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August J. Moretti

Mr. Moretti has extensive operating and financial executive experience in all phases of company growth and funding, from early-stage development to product approval and commercialization. Mr. Moretti is currently self-employed as a consultant. From 2019 until his retirement in September 2023, Mr. Moretti served as the Chief Financial Officer of 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company. Mr. Moretti previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Assertio Therapeutics (formerly Depomed, Inc.), a specialty pharmaceuticals company focused in pain and neurology, from January 2012 until August 2018. Prior to this, Mr. Moretti served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, and as Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of Alavita, Inc., a personalized medicine company. Earlier in his career, Mr. Moretti was a partner in an international law firm, where his practice included representation of life science companies on issues relating to public and private financings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, disclosure and public reporting. Mr. Moretti received a B.A. in Economics from Princeton University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.