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Michael S. Weiss, 60, has served as TG's Chairman, President and CEO since December 2011. Mr. Weiss is also currently a director of the Company. From 2002 to 2009, Mr. Weiss was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Weiss began his professional career as a lawyer with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. He earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School and his B.S. in Finance from The University at Albany. Based on Mr. Weiss's biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry experience, as well as his extensive management experience, the Board believes that Mr. Weiss has the appropriate set of skills to serve as a member of the Board. Mr. Weiss also serves as a Director and Executive Vice Chairman of Fortress Biotech, Inc., and as Chairman of the board of directors of Mustang Bio, Inc. Additionally, Mr. Weiss co-founded and served as Co-Portfolio Manager and Managing Partner of Opus Point Partners, LLC from 2009 to 2019.

Sean A. Power, 44, has served as our Chief Financial Officer since December 2011. Mr. Power joined the Company from Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., where he served as Corporate Controller from 2006 to 2011. During his tenure there, Mr. Power was involved in all capital raising and licensing transactions. He was also responsible for leading Keryx's compliance with SEC rules and regulations. Prior to joining Keryx, he was with KPMG LLP, independent certified public accountants. Additionally, Mr. Power served as Chief Financial Officer of Opus Point Partners, LLC from 2011 to 2019. Mr. Power received a B.B.A in accounting from Siena College and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Laurence N. Charney, 79, has served on our Board since April 2012. Since 2007, Mr. Charney has served as a business strategist and financial advisor to Boards, CEOs and investors. Previously, from 1970 through June 2007, Mr. Charney was a senior audit partner at Ernst & Young, LLP, a registered public accounting firm, retiring as a practice leader in the Americas Quality and Risk Management Group. Mr. Charney currently serves as a director and audit committee chairman of Kenon Holdings Ltd. In addition, Mr. Charney previously served as a director and audit committee member of Pacific Drillings S.A, Marvel Entertainment, Inc., and other growth-oriented companies. In addition to his extensive experience on the boards of various corporate entities, Mr. Charney is also very active on the boards of several non-profit organizations. Mr. Charney graduated with a BBA degree from Hofstra University and currently serves on the advisory council for the University's Zarb School of Business and completed the Executive MBA in Business program at Columbia University.

Kenneth Hoberman, 61, has served on our Board since December 2014. Mr. Hoberman is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary of Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. where he is a key member of the founding team. Mr. Hoberman was instrumental in the company's financings from early private, including institutional, rounds through the IPO and subsequent follow-on offerings. Mr. Hoberman originated and lead the acquisition of Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. by The Menarini Group. He has extensive financial, accounting, investor relations, corporate governance and business development experience including M&A, strategic alliances and partnerships both domestic and international. Mr. Hoberman's operational expertise includes regulatory and compliance oversight, human resources, manufacturing, quality assurance and clinical development. He was previously Vice President of Corporate and Business Development of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., where he was instrumental in the success of the company. Mr. Hoberman helped to secure multiple sources of capital including over $200 million in equity investments through public and private offerings. He initiated and executed a $100 million strategic alliance and originated, negotiated and closed dozens of licensing and operational contracts, helping to grow the company's market capitalization to over $1 billion. Mr. Hoberman also led the team that originated, in-licensed, and developed AuryxiaTM, which gained FDA approval in 2014. Mr. Hoberman is also very active on several boards, including Nuvectis Pharma (Nasdaq: NVCT), and Lirum Therapeutics, Inc. Mr. Hoberman received a B.S.B.A. in Finance from Boston University and completed post-baccalaureate studies at Columbia University.

Daniel Hume, 59, has served as a member of our Board since June 2015. Mr. Hume is currently a managing partner at Kirby McInerney, LLP. Mr. Hume's law practice focuses on securities law regulation, structured finance, antitrust, and civil litigation. Mr. Hume is member of the board of directors of for Lirum Therapeutics, a private biopharmaceutical company, and Insight Digital Partners II (DYOR), which is a SPAC focused on merging with high-growth sectors of the digital economy. Mr. Hume was recently a member of the boards of directors of Stemline Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: STML), a late clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, and National Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: NHLD), a financial services company, until those companies' successful acquisitions. Mr. Hume is admitted to the New York State Bar and federal courts around the country, including the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Hume received a B.A. in philosophy and graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany, and earned a J.D. from the Columbia University Law School, where he served as Notes Editor for the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law.

Yann Echelard, 62, has served on our Board since November 2012. Dr. Echelard, current Operating Partner at Flagship Pioneering, has over 30 years of research and biopharmaceutical experience. Dr. Echelard holds a Ph.D. from Universite de Montreal and has completed post-doctoral studies at Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research in Montreal (McGill University). As a visiting scientist at the Roche Institute and at Harvard University (Developmental Biology), he had a key role in the isolation and characterization of the Hedgehog genes, the first identified vertebrate morphogens. From 1994 to 2010, he progressed through various positions of increasing responsibility at Genzyme Transgenics Corporation and at GTC Biotherapeutics, including Vice President of Research and Development, Vice President of Corporate and Technology Development, and President. In 1998, he led the scientific team that first performed goat somatic cell nuclear transfer (cloning). In January of 2013, Dr. Echelard became the President and Chief Executive Officer of rEVO Biologics, Inc., the successor of GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc., a position he held until April 2018. Since joining Flagship Pioneering in 2018, Dr. Echelard has successively served as Founding President of Ring Therapeutics and Cellarity, as well as President and Co-Founder of Laronde (now Sail), ProFound Therapeutics, and Ampersand biomedicines.

Sagar Lonial, MD, 59, was nominated to serve as a member of our Board in April 2020. Dr. Sagar Lonial earned his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, followed by a fellowship in hematology and oncology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. His previous laboratory work has focused on evaluating the impact of purified dendritic cell subsets on the nature of immune responses against antigen, and he has completed several trials evaluating the impact of cytokines on dendritic cell content and post-transplant immune recovery. More recently, Dr. Lonial has focused on combinations of novel agents as therapy for myeloma, genomics, and immune status during and after therapy. Dr. Lonial is involved in numerous professional organizations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, and the International Myeloma Society, and the Society of Hematology Oncology (SOHO). He has been past president of the SOHO and is currently chair of the education committee and Treasurer. He serves as co Chair of the NCI Myeloma Committee and as Myeloma editor for Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia. He has received the Celgene Young Investigator Award , Indo American Cancer Association (IACA) Life Time Achievement Award, the COMY Multiple Myeloma Excellence Award for Clinical Science, and the Giants of Cancer Care inductee, The Jean Luc Harrouseau Award, the Robert Kyle Lifetime Achievement Award, and currently holds the Anne and Bernard Gray Family Chair in Cancer.