Company: TVRD
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001104659-25-006050
Chunk: 601

Company: Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 601
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   |  62 |   | Director                                              |
| Shaheen Wirk, M.D.          |   |  47 |   | Director                                              |
| Michael Wygza               |   |  69 |   | Director                                              |

Executive Officers Imran Alibhai, Ph.D.has served as Tvardi’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of its board of directors since December 2018. Since 2018, Dr. Alibhai has also served on the Scientific Advisory Board for NASA’s Translational Research Institute for Space Health. Prior to serving as Tvardi’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Alibhai was a Senior Vice President and Managing Director of DNAtrix, a clinical stage biotechnology company developing oncolytic viruses for cancer from 2014 to 2018. From 2010 to 2013, Dr. Alibhai was an investment banker in Peter J. Solomon’s Healthcare Advisory Group, focused on M&A transactions in science-based markets including biopharmaceuticals, medical devices/diagnostics and life science tools. From 2007 to 2010, Dr. Alibhai served as the Senior Director at Alexandria Venture Investments, where he was responsible for investments in emerging companies and funds in the healthcare sector. From 2006 to 2007, he directed investments for PIPE’s and long/short positions in MPM Capital’s BioEquities hedge fund. Dr. Alibhai received a Ph.D. in Molecular Neuroscience from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and a B.S. in Biology from Duke University. We believe that Dr. Alibhai’s scientific and medical expertise, as well as his industry, academic and leadership roles, and his knowledge of the Company as Chief Executive Officer, makes him well qualified to serve on the combined company board of directors. Dan Conn, J.D., M.B.A.has served as Tvardi’s Chief Financial Officer since January 2022. Previously, Mr. Conn held multiple positions at Christie’s International Real Estate, including Chief Operating Officer from January 2014 to October 2014 and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors from October 2014 to November 2021. In these roles, Mr. Conn managed Christie’s global real estate brand licensing and brokerage business and focused on expanding the business into new areas and strategic development. From January 2012 to January 2014, Mr. Conn served as Senior Vice President of Asset Management at Brookfield Asset Management. Prior