Board of Directors – Qualigen Therapeutics IR

Michael S. Poirier
Chairman

Michael S. Poirier founded Qualigen in 1996 and is its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to founding Qualigen, Mr. Poirier was Vice President of Marketing for Ashirus Technologies, Inc., a Minneapolis-based manufacturer of innovative high-precision dispensing pumps and related equipment for the medical industry. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Poirier was Director of US Area Operations for EnSys, Inc., located in Research Triangle, North Carolina. EnSys developed and manufactured field-portable immunoassay test kits for the environmental remediation industry. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Poirier was employed by Sanofi Pasteur in Chaska, Minnesota, as a Marketing Manager responsible for launching the ACCESS^® Immunoassay System. This novel diagnostic system was later acquired by Beckman-Coulter and is now one of the leading immunoassay test systems worldwide. From 1985 to 1991, Mr. Poirier was employed by Abbott Diagnostics, a division of Abbott Laboratories, Inc. in various marketing and sales positions, including Worldwide Immunoassay Product Manager for the IMx^® and AxSym^® immunoassay diagnostic systems. Both IMx and later, AxSym, became the leaders in their respective markets. Prior to working at Abbott, Mr. Poirier served as an officer in the United States Navy, assigned to the US Atlantic Fleet. Mr. Poirier holds a B.A. from Providence College and attended the University of Zürich, Switzerland, School of Law.

Matthew E. Korenberg
Director

Mr. Korenberg has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: LGND), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing or acquiring technologies that help pharmaceutical companies discover and develop medicines, since November 2022, and before that as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated since August 2015. Before joining Ligand, commencing in September 2013, Mr. Korenberg was the founder, Chief Executive Officer and a director of NeuroCircuit Therapeutics, a company focused on developing drugs to treat genetic disorders of the brain with an initial focus on Down syndrome. Before founding NeuroCircuit Therapeutics, Mr. Korenberg was a Managing Director and member of the healthcare investment banking team at Goldman Sachs from July 1999 through August 2013. During his 14 year tenure at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Korenberg was focused on advising and financing companies in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors and was based in New York, London and San Francisco. Before Goldman Sachs, Mr. Korenberg was a healthcare investment banker at Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. where he spent two years working with healthcare companies in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors and industrial companies. Mr. Korenberg has served on the board of Primrose Bio, Inc., a private biotech company since November 2023. Mr. Korenberg holds a B.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from the University of Michigan.

Robert Lim
Director

Robert Lim is a business forward lawyer based in Vancouver, British Columbia who primarily practices in corporate commercial law and litigation. Mr. Lim co-founded De Novo Law Corporation in March 2023 after winding down his solo practice with Robert Bradley Lim Law Corporation in February 2023. Before being called to the bar as a lawyer, Mr. Lim worked at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business as a graduate academic assistant, and Winright Law Corporation, first as a legal assistant in 2020 and then later as an articling student/lawyer in 2021. Prior to his legal career, Mr. Lim came from a marketing background, working as a marketing coordinator for NEXT Environmental in 2018, and operated his own digital marketing agency where he provided digital advertising and marketing services to clients throughout British Columbia from 2017 – 2019. Mr. Lim has also served on the board of directors of Aerwins Technologies Inc. (AWIN) as an independent director from July 2023 – July 2024.

Campbell Becher
Director

Mr. Becher is the Chief Executive Officer of IberAmerican Lithium, and has held that position since September 2023. Mr. Becher has also been president or Orchid Capital Partners Corp. since 2014, and has over 20 years of experience in investment banking, including the founding of Byron Capital Markets, an investment bank focused on the electric metals sector. Mr. Becher served as Byron’s CEO from 2008 to 2014 and led its sponsorship of the Electric Metals Conference for several years as well as sponsoring the Industrial Minerals World Lithium Conference. Mr. Becher currently serves as a board member at Royal Helium Ltd. and Strategic Minerals Europe Corp. and previously served as a Managing Director at Haywood Securities Inc.

Cody Price
Director

Mr. Price is the President and Chief Executive Officer of True North Alliance, and has held that position since 2017. Mr. Price is an esteemed Compliance Management Professional, recognized for his comprehensive expertise in regulatory compliance, internal auditing, and risk management. Currently serving as a Contract Compliance Manager in Sacramento, California, Cody demonstrates exceptional proficiency in managing compliance operations across multiple entities. In his present capacity, Mr. Price oversees compliance functions for a wide array of distributors, processors, cultivators, and manufacturers, ensuring strict adherence to county and state licensing requirements, auditing protocols, and regulatory affairs. His responsibilities span nine companies, underscoring his adeptness in handling intricate compliance challenges within highly regulated sectors. With 19 years of extensive experience, Mr. Price consistently ensures that businesses maintain full compliance and operational efficiency, fostering their growth and success.