$ILNS ~Board of Directors~
Daniel G. Chain, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Dr. Chain formed Intellect in April 2005 and has served as our Chief Executive Officer since October 2005. In July 1999, Dr. Chain founded Mindset Biopharmaceuticals USA, Inc., a biopharmaceutical development stage company, and Mindset Ltd., an Israeli research and development subsidiary of Mindset Biopharmaceuticals USA. In 2001, Dr. Chain founded MindGenix Inc., a contract drug testing company, as a subsidiary of Mindset Biopharmaceuticals USA. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Mindset Biopharmaceuticals USA from July 1999 until October 2005, when he resigned as the Chief Executive Officer of Mindset Biopharmaceuticals USA and joined Intellect. Dr. Chain continues to serve Mindset BioPharmaceuticals USA and MindGenix as president of both companies. Under his employment agreement with us, he is permitted to spend up to 5% of his time in his capacity of president of Mindset Biopharmaceuticals and Mindgenix.
Dr. Chain is the author of several scientific research publications in peer-reviewed journals in various fields. Dr. Chain’s interest in biology of the human brain led to his invention of antibody-based therapies being developed for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and to the invention of insulin sensitizers being developed to increase glucose utilization in the aging brain as a method to improve age-related cognitive impairment. Dr. Chain is a member of the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine, a member of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Society for Neuroscience. Dr. Chain obtained his B.Sc., with honors, in Biochemistry from the Institute of Biology in London and obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. He trained as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York.
Elliot M. Maza, J.D., CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Maza has served as our Chief Financial Officer since March 2007. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from May 2006 until March 2007. From December 2003 to May 2006 Mr. Maza was Chief Financial Officer of Emisphere Technologies, Inc., a publicly held biopharmaceutical company specializing in oral drug delivery. He was a partner at Ernst and Young LLP from March 1999 to December 2003 and an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, Inc., JP Morgan Securities, Inc. and Bankers Trust Securities, Inc. at various times during April 1989 to March 1999. Mr. Maza practiced law at Sullivan and Cromwell in New York from September 1985 to April 1989. Mr. Maza serves on the Board of Directors and is Chairman of the Audit Committee of Apollo Solar Energy, Inc., a Chinese producer of material used to manufacture solar cells. Mr. Maza received his B.A. degree from Touro College in New York and his J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is a licensed C.P.A. in the states of New Jersey and New York and is a member of the New York State Bar.
Isaac Onn, B.Sc., LLB
Director
Isaac Onn serves as director on the Board of a number of private and public companies across diverse industry sectors. He previously served as a director of Diversified Senior Services, Inc., a developer and manager of low and moderate income senior housing and assisted living facilities. Also, Mr. Onn served as the CEO and a partner of Erez Tal Bar - Fueling Services Ltd., an Israeli company that builds and manages fuel stations. Mr. Onn received his degree in business administration and marketing from the Tel-Aviv College of Management and his LLB, Bachelor of Law degree from Ono Academic College Law School in Israel.
