Board Committees

Audit Committee Position

Mitchell Chan

Mitchell Chan has more than 15 years of finance experience in the life sciences industry. Mr. Chan was previously the Chief Financial Officer at Viela Bio, where he was instrumental in supporting the company through capital raises with leading global healthcare investors. While at Viela Bio, he successfully raised over $750 million including an initial public offering in 2019. In 2021, he also led a merger transaction whereby Viela Bio was acquired by Horizon Therapeutics for $3.1 billion. Prior to Viela Bio, Mr. Chan served as the Director of Investor Relations for AstraZeneca, North America. Mr. Chan also held several roles of increasing responsibility at Genentech-Roche including in BioOncology Commercial Finance, R&D Finance, and Mergers & Acquisitions. Mr. Chan is the recipient of Executive Certifications from Stanford University, University of California (Haas), and University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and earned his BSc in Biochemistry, MSc in Medical Biophysics, and MBA (Rotman School of Management) from the University of Toronto.

Chair

June Almenoff, MD, PhD

June Almenoff M.D., Ph.D., is an accomplished biopharma executive with close to 25 years of leadership experience. She brings expertise in R&D, commercialization, and executive leadership to this role. Dr. Almenoff served as President and Chief Medical Officer of Furiex Pharmaceuticals, which was acquired by Actavis for $1.2B. Furiex developed eluxadoline (Viberzi®), which was approved both in the United States and Europe. Prior to joining Furiex, Dr. Almenoff was at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for 12 years, where she held various positions of increasing responsibility.

Dr. Almenoff is currently Chief Medical Officer at RedHill Biopharma Ltd (Nasdaq: RDHL), where she serves on the commercial executive team. She has deep expertise in many therapeutic and development areas having led or contributed to numerous submissions, product approvals and launches. Dr. Almenoff is on the investment advisory board of the Harrington Discovery Institute, a private venture philanthropy. She serves as a Board Director to Brainstorm Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCLI) and Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TENX). She previously served as a Board Director to Tigenix, which was acquired by Takeda, Kurome Therapeutics, RDD Pharma (Chair), and Furiex Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Almenoff received her B.A. cum laude from Smith College and graduated with AOA honors from the M.D.-Ph.D. program at the Icahn (Mt. Sinai) School of Medicine. She completed post-graduate medical training at Stanford University Medical Center and served on the faculty of Duke University School of Medicine. She is an adjunct Professor at Duke, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and has authored over 60 publications.

Member

Magnus Persson, MD, PhD

Dr. Persson has served as lead independent director since November 2021 and as an independent director with Avalo since August 2012. Dr. Persson is currently serving as CEO of Karolinska Institutet Holding AB in Stockholm, Sweden. He has also served as an Associate Professor in Physiology at Karolinska Institutet since September 1994. Dr. Persson has served as a practicing pediatrician at CityAkuten in Stockholm, Sweden, since December 2012. Dr. Persson served as a Partner at HealthCap, a Swedish-based venture capital firm (January 2008 - December 2009), and as a Managing Partner at The Column Group, a San Francisco–based venture capital firm (January 2010 - November 2011). Dr. Persson co-founded Aerocrine AB, a medical technology company, in 1994. Dr. Persson has also served on the boards of Karolinska Institutet Innovations AB, a technology transfer company, since December 2011; Galecto AB, a biotechnology company, since January 2013; AscendxSpine Inc., a medical device company, since December 2012; SLS Ventures AB, a life science venture capital firm, since March 2012; Karolinska Institutet Information AB, a healthcare IT-software company, since October 2015; Immunicum AB, a biotechnology company, since December 2015; and Albumedix AS, a biotechnology company, since January 2016. Dr. Persson received his MD and PhD in Physiology from Karolinska Institutet.

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Mitchell Chan

Mitchell Chan has more than 15 years of finance experience in the life sciences industry. Mr. Chan was previously the Chief Financial Officer at Viela Bio, where he was instrumental in supporting the company through capital raises with leading global healthcare investors. While at Viela Bio, he successfully raised over $750 million including an initial public offering in 2019. In 2021, he also led a merger transaction whereby Viela Bio was acquired by Horizon Therapeutics for $3.1 billion. Prior to Viela Bio, Mr. Chan served as the Director of Investor Relations for AstraZeneca, North America. Mr. Chan also held several roles of increasing responsibility at Genentech-Roche including in BioOncology Commercial Finance, R&D Finance, and Mergers & Acquisitions. Mr. Chan is the recipient of Executive Certifications from Stanford University, University of California (Haas), and University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and earned his BSc in Biochemistry, MSc in Medical Biophysics, and MBA (Rotman School of Management) from the University of Toronto.

June Almenoff, MD, PhD

June Almenoff M.D., Ph.D., is an accomplished biopharma executive with close to 25 years of leadership experience. She brings expertise in R&D, commercialization, and executive leadership to this role. Dr. Almenoff served as President and Chief Medical Officer of Furiex Pharmaceuticals, which was acquired by Actavis for $1.2B. Furiex developed eluxadoline (Viberzi®), which was approved both in the United States and Europe. Prior to joining Furiex, Dr. Almenoff was at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for 12 years, where she held various positions of increasing responsibility.

Dr. Almenoff is currently Chief Medical Officer at RedHill Biopharma Ltd (Nasdaq: RDHL), where she serves on the commercial executive team. She has deep expertise in many therapeutic and development areas having led or contributed to numerous submissions, product approvals and launches. Dr. Almenoff is on the investment advisory board of the Harrington Discovery Institute, a private venture philanthropy. She serves as a Board Director to Brainstorm Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCLI) and Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TENX). She previously served as a Board Director to Tigenix, which was acquired by Takeda, Kurome Therapeutics, RDD Pharma (Chair), and Furiex Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Almenoff received her B.A. cum laude from Smith College and graduated with AOA honors from the M.D.-Ph.D. program at the Icahn (Mt. Sinai) School of Medicine. She completed post-graduate medical training at Stanford University Medical Center and served on the faculty of Duke University School of Medicine. She is an adjunct Professor at Duke, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and has authored over 60 publications.

Magnus Persson, MD, PhD

Dr. Persson has served as lead independent director since November 2021 and as an independent director with Avalo since August 2012. Dr. Persson is currently serving as CEO of Karolinska Institutet Holding AB in Stockholm, Sweden. He has also served as an Associate Professor in Physiology at Karolinska Institutet since September 1994. Dr. Persson has served as a practicing pediatrician at CityAkuten in Stockholm, Sweden, since December 2012. Dr. Persson served as a Partner at HealthCap, a Swedish-based venture capital firm (January 2008 - December 2009), and as a Managing Partner at The Column Group, a San Francisco–based venture capital firm (January 2010 - November 2011). Dr. Persson co-founded Aerocrine AB, a medical technology company, in 1994. Dr. Persson has also served on the boards of Karolinska Institutet Innovations AB, a technology transfer company, since December 2011; Galecto AB, a biotechnology company, since January 2013; AscendxSpine Inc., a medical device company, since December 2012; SLS Ventures AB, a life science venture capital firm, since March 2012; Karolinska Institutet Information AB, a healthcare IT-software company, since October 2015; Immunicum AB, a biotechnology company, since December 2015; and Albumedix AS, a biotechnology company, since January 2016. Dr. Persson received his MD and PhD in Physiology from Karolinska Institutet.

Compensation Committee Position

Magnus Persson, MD, PhD

Dr. Persson has served as lead independent director since November 2021 and as an independent director with Avalo since August 2012. Dr. Persson is currently serving as CEO of Karolinska Institutet Holding AB in Stockholm, Sweden. He has also served as an Associate Professor in Physiology at Karolinska Institutet since September 1994. Dr. Persson has served as a practicing pediatrician at CityAkuten in Stockholm, Sweden, since December 2012. Dr. Persson served as a Partner at HealthCap, a Swedish-based venture capital firm (January 2008 - December 2009), and as a Managing Partner at The Column Group, a San Francisco–based venture capital firm (January 2010 - November 2011). Dr. Persson co-founded Aerocrine AB, a medical technology company, in 1994. Dr. Persson has also served on the boards of Karolinska Institutet Innovations AB, a technology transfer company, since December 2011; Galecto AB, a biotechnology company, since January 2013; AscendxSpine Inc., a medical device company, since December 2012; SLS Ventures AB, a life science venture capital firm, since March 2012; Karolinska Institutet Information AB, a healthcare IT-software company, since October 2015; Immunicum AB, a biotechnology company, since December 2015; and Albumedix AS, a biotechnology company, since January 2016. Dr. Persson received his MD and PhD in Physiology from Karolinska Institutet.

Chair

Mitchell Chan

Mitchell Chan has more than 15 years of finance experience in the life sciences industry. Mr. Chan was previously the Chief Financial Officer at Viela Bio, where he was instrumental in supporting the company through capital raises with leading global healthcare investors. While at Viela Bio, he successfully raised over $750 million including an initial public offering in 2019. In 2021, he also led a merger transaction whereby Viela Bio was acquired by Horizon Therapeutics for $3.1 billion. Prior to Viela Bio, Mr. Chan served as the Director of Investor Relations for AstraZeneca, North America. Mr. Chan also held several roles of increasing responsibility at Genentech-Roche including in BioOncology Commercial Finance, R&D Finance, and Mergers & Acquisitions. Mr. Chan is the recipient of Executive Certifications from Stanford University, University of California (Haas), and University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and earned his BSc in Biochemistry, MSc in Medical Biophysics, and MBA (Rotman School of Management) from the University of Toronto.

Member

Gilla Kaplan, PhD

Dr. Kaplan is recognized as an authority on various aspects of the host immune response to mycobacterial pathogens, including the causative agents of leprosy and tuberculosis. Most recently, she was the Director of the Global Health Tuberculosis program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF; January 2014 - April 2018). Her scientific work has encompassed developing a deep, holistic understanding of the cellular immune response and how to harness it for host adjunctive therapies. She spent her career as an academic research scientist leading her laboratory in investigations focusing on human disease control. Building on her research experience at Rockefeller University in New York City (for 20 years) and then at the Public Health Research Institute Center at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark (for 10 years), she led the reshaping of the TB program at the BMGF. Dr. Kaplan is the recipient of multiple grants from the NIH-NIAID and other funding organizations for her research. Dr. Kaplan served on the Board of Directors at Celgene from 1998 to 2018 and is currently a member of Tyra Biosciences, Inc.’s Board of Directors. Dr. Kaplan received her BSc from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, and her MSc and PhD from Tromso University Norway. Dr. Kaplan was appointed as an independent director to the Avalo Board in October 2020.

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Magnus Persson, MD, PhD

Dr. Persson has served as lead independent director since November 2021 and as an independent director with Avalo since August 2012. Dr. Persson is currently serving as CEO of Karolinska Institutet Holding AB in Stockholm, Sweden. He has also served as an Associate Professor in Physiology at Karolinska Institutet since September 1994. Dr. Persson has served as a practicing pediatrician at CityAkuten in Stockholm, Sweden, since December 2012. Dr. Persson served as a Partner at HealthCap, a Swedish-based venture capital firm (January 2008 - December 2009), and as a Managing Partner at The Column Group, a San Francisco–based venture capital firm (January 2010 - November 2011). Dr. Persson co-founded Aerocrine AB, a medical technology company, in 1994. Dr. Persson has also served on the boards of Karolinska Institutet Innovations AB, a technology transfer company, since December 2011; Galecto AB, a biotechnology company, since January 2013; AscendxSpine Inc., a medical device company, since December 2012; SLS Ventures AB, a life science venture capital firm, since March 2012; Karolinska Institutet Information AB, a healthcare IT-software company, since October 2015; Immunicum AB, a biotechnology company, since December 2015; and Albumedix AS, a biotechnology company, since January 2016. Dr. Persson received his MD and PhD in Physiology from Karolinska Institutet.

Mitchell Chan

Mitchell Chan has more than 15 years of finance experience in the life sciences industry. Mr. Chan was previously the Chief Financial Officer at Viela Bio, where he was instrumental in supporting the company through capital raises with leading global healthcare investors. While at Viela Bio, he successfully raised over $750 million including an initial public offering in 2019. In 2021, he also led a merger transaction whereby Viela Bio was acquired by Horizon Therapeutics for $3.1 billion. Prior to Viela Bio, Mr. Chan served as the Director of Investor Relations for AstraZeneca, North America. Mr. Chan also held several roles of increasing responsibility at Genentech-Roche including in BioOncology Commercial Finance, R&D Finance, and Mergers & Acquisitions. Mr. Chan is the recipient of Executive Certifications from Stanford University, University of California (Haas), and University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and earned his BSc in Biochemistry, MSc in Medical Biophysics, and MBA (Rotman School of Management) from the University of Toronto.

Gilla Kaplan, PhD

Dr. Kaplan is recognized as an authority on various aspects of the host immune response to mycobacterial pathogens, including the causative agents of leprosy and tuberculosis. Most recently, she was the Director of the Global Health Tuberculosis program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF; January 2014 - April 2018). Her scientific work has encompassed developing a deep, holistic understanding of the cellular immune response and how to harness it for host adjunctive therapies. She spent her career as an academic research scientist leading her laboratory in investigations focusing on human disease control. Building on her research experience at Rockefeller University in New York City (for 20 years) and then at the Public Health Research Institute Center at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark (for 10 years), she led the reshaping of the TB program at the BMGF. Dr. Kaplan is the recipient of multiple grants from the NIH-NIAID and other funding organizations for her research. Dr. Kaplan served on the Board of Directors at Celgene from 1998 to 2018 and is currently a member of Tyra Biosciences, Inc.’s Board of Directors. Dr. Kaplan received her BSc from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, and her MSc and PhD from Tromso University Norway. Dr. Kaplan was appointed as an independent director to the Avalo Board in October 2020.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Position

Magnus Persson, MD, PhD

Dr. Persson has served as lead independent director since November 2021 and as an independent director with Avalo since August 2012. Dr. Persson is currently serving as CEO of Karolinska Institutet Holding AB in Stockholm, Sweden. He has also served as an Associate Professor in Physiology at Karolinska Institutet since September 1994. Dr. Persson has served as a practicing pediatrician at CityAkuten in Stockholm, Sweden, since December 2012. Dr. Persson served as a Partner at HealthCap, a Swedish-based venture capital firm (January 2008 - December 2009), and as a Managing Partner at The Column Group, a San Francisco–based venture capital firm (January 2010 - November 2011). Dr. Persson co-founded Aerocrine AB, a medical technology company, in 1994. Dr. Persson has also served on the boards of Karolinska Institutet Innovations AB, a technology transfer company, since December 2011; Galecto AB, a biotechnology company, since January 2013; AscendxSpine Inc., a medical device company, since December 2012; SLS Ventures AB, a life science venture capital firm, since March 2012; Karolinska Institutet Information AB, a healthcare IT-software company, since October 2015; Immunicum AB, a biotechnology company, since December 2015; and Albumedix AS, a biotechnology company, since January 2016. Dr. Persson received his MD and PhD in Physiology from Karolinska Institutet.

Chair

June Almenoff, MD, PhD

June Almenoff M.D., Ph.D., is an accomplished biopharma executive with close to 25 years of leadership experience. She brings expertise in R&D, commercialization, and executive leadership to this role. Dr. Almenoff served as President and Chief Medical Officer of Furiex Pharmaceuticals, which was acquired by Actavis for $1.2B. Furiex developed eluxadoline (Viberzi®), which was approved both in the United States and Europe. Prior to joining Furiex, Dr. Almenoff was at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for 12 years, where she held various positions of increasing responsibility.

Dr. Almenoff is currently Chief Medical Officer at RedHill Biopharma Ltd (Nasdaq: RDHL), where she serves on the commercial executive team. She has deep expertise in many therapeutic and development areas having led or contributed to numerous submissions, product approvals and launches. Dr. Almenoff is on the investment advisory board of the Harrington Discovery Institute, a private venture philanthropy. She serves as a Board Director to Brainstorm Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCLI) and Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TENX). She previously served as a Board Director to Tigenix, which was acquired by Takeda, Kurome Therapeutics, RDD Pharma (Chair), and Furiex Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Almenoff received her B.A. cum laude from Smith College and graduated with AOA honors from the M.D.-Ph.D. program at the Icahn (Mt. Sinai) School of Medicine. She completed post-graduate medical training at Stanford University Medical Center and served on the faculty of Duke University School of Medicine. She is an adjunct Professor at Duke, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and has authored over 60 publications.

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Magnus Persson, MD, PhD

Dr. Persson has served as lead independent director since November 2021 and as an independent director with Avalo since August 2012. Dr. Persson is currently serving as CEO of Karolinska Institutet Holding AB in Stockholm, Sweden. He has also served as an Associate Professor in Physiology at Karolinska Institutet since September 1994. Dr. Persson has served as a practicing pediatrician at CityAkuten in Stockholm, Sweden, since December 2012. Dr. Persson served as a Partner at HealthCap, a Swedish-based venture capital firm (January 2008 - December 2009), and as a Managing Partner at The Column Group, a San Francisco–based venture capital firm (January 2010 - November 2011). Dr. Persson co-founded Aerocrine AB, a medical technology company, in 1994. Dr. Persson has also served on the boards of Karolinska Institutet Innovations AB, a technology transfer company, since December 2011; Galecto AB, a biotechnology company, since January 2013; AscendxSpine Inc., a medical device company, since December 2012; SLS Ventures AB, a life science venture capital firm, since March 2012; Karolinska Institutet Information AB, a healthcare IT-software company, since October 2015; Immunicum AB, a biotechnology company, since December 2015; and Albumedix AS, a biotechnology company, since January 2016. Dr. Persson received his MD and PhD in Physiology from Karolinska Institutet.

June Almenoff, MD, PhD

June Almenoff M.D., Ph.D., is an accomplished biopharma executive with close to 25 years of leadership experience. She brings expertise in R&D, commercialization, and executive leadership to this role. Dr. Almenoff served as President and Chief Medical Officer of Furiex Pharmaceuticals, which was acquired by Actavis for $1.2B. Furiex developed eluxadoline (Viberzi®), which was approved both in the United States and Europe. Prior to joining Furiex, Dr. Almenoff was at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for 12 years, where she held various positions of increasing responsibility.

Dr. Almenoff is currently Chief Medical Officer at RedHill Biopharma Ltd (Nasdaq: RDHL), where she serves on the commercial executive team. She has deep expertise in many therapeutic and development areas having led or contributed to numerous submissions, product approvals and launches. Dr. Almenoff is on the investment advisory board of the Harrington Discovery Institute, a private venture philanthropy. She serves as a Board Director to Brainstorm Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCLI) and Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TENX). She previously served as a Board Director to Tigenix, which was acquired by Takeda, Kurome Therapeutics, RDD Pharma (Chair), and Furiex Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Almenoff received her B.A. cum laude from Smith College and graduated with AOA honors from the M.D.-Ph.D. program at the Icahn (Mt. Sinai) School of Medicine. She completed post-graduate medical training at Stanford University Medical Center and served on the faculty of Duke University School of Medicine. She is an adjunct Professor at Duke, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and has authored over 60 publications.

Science and Technology Committee Position

Gilla Kaplan, PhD

Dr. Kaplan is recognized as an authority on various aspects of the host immune response to mycobacterial pathogens, including the causative agents of leprosy and tuberculosis. Most recently, she was the Director of the Global Health Tuberculosis program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF; January 2014 - April 2018). Her scientific work has encompassed developing a deep, holistic understanding of the cellular immune response and how to harness it for host adjunctive therapies. She spent her career as an academic research scientist leading her laboratory in investigations focusing on human disease control. Building on her research experience at Rockefeller University in New York City (for 20 years) and then at the Public Health Research Institute Center at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark (for 10 years), she led the reshaping of the TB program at the BMGF. Dr. Kaplan is the recipient of multiple grants from the NIH-NIAID and other funding organizations for her research. Dr. Kaplan served on the Board of Directors at Celgene from 1998 to 2018 and is currently a member of Tyra Biosciences, Inc.’s Board of Directors. Dr. Kaplan received her BSc from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, and her MSc and PhD from Tromso University Norway. Dr. Kaplan was appointed as an independent director to the Avalo Board in October 2020.

Chair

June Almenoff, MD, PhD

June Almenoff M.D., Ph.D., is an accomplished biopharma executive with close to 25 years of leadership experience. She brings expertise in R&D, commercialization, and executive leadership to this role. Dr. Almenoff served as President and Chief Medical Officer of Furiex Pharmaceuticals, which was acquired by Actavis for $1.2B. Furiex developed eluxadoline (Viberzi®), which was approved both in the United States and Europe. Prior to joining Furiex, Dr. Almenoff was at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for 12 years, where she held various positions of increasing responsibility.

Dr. Almenoff is currently Chief Medical Officer at RedHill Biopharma Ltd (Nasdaq: RDHL), where she serves on the commercial executive team. She has deep expertise in many therapeutic and development areas having led or contributed to numerous submissions, product approvals and launches. Dr. Almenoff is on the investment advisory board of the Harrington Discovery Institute, a private venture philanthropy. She serves as a Board Director to Brainstorm Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCLI) and Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TENX). She previously served as a Board Director to Tigenix, which was acquired by Takeda, Kurome Therapeutics, RDD Pharma (Chair), and Furiex Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Almenoff received her B.A. cum laude from Smith College and graduated with AOA honors from the M.D.-Ph.D. program at the Icahn (Mt. Sinai) School of Medicine. She completed post-graduate medical training at Stanford University Medical Center and served on the faculty of Duke University School of Medicine. She is an adjunct Professor at Duke, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and has authored over 60 publications.

Member

Magnus Persson, MD, PhD

Dr. Persson has served as lead independent director since November 2021 and as an independent director with Avalo since August 2012. Dr. Persson is currently serving as CEO of Karolinska Institutet Holding AB in Stockholm, Sweden. He has also served as an Associate Professor in Physiology at Karolinska Institutet since September 1994. Dr. Persson has served as a practicing pediatrician at CityAkuten in Stockholm, Sweden, since December 2012. Dr. Persson served as a Partner at HealthCap, a Swedish-based venture capital firm (January 2008 - December 2009), and as a Managing Partner at The Column Group, a San Francisco–based venture capital firm (January 2010 - November 2011). Dr. Persson co-founded Aerocrine AB, a medical technology company, in 1994. Dr. Persson has also served on the boards of Karolinska Institutet Innovations AB, a technology transfer company, since December 2011; Galecto AB, a biotechnology company, since January 2013; AscendxSpine Inc., a medical device company, since December 2012; SLS Ventures AB, a life science venture capital firm, since March 2012; Karolinska Institutet Information AB, a healthcare IT-software company, since October 2015; Immunicum AB, a biotechnology company, since December 2015; and Albumedix AS, a biotechnology company, since January 2016. Dr. Persson received his MD and PhD in Physiology from Karolinska Institutet.

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Science and Technology Committee Charter

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Gilla Kaplan, PhD

Dr. Kaplan is recognized as an authority on various aspects of the host immune response to mycobacterial pathogens, including the causative agents of leprosy and tuberculosis. Most recently, she was the Director of the Global Health Tuberculosis program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF; January 2014 - April 2018). Her scientific work has encompassed developing a deep, holistic understanding of the cellular immune response and how to harness it for host adjunctive therapies. She spent her career as an academic research scientist leading her laboratory in investigations focusing on human disease control. Building on her research experience at Rockefeller University in New York City (for 20 years) and then at the Public Health Research Institute Center at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark (for 10 years), she led the reshaping of the TB program at the BMGF. Dr. Kaplan is the recipient of multiple grants from the NIH-NIAID and other funding organizations for her research. Dr. Kaplan served on the Board of Directors at Celgene from 1998 to 2018 and is currently a member of Tyra Biosciences, Inc.’s Board of Directors. Dr. Kaplan received her BSc from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, and her MSc and PhD from Tromso University Norway. Dr. Kaplan was appointed as an independent director to the Avalo Board in October 2020.

June Almenoff, MD, PhD

June Almenoff M.D., Ph.D., is an accomplished biopharma executive with close to 25 years of leadership experience. She brings expertise in R&D, commercialization, and executive leadership to this role. Dr. Almenoff served as President and Chief Medical Officer of Furiex Pharmaceuticals, which was acquired by Actavis for $1.2B. Furiex developed eluxadoline (Viberzi®), which was approved both in the United States and Europe. Prior to joining Furiex, Dr. Almenoff was at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for 12 years, where she held various positions of increasing responsibility.

Dr. Almenoff is currently Chief Medical Officer at RedHill Biopharma Ltd (Nasdaq: RDHL), where she serves on the commercial executive team. She has deep expertise in many therapeutic and development areas having led or contributed to numerous submissions, product approvals and launches. Dr. Almenoff is on the investment advisory board of the Harrington Discovery Institute, a private venture philanthropy. She serves as a Board Director to Brainstorm Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCLI) and Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TENX). She previously served as a Board Director to Tigenix, which was acquired by Takeda, Kurome Therapeutics, RDD Pharma (Chair), and Furiex Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Almenoff received her B.A. cum laude from Smith College and graduated with AOA honors from the M.D.-Ph.D. program at the Icahn (Mt. Sinai) School of Medicine. She completed post-graduate medical training at Stanford University Medical Center and served on the faculty of Duke University School of Medicine. She is an adjunct Professor at Duke, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and has authored over 60 publications.

Magnus Persson, MD, PhD

Dr. Persson has served as lead independent director since November 2021 and as an independent director with Avalo since August 2012. Dr. Persson is currently serving as CEO of Karolinska Institutet Holding AB in Stockholm, Sweden. He has also served as an Associate Professor in Physiology at Karolinska Institutet since September 1994. Dr. Persson has served as a practicing pediatrician at CityAkuten in Stockholm, Sweden, since December 2012. Dr. Persson served as a Partner at HealthCap, a Swedish-based venture capital firm (January 2008 - December 2009), and as a Managing Partner at The Column Group, a San Francisco–based venture capital firm (January 2010 - November 2011). Dr. Persson co-founded Aerocrine AB, a medical technology company, in 1994. Dr. Persson has also served on the boards of Karolinska Institutet Innovations AB, a technology transfer company, since December 2011; Galecto AB, a biotechnology company, since January 2013; AscendxSpine Inc., a medical device company, since December 2012; SLS Ventures AB, a life science venture capital firm, since March 2012; Karolinska Institutet Information AB, a healthcare IT-software company, since October 2015; Immunicum AB, a biotechnology company, since December 2015; and Albumedix AS, a biotechnology company, since January 2016. Dr. Persson received his MD and PhD in Physiology from Karolinska Institutet.