Celularity Inc. announced the appointment of Andrew L. Pecora, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.P.E., as President effective September 15, 2021. replacing Robert J. Hariri, M.D., Ph.D., in this role as of such date. Dr. Hariri will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Chairman of the Board. Dr. Pecora will provide senior leadership to advance Celularity’s clinical pipeline toward U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, including responsibility for preclinical and clinical development and regulatory affairs. Pecora previously served as President of the Physician Enterprise, Chief Innovations Officer, and the Institutional Research Official of Hackensack Meridian Health. There, he oversaw more than 7,500 physicians as well as the business and clinical operations of the John Theurer Cancer Center and clinical and basic research of the Center for Discovery and Innovation. Pecora also is a Professor of Medicine and Oncology at Georgetown University. Andrew L. Pecora, M.D., F.A.C.P., age 64, has been serving as a consultant to and as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Celularity Operations Inc. since September 1, 2017, and previously served as a member of its Board of Directors from June 2017 through the July 2021 business combination with the Company. Dr. Pecora has been a practicing physician since 1989 and founder and first president of Regional Cancer Care Associates, since 2011 he has been serving as Chairman and founder of COTA Inc. a data analytics company committed to bringing clarity to cancer, and is on the board of directors of a number of private companies. Prior to consulting with Celularity Operations Inc., Dr. Pecora served on the board of directors of Caladrius Biosciences Inc. from 2011 to December 2016, and is co-founder and past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PCT, a prior subsidiary of Caladrius following its acquisition in 2011. Dr. Pecora served as Caladrius’ Chief Medical Officer from 2011 to September 2015, and served as its Chief Visionary Officer from August 2013 through January 2015. He also served as PCT’s Chief Medical Officer from 2011 through August 2015. Prior thereto, Dr. Pecora held numerous roles at PCT, as well as Amorcyte Inc. Dr. Pecora served as the Chairman and Director of the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) from 2001 to 2011, then Vice President of Cancer Services and Chief Innovations Officer of Hackensack Meridian Health, and commencing in 2016, Dr. Pecora served as President Physician Enterprise, Chief Innovations Officer and Institutional Official of Hackensack Meridian Health. He is a Professor of Medicine and Oncology at Georgetown University Medical Center. Dr. Pecora received an M.D. from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, graduating with honors. He went on to complete his medical education in internal medicine at New York Hospital and in hematology and oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, both in New York City. He is board certified in internal medicine, hematology, and oncology.