment Brigade. General Perna holds an Associate Degree in Business Administration from Valley Forge Military Academy and a Bachelor Degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland and was awarded a Master s Degree in Logistics Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. General Perna also serves on the board of directors of Almonty Industries Inc. Our Board has concluded that General Perna should serve as a director because of his valuable leadership, supply chain, logistics and international affairs experience from his nearly 40 years of service in the United States Army, including as leader of Operation Warp Speed and Commander of Army Materiel Command. In addition, General Perna brings deep knowledge of the defense industry, an important end market for Allison.