Avtar Dhillon

Dr. Dhillon is an advisor to Arch Therapeutics. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Arch from April 2013 to July 2018. He has more than 25 years of experience in building public life science companies organically and through mergers and acquisitions, leading innovation in scientific, engineering and agricultural enterprises, securing significant United States government grants and NGO funding, raising significant investment proceeds from US, Canadian, European and Asian institutions and high net worth individuals, and building dominant IP portfolios through partnering and negotiating transactions with small businesses and large multibillion dollar companies. Dr. Dhillon is a successful executive and entrepreneur who has been instrumental in founding, helping develop and leading a number of companies including, Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO), which develops next-generation DNA based vaccines, where he was President and Chief Executive Officer from October 2001 to June 2009, Executive Chairman from June 2009 to August 2011, and Chairman since September 2011; OncoSec Biomedical (NASDAQ: ONCS), which develops DNA-based intratumoral cancer immunotherapies, where he has been Chairman of the Board since inception in 2011; Vitality Biopharma (OTCQB: VBIO), where he served as Chairman of the Board since January 2012; and Emerald Health Therapeutics (TSX.V: EMH), where he has been Chairman of the Board since April 2015.

Previously, Dr. Dhillon was vice president of MDS Capital Corp., one of North America's leading healthcare venture capital organizations. He completed B.Sc. (Honors) and M.D. degrees at the University of British Columbia and practiced family medicine for 12 years from June 1989 to December 2001.