INOVIO announced the strategic appointments of new leaders designed to position INOVIO for growth and upcoming commercial operations. Effective immediately, four experienced and talented leaders will all join the executive team and report to INOVIO's President and CEO, Dr. J. Joseph Kim. Mark Twyman is appointed to the newly created Chief Commercial Officer role. Mark joined INOVIO in 2017 to drive the company's global commercialization efforts. Prior to joining INOVIO, Mark held various VP and SVP level commercial roles with Novavax, Sanofi-Genzyme, GI Dynamics, LENSAR, MedImmune, and Merck; as well as senior advisory roles to pharmaceutical and biotech organizations. Rob Crotty joins INOVIO as its new General Counsel. Rob brings more than 15 years' experience in the life sciences industry. Prior to joining INOVIO, Rob held legal positions of increasing responsibilities at ImClone Systems Incorporated, NPS Pharmaceuticals, Dendron Corporation, Vernalis Therapeutics, and most recently, Nabriva Therapeutics where he served as General Counsel & Secretary. Asli Gevgilili is appointed as INOVIO's Chief Human Resources Officer. She will be responsible for the strategy, planning, and implementation of all human resource-related functions. Asli joins INOVIO from Allergan (acquired by AbbVie), where she spent nearly 10 years in HR leadership roles of increasing responsibility; prior to Allergan, she spent eight years at Merck and Schering Plough, where she held HR Business Partner roles supporting different business functions. Gene Kim is appointed to the newly created position of Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and will continue in his role as President of INOVIO Asia. Gene joined INOVIO as the President of INOVIO Asia in 2020. In his new role, Gene will oversee all communications functions for INOVIO, including investor and public relations. Gene brings more than 20 years of experience in finance and corporate strategy.