福泰瑞控股 FTRE

Mr. Thakral has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors since August 2025. Mr. Thakral has more than 25 years of experience in the CRO, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries as a general manager, management consultant, commercial leader and entrepreneur. He previously served as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Launch Therapeutics since its founding in March 2022. From July 2016 to February 2022, Mr. Thakral served in increasing levels of seniority at PPD, Inc. (PPD), from Global Head of PPD Biotech to Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Vice President of Peri- and Post-Approval Services at PPD. Before PPD, Mr. Thakral ran the global life sciences business unit at Gerson Lehrman Group from March 2014 to June 2016 and served as a consultant at McKinsey & Company from August 2006 to March 2014, where he was an associate principal in the healthcare practice, counselling senior management and CEOs of global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Mr. Thakral currently serves on the board of directors of Orsini Specialty Pharmacy, a leader in pharmacy solutions for rare disease and complex therapy programs and earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Engineering in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and his Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mark Morais has served as our Chief Operating Officer and President, Clinical Services, since the Spin. Previously, Mr. Morais served as President of Clinical Services and Commercial Solutions, within the Labcorp Drug Development segment, since September 2020 and Chief Operating Officer and President of Clinical Development and Commercialization Services, since October 2022. Prior to September 2020, Mr. Morais served as Senior Vice President Strategic Deal Development, Enterprise Client Solutions and Alliance Management at Covance, Labcorp's drug development company, from May 2018 to September 2020 and from June 2017 to May 2018 he served as Covance's Vice President of Strategic Deal Development and Pricing. Prior to Covance, Mr. Morais served in various positions of increasing responsibility at Quintiles from April 2001 to 2017. Mr. Morais earned his Bachelor of Science degree from North Carolina State University.

Mr. Pesicka has served as a director since June 2023. Since March 2019, Mr. Pesicka has served as President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as on the board of directors, of Owens & Minor, Inc., a global healthcare solutions company. From January 2016 until March 2019, Mr. Pesicka was an independent consultant and advisor in the healthcare, life science and distribution industries. From January 2000 until April 2015, Mr. Pesicka served in various roles of increasing responsibility at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., an American supplier of scientific instrumentation, reagents and consumables and software services, including Chief Commercial Officer and Senior Vice President from January 2014 to April 2015. Prior to Thermo Fisher Scientific, Mr. Pesicka spent eight years with TRW Inc., an aerospace company in its finance department and three years with PricewaterhouseCoopers as an auditor. Mr. Pesicka earned his Master of Business Administration from Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Management from Muskingum College. Since 2019, Mr. Pesicka has served as a director of Owens & Minor, Inc., a global healthcare logistics and supply chain management company.

Mr. Sharbaugh was appointed to our Board of Directors on September 22, 2025. Mr. Sharbaugh brings extensive experience in the biopharmaceutical and life sciences industry, having served in executive and board roles during his more than three decades in the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Sharbaugh currently serves as chairman of the board of Ora Clinical, a specialty ophthalmology contract research organization, as well as a member of the board of directors of Launch Therapeutics, Inc., a late-stage pharmaceutical development company. In addition, Mr. Sharbaugh previously served as a member of the board of directors of BioCareSD, Inc., a drug distribution company, and Alcami Corporation, a contract distribution and manufacturing company. His previous executive experience includes serving as chief operating officer for PPD, a CRO, from 2007 to 2021. Mr. Sharbaugh earned his B.S from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a M.S. in the Management of Technology from the Wharton School and the School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, a M.S in Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance from Temple University School of Pharmacy, and a M.A. in International Relations from Boston University School of Arts and Sciences.

The Company's Board of Directors has appointed Jason F. Knoblauch, 45, as CFO and principal financial officer, effective July 6, 2026. Mr. Knoblauch has over 20 years of experience in finance, capital markets, and strategic operations across the life sciences, clinical research, and professional services industries. From August 2023 to June 2026, Mr. Knoblauch served in multiple roles at Clario, a leading provider of digital endpoint data solutions, including as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Clario, Mr. Knoblauch served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Curia (formerly Albany Molecular Research, Inc.), a global contract research, development and manufacturing organization, from April 2020 to August 2023. From April 2013 to March 2020, Mr. Knoblauch served in a variety of finance roles of increasing responsibility at Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), including Senior Vice President, Business and Commercial Finance, Interim Chief Financial Officer, and Head of Corporate Finance/FP&A. Earlier in his career, Mr. Knoblauch worked in transaction advisory services at PricewaterhouseCoopers from 2006 to 2013, and began his career in audit at Ernst & Young from 2003 to 2006. Mr. Knoblauch is a member of the Board of Directors of Surgical Information Systems, a provider of software solutions and services for ambulatory surgery centers. Mr. Knoblauch earned a Master of Science in Accounting from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance and Economics from Creighton University. Jason Knoblauch, who was appointed as the Company's Chief Financial Officer effective July 6, 2026, was placed on a paid leave of absence. On September 9, 2026, the Board of Directors of Fortrea Holdings, Inc. reinstated Jason Knoblauch as Chief Financial Officer and designated Mr. Knoblauch as principal financial officer of the Company.