Biography

Alfred D. Kingsley - In Memoriam

Mr. Kingsley has been Chairman of the Board since July 2009. Mr. Kingsley has been general partner of Greenway Partners, L.P., a private investment firm, and President of Greenbelt Corp., a business consulting firm, since 1993. Greenbelt served as our financial advisor from 1998 until 2009. Mr. Kingsley also serves as a director of OncoCyte Corporation (OCX), a clinical-stage diagnostics company focused on novel, non-invasive blood-based tests for the early detection of cancer. From January 2017 to October 2018, Mr. Kingsley served as Executive Chairman of AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. (AGE), a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics targeting human aging. Mr. Kingsley also served as a director of Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (AST) from 2012 until our acquisition of Asterias in March 2019. Mr. Kingsley was Senior Vice-President of Icahn and Company and its affiliated entities for more than 25 years. Mr. Kingsley holds a B.S. degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. degree and LLM in taxation from New York University Law School. Mr. Kingsley’s long career in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions includes substantial experience in helping companies to improve their management and corporate governance, and to restructure their operations. Mr. Kingsley developed an intimate knowledge of our business in his role as our financial advisor before he joined our Board. Mr. Kingsley has been instrumental in structuring our equity and debt financings, and in the transition of our business focus into the field of stem cell technology, and the business acquisitions that have helped us expand the scope of our business.