Biography

Stefano Buono has served as Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and former President of newcleo since March 2021. Mr. Buono is a nuclear physicist and entrepreneur. Prior to cofounding newcleo, he founded Advanced Accelerator Applications S.A. (‘‘AAA’’) in 2002 and served as its Chief Executive Officer and President until January 2018. AAA began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in November 2015 and was acquired by Novartis AG in January 2018 in a transaction valued at approximately $3.9 billion. From January 2018 to January 2021, Mr. Buono served as an advisor to AAA. Earlier in his career, Mr. Buono worked for approximately 10 years with Nobel laureate Carlo Rubbia at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and CRS4—the Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia. Mr. Buono also currently serves as Chairman of Planet Smart City and LIFTT S.p.A., as Chairman of the board of Trained Therapeutix Discovery, and as a member of the supervisory board of Gauss Fusion. He previously served as an independent director of Abeona Therapeutics Inc. from May 2018 to September 2020. Mr. Buono received a master’s degree in physics from the University of Turin.