On May 30, 2023, Scott Praill resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer of Kintara Therapeutics, Inc. (the Company), effective May 31, 2023. In connection with Mr. Praill's resignation, on June 1, 2023, the Company's Board of Directors (the Board) appointed Robert E. Hoffman, the current President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of the Company, to succeed Mr. Praill as the Company's interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hoffman will continue his duties as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board.
Robert E. Hoffman, age 57, has served as a director of the Company since April 2018, as the Company's Chairman of the Board since June 2018, and as the Company's Chief Executive Officer and President since November 2021. He has served as a member of board of directors of ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly-held, clinical-stage immunology focused biopharmaceutical company, since October 2018, and as a member of the board of directors of FibroGenesis, a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company, since April 2021. He has also served as a member of board of directors, on the Audit Committee, and on the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of Antibe Therapeutics Inc. (Antibe), a publicly-held clinical-stage biotechnology company, since November 2020, and as Chairman of Antibe's board of directors since May 2022. Mr. Hoffman served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Heron Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly-held pharmaceutical company, from April 2017 to October 2020. From July 2015 to September 2016, Mr. Hoffman served as Chief Financial Officer of AnaptysBio, Inc., a publicly-held biotechnology company. From June 2012 to July 2015, Mr. Hoffman served as the Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Arena), a biopharmaceutical company, prior to its acquisition by Pfizer Inc. in March 2022. From August 2011 to June 2012 and previously from December 2005 to March 2011, he served as Arena's Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer and in a number of various roles of increasing responsibility from 1997 to December 2005. Mr. Hoffman formerly served as a member of the board of directors of Saniona AB, a biopharmaceutical company, from September 2021 to May 2022, and as a member of the board of directors of Kura Oncology, Inc., a cancer research company, from March 2015 to August 2021.He also previously served as a member of the board of directors of CombiMatrix Corporation, a molecular diagnostics company, MabVax Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, and Aravive, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company. Mr. Hoffman serves as a member of the steering committee of the Association of Bioscience Financial Officers. Mr. Hoffman formerly served as a director and President of the San Diego Chapter of Financial Executives International and was an advisor to the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) for 10 years (2010 to 2020) advising the United States accounting rulemaking organization on emerging issues and new financial guidance. Mr. Hoffman holds a B.B.A. from St. Bonaventure University.
Kintara Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is focused on the development and commercialization of new cancer therapies. It is focused on the development of novel cancer therapies for patients with unmet medical needs. Its two candidates include VAL-083 and REM-001. VAL-083 is a novel, validated, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-targeting agent, for the treatment of drug-resistant solid tumors, such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and potentially other solid tumors, including ovarian cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). REM-001 is a late-stage photodynamic therapy (PDT) for the treatment of cutaneous metastatic breast cancer (CMBC), basal cell carcinoma nevus syndrome (BCCNS), and access graft failure in hemodialysis patients. VAL-083 is being evaluated in all three GBM patient subtypes in the GBM AGILE Study: newly diagnosed methylated MGMT; newly diagnosed unmethylated MGMT, and recurrent.