On June 14, 2023, the Board appointed Anne Nunes, age 54, as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Operations Officer, effective as of June 19, 2023. Ms. Nunes has served as the Company’s Vice President, Operations since September 27, 2021. Prior to joining Anika, Ms. Nunes served as Senior Vice President of Global Operations at Smith & Nephew, a global portfolio medical technology company focused on the repair, regeneration and replacement of soft and hard tissue, from 2019 to 2021.

From 2012 to 2019, Ms. Nunes held roles of increasing responsibility with Smith & Nephew, including Senior Vice President of Process Optimization, Vice President of Supply Chain for the Advance Surgical Devices division and Chief Information Officer of the Sports Medicine business unit. Prior to 2012, Ms. Nunes held positions at Biogen Idec, a global biotechnology company that pioneers science and drives innovations for complex and devastating diseases, and Eli Lilly & Co., a pharmaceutical company. Ms. Nunes earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Illinois and her Masters of Business Administration from Boston University.