Biography

Mr. Mather has been a member of our Board of Directors since March 2018 and Chairman of the Board since September 2024. Since October 2019, Mr. Mather has been Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets at Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. Prior to that, since March 2015, Mr. Mather had been Managing Director, Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets at BTIG, LLC. From December 2009 to February 2015, he was the Head of Private and Alternative Capital and Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets at Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC.

Between May 2007 and September 2008, Mr. Mather was the head of the Structured Equity Group at Jefferies Group Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Mather held various senior investment banking positions at Cowen and Company, including as Co- Head of the Private Equity Group.

Mr. Mather serves on the board Wentz LLC. Mr. Mather also served on the board of Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: TNXP) until February 2019 and The Finance Company of Pennsylvania until August 2017. Mr. Mather received a B.A. in History from Brown University and an M.B.A. in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.