Company: WHWK
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-020311
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Company: Whitehawk Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 ProfoundBio, Dr. Zhao was responsible for the modeling and simulation strategies for the development pipeline and supported preclinical and clinical development of ADC candidates at Seagen (now part of Pfizer) from November 2009 to April 2018. Earlier in his career, Dr. Zhao worked in the Clinical PK/PD group at Merck Research Laboratories (MRL, USA) starting in April 2006. Dr. Zhao currently serves on the board of directors of Piton Therapeutics, Inc., a private biotechnology company focused on the research and development of therapeutics that are informed by a deep

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understanding of the biological processes of gut microbial populations and the pathways by which they influence our health and well-being. Dr. Zhao holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Peking University and Ph.D. from the College of Pharmacy at the University of Texas at Austin. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the State University of New York at Buffalo. We believe that Dr. Zhao is qualified to serve as a director based on his extensive industry background and experience in drug development.

Behzad Aghazadeh, Ph.D., has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2021. Dr. Aghazadeh currently is the Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager of Avoro Capital Advisors LLC, a global life sciences investment firm with a focus on supporting emerging biotechnology companies, which he joined in July 2011. From March 2017 to October 2020, Dr. Aghazadeh served as Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Immunomedics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company (now a subsidiary of Gilead Sciences, Inc.). Dr. Aghazadeh additionally serves on the board of directors of Scribe Therapeutics Inc., a private molecular engineering company developing advanced technologies for CRISPR-based genetic medicine. Dr. Aghazadeh received his Master’s degree in Physics from the Ludwig-Maximilians University (Munich, Germany) and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in Biochemistry & Biophysics. We believe that Dr. Aghazadeh is qualified to serve as a director based on his more than 25 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, including more than 15 years as an institutional investor and previous six years at Booz Allen as a general management consultant to senior executive teams in the healthcare sector. We believe that Dr. Aghazade