Biography

Mr. Aryeh has more than 25 years of equity investment experience focused on the life sciences industry. He is the Founder and Managing General Partner of JALAA Equities, LP, a private investment fund focused on the biotechnology and medical device sectors. He has served in such capacity since 1997. Mr. Aryeh currently serves on the board of directors of public companies Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a biopharmaceutical company (Nasdaq: LGND), Anebulo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company (Nasdaq: ANEB), and Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc., a life sciences company (Nasdaq: OBIO). He currently serves as chairman of Ligand Pharmaceuticals’ Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and as a member of its Human Capital Management and Compensation Committee, as Chairman of Anebulo Pharmaceuticals’ Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees, and as Chairman of Orchestra BioMed’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, as well as a member of its Audit Committee. Since 2006, Mr. Aryeh has served on the board of directors or as a consultant to over a dozen public and private life sciences companies and charitable foundations, including the Novelion Therapeutics Inc. board from June 2012 to August 2018 and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Therapeutics board from February 2011 to February 2018. Mr. Aryeh earned a B.A. in Economics, with honors, from Colgate University and is a member of the Omnicron Delta Epsilon Honor Society in Economics.