John C. Thomas Jr.

Mr. Thomas has been a director of the Company since December 20, 2020. Mr. Thomas served as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of SmartPharm Therapeutics, Inc, a genetic research and development company from 2018 until the company was acquired in 2020. In late 2017, Mr. Thomas rejoined DemeRx, Inc., a privately held company developing non-addictive treatments for drug addiction, as the Chief Financial Officer after previously being the Chief Financial Officer from 2010 to 2013. From April 2014 until 2021, Mr. Thomas served as a director of NantKwest, Inc. which merged with Immunity Bio in 2021 (Nasdaq: IBRX), and was chairperson of the audit committee and a member of the compensation committee. From 2001 until 2018, Mr. Thomas served as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, and from 2001 to 2016 as a director of CorMatrix Cardiovascular, a privately held medical device company. He has also served as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Director of Motion Reality, Inc., a motion capture and simulation company, since 1991. From 2012 until 2019, Mr. Thomas served as a director of Novelion Therapeutics, Inc. (formerly QLT, Inc.), a public company focused on rare diseases, and was the Chairperson of their Audit and Risk Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. During the past ten years, Mr. Thomas served as acting Chief Financial Officer for ClearPoint Neuro (formerly MRI Interventions, Inc.), MiMedx Group, Inc., and DARA BioSciences, and as a director of MRI Interventions, Inc. Between 1999 and 2012, Mr. Thomas served as a Trustee and subsequently the Chairman of the Finance Committee of The Walker School, a private school. Mr. Thomas is a Certified Public Accountant and graduated from the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce.