Christos Richards has served as a director of Codexis since January 2025. Mr. Richards s extensive global executive advisory and search experience for the biopharmaceutical and healthcare industry led to the conclusion that he should serve on our Board. Mr. Richards has served as a Partner and as Global Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Calibre One, Inc., an international executive search firm, since October 2022. Prior to joining Calibre One, Mr. Richards served as a consultant with the global life sciences team at Spencer Stuart, Inc., and a member of Spencer Stuart s global BioPharma Board Practice from October 2019 to September 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Richards was a partner at Catalyst Advisors, LLC, an executive search firm, from January 2014 to October 2019. From October 1998 to January 2014, Mr. Richards held positions of increasing responsibility at Levin & Company, Inc., an executive search and consulting firm, including serving as Levin & Company s Chief Executive Officer from January 2009 to January 2014. Mr. Richards served as a Principal of Stanton Chase International from July 1996 to October 1998. From 1987 to July 1996, Mr. Richards founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Career Connection/Nexium Inc. Previously, Mr. Richards served on the board of directors of Coherus BioSciences, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, from its initial public offering in November 2014 to November 2020. Mr. Richards earned his diploma in 1980 in hospitality management from the Schweizerische Wirteschule in Lucerne/Davos, Switzerland.