Biography

Avtar Dhillon, M.D.
Chairman of the Board, Inovio Pharmaceuticals

AVTAR DHILLON was Executive Chairman from July 2009 to June 2011 and was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of Inovio Pharmaceuticals until June 2009. He joined the company, previously called Genetronics Biomedical, in October 2001. Prior to joining Inovio, Dr. Dhillon was engaged by MDS Capital Corp. as a consultant in July 1998 and subsequently became an investment manager in August 1999 and vice president in 2000. MDS Capital Corp. (now Lumira Capital Corp.) is one of North America's leading healthcare venture capital organizations. In July 1989, Dr. Dhillon started a medical clinic and subsequently practiced family medicine for over 12 years. From March 1997 to July 1998, Dr. Dhillon acted as consultant to Cardiome Pharma Corp., a biotechnology company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.

Dr. Dhillon has a Bachelor of Science, Honors, in Human Physiology, and M.D. from the University of British Columbia.