Solid Biosciences SLDB

Alexander Cumbo has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director since December 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Cumbo served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of AavantiBio, Inc. (AavantiBio), gene therapy company, from October 2020 to December 2022, when we acquired AavantiBio. From January 2013 to October 2020, Mr. Cumbo held positions of increasing responsibility at Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (Sarepta), a precision genetic medicine company, ultimately serving as Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer. From 2011 to 2013, Mr. Cumbo served as Vice President of Sales and Treatment Education for Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated , a biotechnology company (Vertex), launching Incivek, a treatment for hepatitis C, and from 2010 to 2011, he served as area director for Vertex. Prior to Vertex, Mr. Cumbo served in multiple commercial roles supporting the HIV, HBV and cardiovascular franchises at Gilead Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Cumbo has served on the Board of Directors of Climb Bio, Inc. since March 2025, and the Board of Directors of Vor Biopharma Inc. since July 2025. Mr. Cumbo previously served on the Board of Directors of RA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company acquired by UCB, Brussels, from November 2018 to April 2020 and Verve Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company acquired by Eli Lilly, from June 2022 to July 2025. Mr. Cumbo received a Bachelor of Science in Laboratory Technology from Auburn University.

David Tyronne Howton has served as our Chief Operating Officer since September 2023 and as our Secretary since December 2022. Mr. Howton previously served as our Chief Administrative Officer from December 2022 to September 2023 and as our General Counsel from December 2022 to July 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Howton served as the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of AavantiBio from March 2021 to December 2022. From November 2012 to December 2020, Mr. Howton served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Sarepta. Prior to joining Sarepta, Mr. Howton served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Vertex. Prior to Vertex, Mr. Howton served in multiple legal roles at Genentech, Inc., a biotechnology company. Mr. Howton has served on the board of Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island since March 2021. Mr. Howton received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Yale University and a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law.

Gabriel Brooks, M.D. has served as our Chief Medical Officer since October 2023. Prior to that, Dr. Brooks served as Executive Director of Pfizer, a pharmaceutical company, from September 2020 to October 2023. Prior to joining Pfizer, Dr. Brooks served as Vice President of Research and Development for 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from November 2018 to September 2020. Prior to joining 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc., Dr. Brooks served as Medical Director for GE HealthCare Technologies Inc., a medical technology company (GE Healthcare). Prior to joining GE HealthCare, Dr. Brooks served as Associate Director of Clinical Research at Gilead Life Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from August 2015 to April 2017. Dr. Brooks received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Carnegie Mellon University, a Doctor of Medicine from Cornell University, and a Master of Applied Sciences of Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the University of California, San Francisco. He completed his training in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, and fellowships in general Cardiology and Advanced Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco.

Ian F. Smith is Executive Chairman of our Board of Directors and has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2020 and served as a consultant to us from February 2020 to December 2021. Mr. Smith is also the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Stoke Therapeutics, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rivus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and a member of the Board of Directors of Foghorn Therapeutics Inc., Odyssey Therapeutics, Inc. and Alkeus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which are all biotechnology companies. He is also a Senior Advisor to Bain Capital Life Sciences. Between 2001 and 2019, Mr. Smith served as Chief Financial Officer and then Chief Operating Officer at Vertex. He received a B.A. with honors in accounting and finance from Manchester Metropolitan University (UK).

Lynne Sullivan has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2015. Ms. Sullivan served as the Chief Financial Officer for UNITY Biotechnology, Inc., a biotechnology company, from August 2020 to July 2025. Prior to that, Ms. Sullivan served as the Chief Financial Officer for Compass Therapeutics, LLC (Compass), a biotechnology company, from December 2018 to August 2019. Prior to Compass, Ms. Sullivan served as Biogen Inc.'s senior vice president of Finance from 2016 to December 2018, where she also served as vice president of Tax and Corporate Finance from February 2015 to March 2016 and vice president of Tax from April 2008 to February 2015. Ms. Sullivan previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Inozyme Pharma, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company, and BiomX Inc. She received an M.S. in Taxation from Bentley University and a B.S.B.A. from Suffolk University. Ms. Sullivan was a Certified Public Accountant for over 20 years.

Martin Freed, M.D., F.A.C.P. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2018. Dr. Freed has served as an independent consultant to several private pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and healthcare companies, specializing in clinical and general pharmaceutical development and clinical and regulatory strategy since February 2015. He co-founded and served as Chief Medical Officer of Civitas Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company acquired by Acorda Therapeutics, Inc., from December 2010 to October 2014, and as Senior Vice President, Clinical Development of Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. from October 2014 to January 2015. He has also served as Chief Medical Officer at Adnexus Therapeutics, Inc. (acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb) and Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Freed spent nearly 14 years at GlaxoSmithKline and its predecessor, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals or SmithKline Beecham, where he served numerous roles including vice president, clinical development and medical affairs in the metabolism therapeutic area. Dr. Freed currently serves on the Board of Directors for Avilar Therapeutics, Inc. He previously served on the Board of Directors for Sojournix, Inc., Dicerna Pharmaceuticals and Intekrin Therapeutics. Dr. Freed has been Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Clinical Pharmacology. He performed his internal medicine residency at Temple University Hospital and nephrology fellowship at Yale-New Haven Hospital. A Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Dr. Freed received a B.S. with distinction in biology from the University of Delaware and an M.D. from Pennsylvania State University's College of Medicine.

Georgia Keresty, Ph.D., M.PH. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2021. Dr. Keresty served as the Chief Operating Officer at Volnay Therapeutics, a biotechnology start-up company, from March 2023 to November 2024. Prior to this role, Dr. Keresty served as a senior advisor to Takeda R&D in 2021 and was their R&D Chief Operating Officer from 2017 to 2020. From 2003 to 2017 and from 1997 to 1999, she was an executive at Johnson & Johnson. From 1999 to 2003 and from 1983 to 1997, she held roles at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Novartis, respectively. Dr. Keresty holds BSc degrees in Chemical Engineering and Computer Science from Clarkson University and Ramapo College of New Jersey, an M.S. degree in Information Systems from Pace University, an MBA in Operations Management from Rutgers University, a Ph.D. in Operations Management from Rutgers University, and an MPH in Global Health Leadership from the University of Southern California. Dr. Keresty currently serves on the Board of Directors of Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Keresty previously served on the Board of Directors of Aspen Technology, Inc. and Commissioning Agents, Inc. Dr. Keresty is also an NACD Board Leadership Fellow and Directorship Certified since September 2020 and earned an NACD CERT Certificate in Cyber-Risk Oversight in January 2024.

Adam Stone has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2015. Mr. Stone is currently the Chief Investment Officer of Perceptive Advisors, a life sciences focused investing firm, where he has worked since 2006. Since July 2021 and February 2021, respectively, Mr. Stone has served as a director and Chief Executive Officer Perceptive Capital Solutions Corp. Mr. Stone is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Immatics N.V., a public biopharmaceutical company, and LianBio and Xontogency LLC, both private companies, and he previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Renovia Inc. and Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. Mr. Stone received a B.A. in molecular biology from Princeton University.

Sukumar Nagendran, M.D. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since September 2018. Since December 2022, Dr. Nagendran has served as President, Head of Research and Development at Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc., a gene therapy company, and he has served as a member of their Board of Directors since July 2020. Prior to that, he was the Chief Medical Officer and President of Research and Development at Jaguar Gene Therapy, a biotechnology company (Jaguar), from February 2020 to December 2022. Prior to Jaguar, Dr. Nagendran was Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of AveXis Inc., a clinical-stage gene therapy company (AveXis), from September 2015 to July 2018, prior to the company's acquisition by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Novartis). Prior to AveXis, Dr. Nagendran was Vice President of Medical Affairs of Quest Diagnostics, a provider of diagnostic information services, from March 2013 to September 2015. Prior to Quest Diagnostics, Dr. Nagendran held key leadership positions at Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer), Novartis, Daiichi Sankyo, and Reata Pharmaceuticals. Prior to moving to the biotech industry, Dr. Nagendran practiced internal medicine, with a focus on diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He is a Mayo Alumni Laureate and founding member of the Robert Wood Johnson Legacy Society. He is also the sponsor for the Fonseca-Nagendran Scholar award at the American Diabetes Association to enhance research in minority populations. Dr. Nagendran currently serves on the Board of Directors of SalioGen Therapeutics. Dr. Nagendran received his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Rutgers University and his M.D. from Rutgers Medical School and trained in Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester.

Clare Kahn, Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2021 and has served as a consultant to us since June 2022. Dr. Kahn has served as R&D Strategy Officer at X-VAX Technology Inc. (X-VAX), a biotechnology company developing vaccines against pathogens acquired by mucosal infection such as herpes, since September 2019. She served as Chief Regulatory and Preclinical Development Officer at X-VAX from September 2018 to September 2019. Dr. Kahn has also been the president of Clare Kahn Pharma Consulting LLC, through which she provides consulting services on regulatory strategy since July 2016. Dr. Kahn was previously Vice President, Worldwide Regulatory Strategy, Global Innovative Pharma at Pfizer from January 2014 to June 2016 and Vice President, Worldwide Regulatory Strategy, Specialty Care Business at Pfizer from June 2010 to December 2013. Prior to Pfizer, she was Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for a variety of therapeutic areas including cardiovascular, metabolic, urology, oncology and vaccines at GlaxoSmithKline from 1999 to 2010. Dr. Kahn has a Ph.D. in Biochemical Pharmacology from The Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London and served as Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania from 1981 to 1985.

Ilan Ganot is one of our founders and has served as a member of our Board of Directors since our inception in 2013. He also served as our Chief Executive Officer from 2013 to December 2022 and as our President from June 2018 to December 2022. From December 2022 to December 2023, Mr. Ganot assisted with the transition of his duties to Mr. Cumbo and provided other consulting and advisory services, as requested from time to time by us. Mr. Ganot is currently the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Alesta Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative therapies for rare diseases. Mr. Ganot is also a member of the Board of Directors of Minovia Therapeutics, a biotechnology company. Previously, Mr. Ganot served as an investment banker at JPMorgan Chase & Co., Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Ganot received his MBA from London Business School and holds law and business degrees from Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel. Mr. Ganot also practiced corporate law in Israel and was a Captain in the Israeli Defense Forces.

Kevin Tan has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since January 2023. Prior to that, Mr. Tan served as the Chief Financial Officer at Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (Selecta), a biopharmaceutical company, from September 2021 to November 2022. Prior to joining Selecta, Mr. Tan served as Treasurer at Sarepta from July 2020 to September 2021. Prior to becoming Treasurer at Sarepta, he served as Assistant Treasurer from May 2018 to June 2020. Before joining Sarepta, Mr. Tan worked as a freelance consultant from February 2017 to April 2018, providing independent financial advice and advisory services to individuals and private companies. From June 2012 to November 2016, Mr. Tan served as Senior Portfolio Manager-Public Market Investments at CPP Investments (f/k/a the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board). He has also served in various positions at Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., Arrowhawk Capital Partners LLC, Lehman Brothers Inc. (subsequently acquired by Barclays Capital Inc.) and UBS Investment Bank. Mr. Tan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen's University at Kingston, a Master of Engineering degree from The Graduate School at Princeton University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Mr. Tan is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

Paul Herzich has served as our Chief Technology Officer since December 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Herzich served as Chief Technology Officer of AavantiBio from April 2021 to December 2022. Before joining AavantiBio, Mr. Herzich served as Vice President of CMC at BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (BridgeBio), a biopharmaceutical company, from August 2020 to April 2021. Previously, Mr. Herzich served as Head of Manufacturing Operations at BridgeBio from July 2019 to July 2020. Before joining BridgeBio, Mr. Herzich served as Senior Director of Manufacturing at LogicBio Therapeutics, Inc., a genetic medicine company, from January 2018 to July 2019. Additionally, Mr. Herzich served as Senior Manager and Director of cGMP Gene Therapy Manufacturing at Pfizer from August 2016 to January 2018. From July 2015 to August 2016, Mr. Herzich served as the head of TD Manufacturing at CSL Seqirus, a pharmaceutical company, after its acquisition of Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc., where Mr. Herzich served in various roles of increasing responsibility from December 2007 to July 2015. Mr. Herzich holds a Master of Business Administration from North Carolina State University Poole College of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Rutgers University.

Jessie Hanrahan, Ph.D. has served as our Chief Regulatory and Preclinical Operations Officer since January 2025 and previously served as our Chief Regulatory Officer from December 2022 to December 2025. Prior to that, Dr. Hanrahan served as Chief Regulatory Officer of AavantiBio from May 2021 to December 2022. Prior to joining AavantiBio, Dr. Hanrahan served as the Vice President of Regulatory Science at bluebird bio, Inc. (bluebird), a biotechnology company, from February 2020 to May 2021 and Senior Director of Regulatory Science at bluebird from August 2016 to February 2020. Prior to joining bluebird, Dr. Hanrahan worked at Sanofi Genzyme, a biotechnology company, as Senior Manager of Regulatory Affairs from October 2009 to July 2016 and as Principal Medical Writer from July 2007 to October 2009. Prior to joining Sanofi Genzyme, Dr. Hanrahan served as a Medical Writer at Boston Scientific, a biomedical engineering firm, from May 2006 to July 2007. Dr. Hanrahan holds a Ph.D., M.S. and M.Ph. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology from Yale University. Dr. Hanrahan received a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and History from Mount Holyoke College.