APLS 2018 Proxy Statement
Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors Biographical information as of April 23, 2018 for our executive officers who are not directors is listed below. Age Pascal Deschatelets, Ph.D ., is a co-founder of our company and has served as our Chief Operating Officer since our inception. Dr. Deschatelets also co-founded Potentia and served as its Chief Operating Officer from 2001 to September 2016 and is a cofounder of Revon. Dr. Deschatelets received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Montreal and his post-doctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. George Whitesides at Harvard University. 48 Steven Axon has served as our Chief Business Officer since January 2017. From 2005 to July 2016, Mr. Axon served at Merck Serono in Geneva and Boston in leadership roles in Corporate Strategy, Alliance Management and Business Development. Most recently, Mr. Axon served as Senior Vice President, Business Development with global responsibility for all late stage and commercial transactions. Prior to this, Mr. Axon was Global Head of Alliance Management with responsibility for over 40 strategic research and development collaborations. Prior to joining Merck Serono, Mr. Axon was Director of Strategy and Business Development at Serono in Geneva from 2005 until its acquisition by Merck KGaA in 2007. During the transition, Mr. Axon served as the Serono business lead for the Merck Serono integration. Mr. Axon received a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in biomechanical and biomedical engineering from the University of Toronto and his M.B.A. from the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland. 43 Timothy Sullivan has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since October 2017. From January 2014 to October 2017, Mr. Sullivan served as Partner at AJU IB Investment, a venture capital firm, at which he led the firm’s investments in life sciences companies. Prior to joining AJU IB Investment, from December 2011 to January 2014, Mr. Sullivan was Managing Director, Head of Life Sciences at RBS Citizens. Mr. Sullivan was an observer on our board of directors from November 2014 until October 2017. Mr. Sullivan has previously served as a director of G1 Therapeutics, Inc. and Molecular Templates, Inc. Mr. Sullivan received his M.B.A. from the Columbia Business School and his B.A. in Biology from Harvard University. 47 Federico Grossi, M.D., Ph.D. has served as our Executive Vice President of Clinical Development since October 2017, having previously served as our Vice President of Clinical Development from October 2014 to October 2017 and as our Clinical Research Director from April 2010 to June 2012. Dr. Grossi served as Executive Vice President of Potentia from October 2013 to September 2014, and as Clinical Research Director of Potentia from 2006 to April 2010. From June 2012 to October 2014, Dr. Grossi worked as an independent early stage clinical research consultant. Dr. Grossi received his M.D. from the University of Córdoba in Argentina and his Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Louisville. Following his post-graduate training in surgery, where he developed his expertise in microsurgery and composite tissue transplantation, Dr. Grossi joined the Plastic Surgery Research Laboratory at the University of Louisville. 43 Nicole Perry has served as our Vice President of Finance since April 2015. From April 2015 to June 2015, Ms. Perry also served as Vice President of Finance at Revon Systems, LLC, or Revon, a private health care technology platform company. From August 2000 to April 2015, Ms. Perry worked as an independent consultant providing services to clients primarily in the areas of financial reporting, internal control compliance and as a liaison with external accountants, bankers and legal counsel. Prior to having her consulting practice, Ms. Perry worked in the audit practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte. Ms. Perry is a Certified Public Accountant and received her B.B.A. in accounting, with distinction, from the University of Oklahoma. 53 - 9 -
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