Brian J. G. Pereira, M.D., has served as a member of our Board since February 2019 and as Chairman of the Board since October 2022. Dr. Pereira is a veteran biopharmaceutical and healthcare leader with experience in financing and growing companies. He was President & Chief Executive Officer of Visterra, Inc. since 2013 and continued to serve in this role after the acquisition by Otsuka in August 2018. He retired as CEO of Visterra on April 1, 2025 and currently serves as Senior Advisor to Otsuka America Inc. He previously served as President & Chief Executive Officer of AMAG Pharmaceuticals where he raised four financing rounds at increasing valuations and built the clinical development, manufacturing, supply-chain and commercial infrastructure for Feraheme. Prior to AMAG Pharmaceuticals, he held senior roles at Tufts Medical Center, including President and Chief Executive Officer of a Tufts Medical Center Physician Organization and interim COO. Dr. Pereira currently serves on the board of directors of ProKidney Corp., Astex Therapeutics Ltd, Jnana Therapeutics Inc., and Africa Healthcare Network Ltd. He serves as a director of the America India Foundation. He was the Chairman of the Board of the Harvard-MIT Biomedical Enterprise Program and President and Board member of the National Kidney Foundation. Brian is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and has authored over 200 published scientific articles. He received his medical degree (MBBS) from St. John s Medical College, MD (Medicine) and DM (Nephrology) from the Post Graduate Institute and MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. We believe that Dr. Pereira is qualified to serve on our Board because of his medical and drug development background and extensive experience in and knowledge of our industry.