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Kristian Humer was appointed as an independent director to our board of directors in August 2021. Mr. Humer spent 20 years on Wall Street, including 14 years as a life science-focused investment banker. He joined Viridian Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VRDN) in July 2021 where he serves as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer. Previously, he spent 11 years with Citigroup, Inc., most recently as Managing Director, where he helped lead the firm’s investment banking engagements for small and mid-sized biopharma and select large cap pharmaceutical companies. Prior to joining Citigroup, Inc., Mr. Humer served as Vice President of the Investment Banking Division for the Global Healthcare Group team at Lehman Brothers, Inc. Mr. Humer started his career serving positions of increasing responsibility in the investment banking and private banking divisions of UBS AG and Merrill Lynch (a Bank of America company). He received an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and a B.A. (Hons) in accounting & economics from the University of Reading, United Kingdom.