Otello Stampacchia, PhD

Dr. Stampacchia has served as a member of the Ikena board since December 2020. Dr. Stampacchia is founder, managing director and member of the investment committee at Omega Funds LLC. Dr. Stampacchia currently serves on the boards of directors of several private companies. Dr. Stampacchia previously served on the board of directors of Kronos Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: KRON), Median Technologies, Inc., Nuvation Bio, Inc.(NYSE: NUVB) and Replimune Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: REPL). Prior to founding Omega in January 2004, Dr. Stampacchia was a Partner at AlpInvest Partners (now part of The Carlyle Group). Before AlpInvest Partners, he was the portfolio manager of the Lombard Odier Immunology Fund, an investment vehicle in Geneva, Switzerland, investing in public and private healthcare companies worldwide. Previously, Dr. Stampacchia was a member of the HealthCare corporate finance and M&A team at Goldman Sachs. Before Goldman Sachs, he helped co-found the healthcare investment activities at Index Securities (now Index Ventures). Dr. Stampacchia received a Masters of Science in Plant Genetics from the University of Pavia, a Masters of Science in Molecular Biology, a Doctorate of Philosophy in Molecular Biology from the University of Geneva and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Biotechnology from European Union Strasbourg. We believe Dr. Stampacchia is qualified to serve on the Ikena board because of his venture capital experience in the life sciences industry and his service on the boards of directors of other public and private life sciences companies.

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