MEI Pharma, Inc. announced that, in connection with the Company's previously announced succession plan, Daniel P. Gold, Ph.D's tenure as President of MEI will end on June 2, 2023 and the Company's board of directors has appointed David M. Urso as his successor. Mr. Urso, who joined the Company in 2014 and has been serving as the company's chief operating officer since 2018, will also join the board of directors. Dr. Gold will remain on MEI's board, where he will continue to share his extensive knowledge and experience with the company.

Mr. Urso joined MEI Pharma in April 2014 with nearly two decades of experience in the life science industry as a senior vice president and general counsel. In July 2018, he was appointed MEI's chief operating officer. Previously, he was chief operating officer and general counsel at Tioga Pharmaceuticals, a privately held drug development company he co-founded in 2005 as a principal at Forward Ventures, where he was responsible for identifying and developing life science venture capital investments.

Before joining Forward Ventures in 2002, David was director of corporate development and legal affairs at DNA Sciences. Previously, he worked as an attorney in the corporate securities and licensing groups at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati LLP and Cooley Godward LLP, after beginning his career as a bench scientist at SmithKline Beecham and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Mr. Urso received a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology and Philosophy from Reed College.