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Kirk Christoffersen Chief Business Officer Kirk Christoffersen, Chief Business Officer, joined FibroGen in November of 2020. Mr. Christoffersen brings over 25 years of experience in operations, business development, strategic planning, and alliance management in companies ranging from start-up to public entities in the biopharmaceutical industry. Kirk leads FibroGen’s Business Development and Alliance Management departments. Previously, Kirk was Chief Business Officer at Arch Oncology, Inc. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President, Corporate & Business Development Corporate and Executive Officer at Compugen, Ltd. Earlier in his career Kirk held positions of escalating responsibility at GlobeImmune, Inc., OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Kirk received his undergraduate degree from University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from the University of Denver. Close

Enrique Conterno Chief Executive Officer Enrique Conterno joined FibroGen, Inc. as our Chief Executive Officer and member of our board of directors in January 2020. Before coming to FibroGen, Mr. Conterno was a Senior Vice President for Eli Lilly and Company, serving as President of Lilly USA from January 2017, and President of Lilly Diabetes from 2009, until his retirement from Lilly in December 2019. Prior to 2009, Mr. Conterno served in various other roles for Eli Lilly and Company, including President, U.S. Operations, Vice President for the U.S. Neuroscience Business Unit, President and General Manager, Mexico, and Executive Marketing Director, Intercontinental Operations and Japan. Mr. Conterno earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and an M.B.A. degree from Duke University. Mr. Conterno is a member of the Board of Governors at the American Red Cross. Close

K. Peony Yu, M.D. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Yu, Chief Medical Officer, joined FibroGen in 2008. Dr. Yu oversees all global and regional clinical development strategies and execution of the various clinical programs, as well as providing leadership for the roxadustat program. She brings more than 25 years of pharmaceutical leadership, patient care, and drug development experience with deep expertise in all aspects of clinical and regulatory process, and with multiple prior successful NDA/MAAs for novel drugs and drug/device combos. Prior to joining FibroGen, Dr. Yu served as Vice President of Clinical Research at Anesiva Inc. Previously, Dr. Yu was Director of Clinical Development at ALZA Corporation (now Johnson & Johnson); Director of Clinical Development at Pain Therapeutics Inc.; and Assistant Director, Clinical Development, at Elan Corporation plc (now Perrigo Company plc). Earlier in her career, Dr. Yu was Head of the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Dr. Yu received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of California, Davis, and an M.D. from the UC Davis School of Medicine. She completed her residency training at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Yu is a native of China. Close

Elias Kouchakji, M.D. Senior Vice President, Clinical Development, Drug Safety, and Pharmacovigilance Dr. Kouchakji, Senior Vice President, Clinical Development, Drug Safety, and Pharmacovigilance, joined FibroGen in 2014, bringing more than 25 years of experience in product development, drug safety, and clinical practice. Previously, he served as Executive Medical Director, Safety, at Amgen, Inc., supporting the development and commercialization of Aranesp®, among other programs. Prior, Dr. Kouchakji was the Global Head Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management at Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Perrigo Company plc), Head of U.S. Safety at Hoffmann-La Roche (Roche), and Director, Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance at Serono (now EMD Serono). Prior to his transition to industry, Dr. Kouchakji was a practicing physician with specialization in surgery, having earned his M.D. at Damascus University. Close

Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D. Director Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D. was appointed to our board of directors in August 2020. Dr. Cravatt is a Professor and the Norton B. Gilula Chair of Chemical Biology in the Department of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute. His research group is interested in developing chemical proteomic technologies that enable protein and drug discovery on a global scale and applying these methods to characterize biochemical pathways that play important roles in human physiology and disease. Professor Cravatt joined the faculty at The Scripps Research Institute in 1997. Dr. Cravatt is an Associate Editor for Journal of the American Chemical Society and is a co-founder of Activx Biosciences, Abide Therapeutics, and Vividion Therapeutics. He serves on the Board of Directors of Vividion, Boundless Bio, and Autobahn Therapeutics. Dr. Cravatt’s honors include a Searle Scholar Award, the Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, a Cope Scholar Award, the ASBMB Merck Award, the RSC Jeremy Knowles Award, the AACR Award for Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research, and memberships in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Inventors, National Academy of Medicine, and National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Cravatt obtained his undergraduate education at Stanford University, receiving a B.S. in the Biological Sciences and a B.A. in History. He then received a Ph.D. from The Scripps Research Institute in 1996. Close

Percy H. Carter, M.B.A., Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Carter, Chief Scientific Officer, joined FibroGen in September of 2020. Dr. Carter oversees FibroGen’s scientific and preclinical efforts. He brings more than 20 years of global biopharmaceutical leadership and experience, with deep expertise in drug discovery. ​ Prior to joining FibroGen, Percy served as Global Head of Discovery Sciences at Janssen, worked in collaboration with therapeutic area discovery scientists and other stakeholders to define and operationalize innovative strategies for the successful identification and optimization of novel small molecule, peptide, and RNA-based drug candidates. Prior to his role with Janssen, Percy was Senior Vice President and Head of Discovery for Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). ​ Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Head of Discovery Chemistry & Molecular Technologies and was Site Lead for the Biocon-BMS R&D Center in Bangalore, India. Percy began his career as a Senior Research Scientist in Chemical and Physical Sciences at DuPont Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Carter received his bachelor’s degree in Organic Chemistry from Dartmouth College, his Ph.D. in Chemistry & Chemical Biology from Harvard University, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. In 2014, he received his M.B.A. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Close

R. Wayne Frost, Pharm.D., J.D. Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs Dr. Frost, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs joined FibroGen in 2010, bringing more than 20 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in regulatory affairs and drug development. Prior to joining FibroGen, he served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance at Sangart Metabasis Therapeutics Inc. (now Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), and Prometheus Laboratories Inc. Previously, Dr. Frost served as: Global Regulatory Leader for ARANESP® at Amgen; Regulatory Therapeutic Area Head for Respiratory, Allergy, Inflammation, Immunology and Oncology at Pfizer Global Research and Development; and Head of Regulatory for Local Anesthetics and Critical Care Therapeutics at Astra Pharmaceuticals (now AstraZeneca). He also worked at Bayer Pharmaceuticals in antibiotic drug development and at Key Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in drug delivery. Dr. Frost is a guest lecturer on Food and Drug Law at Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacoepidemiology and Public Health. He completed a Pharm.D. at Creighton University School of Pharmacy and a post-doctoral fellowship in pharmacokinetics/infectious diseases at The State University of New York at Buffalo. He received a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Close

Rahul Rajan Kaushik, Ph.D. Senior Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development, Technical Operations and Manufacturing Rahul Rajan Kaushik, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development, Technical Operations and Manufacturing joined FibroGen in October 2020. Rahul brings nearly 20 years of extensive experience and leadership in various aspects of Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) across a range of modalities. Prior to joining FibroGen, he was the Head of External Manufacturing at Nektar Therapeutics. Prior to that, Rahul spent over 15 years at Amgen, Inc. Dr. Kaushik received an Integrated Bachelors and Masters of Science in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India and received his Ph.D. from Stanford University, CA. Close

Jeffrey L. Edwards Director Jeffrey L. Edwards was appointed to our board of directors in 2015 after Mr. Edwards retired from Allergan, Inc. which he joined in 1993 and where he served as Executive Vice President, Finance and Business Development, Chief Financial Officer from September 2005 to August 2014. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Edwards served as Allergan’s Corporate Vice President, Corporate Development, and previously served as Senior Vice President, Treasury, Tax, and Investor Relations. Prior to joining Allergan, Mr. Edwards was with Banque Paribas and Security Pacific National Bank, where he held various senior-level positions in the credit and business development functions. In addition to serving on the board of directors, Mr. Edwards currently serves on the compliance committee, audit committee, and as compensation committee chairman of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a publicly traded life sciences research and clinical diagnostic products company. Mr. Edwards serves on the board of directors, audit committee and nominating and corporate governance committee of Clearside Biomedical Inc., a publicly traded clinical stage pharmaceutical company. Mr. Edwards also serves on the board of directors and compensation committee of Landec Corporation, a publicly traded company that focuses on products that advance health and wellness. Mr. Edwards received a B.A. in Sociology from Muhlenberg College and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. Close

Jeffrey W. Henderson Director Jeffrey W. Henderson has served on our board of directors since August 2015. Mr. Henderson has more than 30 years of financial, commercial, and pharmaceutical industry experience. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Cardinal Health, Inc. from 2005 until 2014. His many responsibilities at Cardinal Health included oversight of the Company’s China commercial operations. Prior to Cardinal Health, Mr. Henderson was President and General Manager of Eli Lilly Canada Inc. and Vice President and Corporate Controller of Eli Lilly & Company. He joined Eli Lilly in 1998 as Vice President and Corporate Treasurer. His prior experience includes 10 years with General Motors, where he served in managerial posts in Great Britain, Singapore, New York, and Canada. Mr. Henderson serves on the board of directors of Qualcomm Incorporated, Becton, Dickinson and Company, and Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. He was an Advisory Director to Berkshire Partners LLC, a private equity firm, from 2015 until December 2019. Mr. Henderson is also President of JWH Consulting LLC, a business advisory firm primarily focused on healthcare. Mr. Henderson holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kettering University, Flint, Michigan, and his M.B.A. from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Close

Michael D. Lowenstein, J.D. Chief Legal Officer Mr. Lowenstein, Chief Legal Officer, joined the company in 2003. Mr. Lowenstein has nearly 20 years of legal practice with a particular emphasis on corporate and securities law and life science transactions. Prior to joining FibroGen, Mr. Lowenstein practiced at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he focused on corporate law, securities, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and strategic transactions. He earned a J.D. from Columbia University, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Brown University. Mr. Lowenstein is a member of the State Bar of California. Close