Todd Franklin Watanabe has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a member of our Board of Directors, since April 2017. Prior to joining Arcutis, he served as co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Kanan Therapeutics, Inc., a cardiovascular drug development company from December 2015 to February 2018, and before that, he served as Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Inc. from October 2013 to November 2015. Mr. Watanabe was an executive at Amgen Inc. from 2005 to 2013, where he was involved in the development of Repatha for hyperlipidemia and Aimovig for migraine, and worked on the U.S. marketing of Enbrel in both dermatology and rheumatology. Previously, he was an executive with Eli Lilly and Company, and an official in the U.S. Government. He was also a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves for 25 years. Mr. Watanabe is also the Vice Chairperson of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), and co-chairs that board s advocacy and nominations, governance & membership committees. Mr. Watanabe received his M.A. in National Security Studies, and his B.A. in International Relations, both from Georgetown University. We believe that Mr. Watanabe is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his expertise in dermatology and experience with biotechnology companies, including working with and serving in various executive positions in life sciences companies.