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May 9, 2019

Frontage Appoints Sridhar Krishnan as Senior Vice President of Global Operations!

Frontage Laboratories, Inc., announces the appointment of Sridhar Krishnan as Senior Vice President, Global Operations. In this role, Sridhar will be responsible for integrating business units and provide operational excellence leadership across the Frontage organization.

“We are very excited to welcome Mr. Sridhar Krishnan to Frontage as Senior Vice President of Global Operations”, said Dr. Song Li, Founder and CEO of Frontage Laboratories. “Sridhar brings a wealth of experience in operational improvement and business transformation. The combination of his experience, knowledge, drive and culture make him an ideal fit for this leadership role and for Frontage’s next stages of growth”.

“I look forward to leading our operations with a focus on sustainability, compliance and execution excellence. Operational excellence combined with scientific and commercial excellence will strengthen our ability to serve our customers and patients need with speed & quality,” said Sridhar.

Sridhar has over 25 years of experience in operations and over 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing and medical device industries. He has a proven track record of leading large, cross-functional global teams, driving enterprise-wide business transformations, strategies, delivering improvements in operational performance, financial/business results and enhancing enterprise value. Sridhar comes to us from Catalent Pharma Solutions, where he spent 9.5 years as part of the leadership team. Most recently he was the Vice President, Global Procurement and Business Analytics where he oversaw all direct, indirect and capital expenditures managing about $1 B enterprise-wide. He also served as Vice President, Global Operations where he led the company’s transformation, helped to increase EBITDA by 58% and drove the successful IPO launch. Sridhar also worked for GE Healthcare for 14 years and held several leadership positions in Global Supply Chain Operations & Quality. Sridhar received a BE in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University, India. He is also a Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma.