Roger Sawhney

Director

Dr. Sawhney has been appointed to serve as our director, effective upon the completion of this offering. Dr. Sawhney previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Garuda Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, from September 2022 to December 2023. Prior to this, Dr. Sawhney served as the Chief Business Officer of Omega Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, from May 2022 to September 2022, and its Chief Financial Officer from May 2020 to May 2022. He served at KKR & Co., a global investment firm, as Director of its healthcare investment platform, from September 2018 to February 2020. Dr. Sawhney also served as Senior Vice President and Head of Global Corporate Strategy for NovartisAG, a public pharmaceutical company, from August 2009 to August2012, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development for Outcome Health, a healthcare technology company, from February 2017 to February 2018, a Partnerwith Bain & Company, a management consulting firm, from August 2012 to February 2017, and Partner and Managing Director with the Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, from September 1996 to July 2009. He has served as a director of SIRPant Immunotherapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company, since January 2024, and previously served as a directorof Alimera Sciences, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, from February 2023 to March 2023. Dr. Sawhney earned an M.D. from Harvard Medical School and a BA in Economics from Stanford University. Dr. Sawhney is well qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive financial and strategic expertise in the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical industries.