On August 9, 2023, Alignment Healthcare, Inc. and Dr. Dinesh Kumar reached a mutual agreement of employment separation, pursuant to which Dr. Kumar will no longer serve as the Company?s Chief Medical and Operating Officer, effective as of October 1, 2023 (the ?Effective Date?). In order to ensure a smooth transition of duties to a successor, Dr. Donald Furman, the Company?s Chief Clinical Officer, will assume greater oversight over the Company?s broader clinical organization. Dr. Furman is one of the co-founders of the Company and a co-architect of the Company's AVA and Care Anywhere platforms. He has served the Company continuously since 2013, initially as Chief Clinical Officer from 2013 to 2022.

In 2022, he became a special clinical advisor to the Company where he supported business development, and in 2023, he was again appointed Chief Clinical Officer and resumed oversight of Alignment's clinical model. Prior his employment with the Company, Dr. Furman served as senior director of healthcare services in the health and life sciences division of Oliver Wyman from 2012 to 2013, and as an independent consultant to hospital systems, health plans and medical groups from 2010 to 2012. In 1993, he was one of the founders of CareMore Medical Group, CareMore IPA and CareMore Medical Enterprises, where he served in a variety of senior executive roles, including chief medical officer, chief medical adviser, and vice chairman of the board.

Prior to CareMore, Dr. Furman practiced internal medicine and gastroenterology from 1981 to 1997. Dr. Furman received a Bachelor of Science degree from The American University in Washington, D.C., and an M.D. from Wayne State University in Detroit. He trained in internal medicine and gastroenterology at Yale University in New Haven and is board-certified in both specialties.

He also received an MBA from the University of California, Irvine.