Arch Therapeutics, Inc. has appointed Richard Davis as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer as it continues to expand its team. Mr. Davis, who has worked as a consultant at Arch since April, has started full time in his new role effective today, July 7, 2014. The Company's current Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Alan Barber, has resigned from his position effective July 7, 2014 and has become an advisor to the Company.

Mr. Davis brings a proven and successful record of more than 25 years of progressive and diversified business, financial and operational leadership within both publicly traded and privately held, domestic and multinational companies. Most recently, he has been an advisor to small and mid-size companies assisting them in their accounting, financial reporting, investor and banking needs. Prior to that, he was President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at NMT Medical, Inc.