Jeffrey A. Bacha B.Sc., M.B.A.

Chief Executive Officer and Board Member

Mr. Bacha has been involved in pharmaceutical research and corporate development for more than 25 years as a member of the executive leadership team for multiple companies.

Mr. Bacha co-founded DelMar Pharmaceuticals (now, Kintara Therapeutics, Inc. NASDAQ: KTRA) with Dr. Dennis Brown and served as Chairman and CEO during the company’s growth including the advancement of its lead product candidate to pivotal Phase III clinical trials and NASDAQ listing.

Prior to founding DelMar, Mr. Bacha served as president and founding CFO of XBiotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: XBIT), founding CEO of Inimex Pharmaceuticals and Vice President, Corporate Development at Inflazyme Corp. Programs advanced by Inimex and Inflazyme have become foundational in Soligenix, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNGX) and Aquinox Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AQXP).

He is a member of the National Brain Tumor Society Research Roundtable and the Board of the Leukemia Lymphoma Society of Canada. Mr. Bacha currently serves as a consultant to Valent Technologies LLC, and as a member of the Board of Directors of Sernova Corp. (TSX-V: SVA). Prior to taking on his operating roles, Mr. Bacha served Senior Manager and Director of KPMG Health Ventures, acting as an advisor to numerous public and private life sciences companies.

Mr. Bacha holds an M.B.A (Hons) from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University (1995) and a degree in BioPhysics from the University of California, San Diego (1991). Mr. Bacha is the inventor or co-inventor on multiple issued U.S. patents and applications, many with foreign counterparts.

John K. Bell

Independent Board Member

John K. Bell serves as lead independent director and chair of the audit committee.

Mr. Bell is the founder of Shred-Tech Ltd. and Polymer Technologies, Inc., John K. Bell is a businessperson who has been the head of 15 different companies and presently is Chairman at CrossChasm Technologies, Inc., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Onbelay Investment Corp., Chairman for Stack Capital Group, Inc., lead independent director of Edison Oncology Holding Corp., and Director & Governor at Stratford Festival. He is also on the board of Stratford Shakespearean Festival of America.

Mr. Bell was a founding investor of Research in Motion (Blackberry) and previously held the position of Director at Canopy Growth Corp. and Chairman of Canopy Rivers Corp. (a subsidiary of Canopy Growth Corp.), Chairman of Waterloo Regional Police Service, Chairman of Prosperity Council of Waterloo Region, Director at RIV Capital, Inc., Chief Executive Officer & Director at ATS Corp., Chief Executive Officer & Owner at Shred-Tech Ltd., Director at BSM Technologies, Inc., Director at BSM Technologies Ltd., Chairman of HEXO Corp., President & Chief Executive Officer of Polymer Technologies, Inc., Chairman of Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Member of Institute of Corporate Directors and Secretary & Director at Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of Canada.

John K. Bell received an undergraduate degree from Richard Ivey School of Business.