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Propanc Biopharma, Inc.

Filed Feb 2, 2026.

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Management

Executive Officers and Directors

The following table sets forth certain information regarding our current executive officers and directors as of January 26, 2026:

NameAgePosition
James Nathanielsz50Chief Executive Officer, Director
Jeaninne Zimmerman48Chief Financial Officer
Dr. Julian Kenyon78Director
Josef Zelinger74Independent Director
Joseph Himy56Independent Director
Annie VanBroekhoven74Independent Director

The following is a biographical summary of the experience of each of our executive officers and directors:

James Nathanielsz has served as Chief Executive Officer and director of our Company since its inception, and has served as our Chief Financial Officer since December 2020. He also has served as a director and Chief Executive Officer of Propanc PTY LTD, our Australian subsidiary, since October 2007. From July 2006 until October 2007, Mr. Nathanielsz served as the New Products Manager of Biota Holdings Limited, an anti-infective drug development company in Australia. He holds no other public directorships and has not held any others during the previous five years.

Mr. Nathanielsz graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, majoring in Biochemistry/Applied Chemistry and with a Master of Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Our board of directors has concluded that Mr. Nathanielsz is well-qualified to serve on our board of directors and has the requisite qualifications, skills and perspectives based on, among other factors, his position with Propanc PTY LTD, his experience in R&D and manufacturing and distribution, and due to being our controlling stockholder, as well as his significant business, investment, financial and public company experience, particularly with biotech companies.

Jeaninne Zimmerman was appointed as Chief Financial Officer on August 13, 2025. Ms. Zimmerman graduated from St. Jospeh’s College with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. She began her business career at SEC Solutions Group, LLP, which specialized in providing public companies with assistance with their SEC filing requirements where she assisted on all phases of the public filings, including audit and review preparation, internal control and SOX 404 testing, financial statement analysis and review, and audit documentation maintenance. Following that, Ms. Zimmerman joined two different public and not-for-profit accounting firms, where she worked with a variety of clients including real estate, school districts, manufacturing, distribution, logistics, waste management, and communications. She has vast experience with small and large organizations, with an extensive knowledge of the Accounting Standards Codification.

Dr. Julian Kenyon has served a director of our Company and as Scientific Director since inception, and has served as our non-executive Chief Scientific Officer since May 2019. Dr. Kenyon co-founded Propanc PTY LTD, our Australian subsidiary, and was appointed as a director of Propanc PTY LTD on February 12, 2008. Since 2000, Dr. Kenyon has served as an integrated medical physician and Medical Director of the Dove Clinic for Integrated Medicine in Winchester and London. He holds no other public directorships and has not held any others during the previous five years.

Dr. Kenyon graduated from the University of Liverpool with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and with a research degree, Doctor of Medicine. Since 1972, he has served as a Primary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.

Our board of directors has concluded that Dr. Kenyon is well-qualified to serve on our board of directors and has the requisite qualifications, skills and perspectives based on, among other factors, his position with Propanc PTY LTD.

Josef Zelinger has served as a director of our Company since December 2020. He holds no other public directorships and has not held any others during the previous five years.

He is a Certified Practicing Accountant with 45 years of experience in tax, auditing, finance, investment and management consulting. Mr. Zelinger also has significant expertise in property management and import/export businesses and he currently serves as a director of Aggro Investments Pty Ltd, an Australian private company specializing in industrial property rentals, where he provides tax and accounting services as a sole trader. Mr. Zelinger commenced his career as an accountant at L.M. Stanton & Partners - Chartered Accountants, subsequently joining Caston Pty Ltd in 1980, a steel manufacturer, as chief financial officer, and as a director, where he served in such roles until 1983.

Since the mid-1980s, Mr. Zelinger has served as director in several private investment companies in a range of businesses, including property portfolio manager of commercial real estate, import/export businesses and a range of commercial and financial investment companies. Since 1980, Mr. Zelinger has also operated as a sole practitioner in accountancy and tax consulting.

In 1973, Mr. Zelinger graduated with a degree in Accounting from RMIT University and was also admitted as a Fellow in Business.

Our board of directors has concluded that Mr. Zelinger is well-qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his experience as director, his corporate governance, tax and auditing expertise, his investment and involvement with the Company since 2010 and his other relevant qualifications, skills and perspectives based upon his professional experience.

Joseph Himy, Director

Mr. Joseph Himy is an experienced Chief Financial Officer with 20 years of diversified practice in a broad range of industries and with businesses of a variety of sizes. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Brooklyn College.

He began his financial career with the big four accounting firm Deloitte & Touche where he was promoted to audit manager within the banking and broker dealer business unit. As Vyteris Inc.’s Chief Financial Officer and member of its management team, Mr. Himy supervised the preparation of financial statements, developed corporate-wide business strategies, was a member of Vyteris’ business development team, and managed the company’s relationships with its bankers, board of directors and investors. As a member of Vyteris business development team, Mr. Himy acquired the licenses for complementary drug delivery technologies, introduced Vyteris to an international pharmaceutical to evaluate its infertility technology and was involved in the due diligence and analysis of acquiring other drug delivery technologies. Mr. Himy previously held the position of manager of financial reporting at LeCroy Corporation, where he was responsible for implementation of Sarbanes Oxley 404, corporate governance and regulatory compliance in addition to treasury operations and investor relations. Before that, Mr. Himy directed the rapid expansion of Delta Three, Inc.’s foreign subsidiary from 5 to 75 employees in his capacity there as Financial Manager.

Currently, Mr. Himy is the managing director of the CFO Squad. The CFO Squad is a financial and business advisory firm providing outsourced CFO advisory and regulatory consulting services private and public companies. The CFO Squad services include a wide scope of accounting functions including, SEC services, advisory board services, tax advisory services, management consulting services, regulatory consulting, infrastructure development, internal control evaluations and retainer CFO assignments, etc.

Our board of directors has concluded that Mr. Himy is well-qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his experience as a principal financial officer with diverse companies and his other relevant qualifications, skills and perspectives based upon his professional experience.

Annie Van Broekhoven Director

Prof. Dr Annie Van Broekhoven received her Ph.D in Cell Biology from the University of Antwerp in 1978. She is the former CEO of Q-Biologicals and has been active in the production of biological materials under cGMP for more than 20 years. Besides this, she is a Professor at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, where she is teaching industrial biotechnology and microbiology. She has been a WP-leader in the EU FP7 project entitled “Child-Innovac” where she was responsible for the process development, cGMP production and release of a live attenuated Bordetella pertussis vaccine which has been used in the Child-Innovac clinical trials.

Our board of directors has concluded that Dr. Van Broekhoven is well-qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her experience and leadership in the biotechnology industry and experience with clinical trials as well as her other relevant qualifications, skills and perspectives based upon her professional experience.

Term of Office

Our directors are appointed for a one-year term to hold office until the next annual general meeting of our stockholders or until removed from office in accordance with our Bylaws and the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). Our directors hold office after the expiration of his or her term until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her resignation, death or removal in accordance with our Bylaws or the DGCL.

Our officers are appointed by our board of directors and hold office until removed by our board of directors at any time for any reason.

Family Relationships

There are no family relationships between or among any of our directors or executive officers or persons nominated or chosen by us to become directors or executive officers.

Director Independence

Our board of directors has reviewed the independence of our directors and has determined that Josef Zelinger qualifies as an independent director pursuant to applicable SEC rules and regulations and pursuant to NASDAQ Rule 5605. In making this determination, our board of directors considered the relationships that such director has with us and all other facts and circumstances that our board of directors deemed relevant in determining his independence.

Scientific Advisory Board

We have formed a scientific advisory board (the “Scientific Advisory Board”) that provides advice to our management relating to the following:

●The identification, assessment, evaluation, selection, conduct and management of research projects, both those which are under review and are in progress;
●intellectual property; and
●commercialization.

The Scientific Advisory Board may also address issues related to improving project selection, formal review processes and management procedures within our Company. The Scientific Advisory Board is composed of an advisory panel of clinicians with expertise in translational research.

As of January 26, 2026, the members of our Scientific Advisory Board were:

●Professor Klaus Kutz (also serving as our acting Chief Medical Officer);
●Professor Macarena Perán;
●Professor Juan Antonio Marchal Corrales;
●Dr. Maria Garcia; and
●Dr. Ralf Brandt.

Each of the members of our Scientific Advisory Board acts as an independent consultant and is compensated on an hourly basis for his or her services. There is presently no stock based compensation for such services. In addition, we may have relationships with entities with which such members may be associated.

Professor Kutz is also acting as Chief Medical Officer for Propanc in a non-executive capacity. His compensation continues to be based on an hourly rate as per his advisory board agreement. Propanc intends to appoint Professor Kutz as Chief Medical Officer of Propanc in either a full-time or part-time executive officer capacity at a time that is mutually agreed upon between both parties.

The following is a biographical summary of the experience of each member of our Scientific Advisory Board:

Professor Klaus Kutzhas over 20 years of experience as an independent consultant in Clinical Pharmacology and Safety for pharmaceutical companies and clinical research organizations. His specialty over the last six years is oncology, including preparation of multiple NDAs and INDs for small and medium sized pharmaceutical companies. He has prepared, organized and reported clinical Phase I studies in oncology and Phase II studies in different cancer indications (prostate, gastric, ovarian, small cell lung cancer) and Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Professor Kutz has more than 13 years of experience as Head of Clinical Pharmacology with world-wide responsibilities for Phase I and Clinical Pharmacokinetics in two internationally operating pharmaceutical companies, setting up and restructuring international clinical pharmacology departments. His achievements include the successful world-wide registration of multiple important compounds for Sandoz Pharma Ltd, a pharmaceutical company, by preparing multiple NDAs and expert reports (including written summaries), as well as preparing multiple IND applications for Sandoz Pharma Ltd and Sanofi Research. He is a specialist for Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Clinical Pharmacology and he is also Professor of Medicine at the University of Bonn, Germany.

Professor Macarena Perán holds a B.S. in Biology and an M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Málaga, Spain. Dr. Perán moved to the Neuroscience Department at Durham University in the UK, where she studied the Cellular Distribution and Immobilization of GABAA Receptors on the cell membrane and graduated in 2000 with a Ph.D. She moved back to Spain and completed another Ph.D. program in the Faculty of Medicine focused on Changes in the Behavior of Central Nervous Proteins. She also completed a second Ph.D. from Granada University. In 2005 and 2006, she attended the University of Bath, UK, working in Professor David Tosh’s lab, and changed her research interest to the development of new anti-cancer drugs and cell therapy for regenerative medicine. In 2011, she spent a year as a visiting scientist in the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California, working in Professor Juan Carlos Izpisua-Belmonte’s lab. Currently, Dr. Perán is Reader in Anatomy at the University of Jaén in Spain and is working with the Institute of Pathobiology and Regenerative Medicine (IBIMER).

Professor Juan Antonio Marchal Corralesis Professor of Anatomy and Embryology at the Faculty of Medicine of University of Granada. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1992, obtaining the degree “summa cum laude”. He defended his doctoral thesis in 1996. Prof. Marchal has worked at three universities in different educational categories and is responsible for the research group “Differentiation, Regeneration and Cancer”. He has participated in 39 research projects of national and international character, being principal investigator in 13 of them. He has a total of 145 publications in journals, of which 125 are listed in the Journal Citation Reports. He has spent time at the University of Sassari in Italy and as visiting professor. He is inventor of 14 patents, 4 of them licensed. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the International Graduate School of the University of Granada, member of the standing committee of the Scientific Council and coordinator of Area Research in the Biosanitary Institute of Granada (ibs.GRANADA) and member of the Governing Board at the Institute of Pathobiology and Regenerative Medicine (IBIMER). He has recently been named director of the Chair Drs. Galera and Requena of Cancer Stem Cell Research at the University of Granada.

Dr. Maria Garciagraduated in Biology from University of Granada in Spain in 1997, became a molecular biologist working in the National Centre of Biotechnology, characterizing the mechanism of action of “Protein kinase induced by interferon: PKR”. These studies gave rise to a PhD title awarded with an Extraordinary Thesis Award by the Autonomous University of Madrid in 2004. In 2002, Dr. García completed a three-month stay at the University of Wyoming with Dr. Roth. During the postdoctoral period, she obtained major public and private funding to characterize new activity of the main tumor suppressor genes that are mutated in more than 50% of human cancers, such as p53, ARF and Rb. Dr. García currently has a competitive research contract from the National Health System to lead translational cancer research, aiming at the integration of basic, clinical and epidemiological cancer research in the University Hospital Complex of Granada. She leads a line of research involving new antitumor drugs, biological therapies, biomarkers and cancer stem cell studies. Dr. García has more than 30 peer-reviewed publications in international journals with an average impact factor of 5 and a H-Index of 14.

Dr. Ralf Brandt is the co-founder of vivoPharm PTY, Ltd., a global oncology and immuno-oncology discovery services company providing a range of preclinical services, which merged and became a part of Cancer Genetics, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed company enabling precision medicine in oncology from bench to bedside. Dr. Brandt currently serves as President of Discovery and Early Development of Cancer Genetics. Dr. Brandt is a biochemist and cell biologist with over 15 years of experience in research programs of experimental oncology. He has immense experience in in vivo pharmacology and anti-cancer drug profiling. Dr. Brandt received his Licence (BSc in Biochemistry and Animal Physiology) in 1986, and his PhD in Biochemistry in 1991 from the Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. Dr. Brandt was employed at research positions at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland and at Schering AG in Germany. Since 1990, Dr. Brandt has been active in the field of preclinical oncology. He led the Tumor Biology program at Novartis Pharma AG in Switzerland and established several transgenic mouse lines developing tumors under the control of oncogenes. During Dr. Brandt’s long career in the pharmaceutical industry, he has acquired significant knowledge and expertise in leading business units and representation of services to the pre-clinical research market.

Board Leadership Structure and Risk Oversight

The Board oversees our business and considers the risks associated with our business strategy and decisions. The Board currently implements its risk oversight function as a whole. As such, it is important for us to have our Chief Executive Officer serve on the Board as he plays key roles in the risk oversight of our Company. Each of the Board committees, when established prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, will also provide risk oversight in respect of its areas of concentration and report material risks to the Board for further consideration.

Board Committees

The Board has established the following three standing committees: audit committee (the “Audit Committee”); compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”); and nominating and governance committee (the “Nominating Committee”). Our independent directors, once appointed, will serve on each committee. Our Board will adopt written charters for each of these committees. Upon consummation of this offering, copies of the charters will be available on our website at www.propanc.com. Our Board may establish other committees as it deems necessary or appropriate from time to time.

The Board may create committees to delegate certain powers to act on behalf of the Board, provided the Board passes a resolution indicating such creation or delegation. The Board may delegate to a committee the power to appoint directors to fill vacancies on the Board. The creation or appointment of a committee does not relieve the Board or its members from their standard of care

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee, among other things, will be responsible for:

●appointing; approving the compensation of; overseeing the work of; and assessing the independence, qualifications, and performance of the independent auditor;
●reviewing the internal audit function, including its independence, plans, and budget;
●approving, in advance, audit and any permissible non-audit services performed by our independent auditor;
●reviewing our internal controls with the independent auditor, the internal auditor, and management;
●reviewing the adequacy of our accounting and financial controls as reported by the independent auditor, the internal auditor, and management;
●overseeing our financial compliance system; and
●overseeing our major risk exposures regarding the Company’s accounting and financial reporting policies, the activities of our internal audit function, and information technology.

The Board has affirmatively determined that each member of the Audit Committee meets the additional independence criteria applicable to audit committee members under SEC rules and Nasdaq listing rules. Effective upon the completion of this offering the Board will adopt a written charter setting forth the authority and responsibilities of the Audit Committee. The Board will affirmatively determined that each member of the Audit Committee is financially literate, and that it has a member who meets the qualifications of an Audit Committee financial expert under the rules promulgated by the SEC.

The Audit Committee will consist of Josef Zelinger, Joseph Himy and Annie VanBroekhoven and Josef Zelinger will chair the Audit Committee. We believe that, after consummation of this offering, the functioning of the Audit Committee will comply with the applicable requirements of the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq listing rules and the SEC.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee will be responsible for:

●reviewing and making recommendations to the Board with respect to the compensation of our officers and directors, including the CEO;
●overseeing and administering the Company’s executive compensation plans, including equity-based awards;
●negotiating and overseeing employment agreements with officers and directors; and
●overseeing how the Company’s compensation policies and practices may affect the Company’s risk management practices and/or risk-taking incentives.

Effective upon the completion of this offering, the Board will adopt a written charter setting forth the authority and responsibilities of the Compensation Committee.

The Compensation Committee will consist of Josef Zelinger, Joseph Himy and Annie VanBroekhoven Josef Zelinger will chair the Compensation Committee. The Board has affirmatively determined that each member of the Compensation Committee meets the independence criteria applicable to compensation committee members under SEC rules and Nasdaq listing rules. The Company believes that, after the consummation of the offering, the composition of the Compensation Committee will meet the requirements for independence under, and the functioning of such Compensation Committee will comply with, any applicable requirements of the rules and regulations of Nasdaq listing rules and the SEC.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, among other things, will be responsible for:

●reviewing and assessing the development of the executive officers and considering and making recommendations to the Board regarding promotion and succession issues;
●evaluating and reporting to the Board on the performance and effectiveness of the directors, committees and the Board as a whole;
●working with the Board to determine the appropriate and desirable mix of characteristics, skills, expertise and experience, including diversity considerations, for the full Board and each committee;
●annually presenting to the Board a list of individuals recommended to be nominated for election to the Board;
●reviewing, evaluating, and recommending changes to the Company’s corporate governance principles and committee charters;
●recommending to the Board individuals to be elected to fill vacancies and newly created directorships;
●overseeing the Company’s compliance program, including the code of business conduct and ethics; and
●overseeing and evaluating how the Company’s corporate governance and legal and regulatory compliance policies and practices, including leadership, structure, and succession planning, may affect the Company’s major risk exposures.

Effective upon completion of this offering, the Board will adopt a written charter setting forth the authority and responsibilities of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consist of Josef Zelinger, Joseph Himy and Annie VanBroekhoven. Josef Zelinger will chair the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Board has determined that each member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is independent within the meaning of the independent director guidelines of Nasdaq listing rules.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of the Company’s executive officers serves, or in the past has served, as a member of the Board or the Compensation Committee, or other committee serving an equivalent function, of any entity that has one or more executive officers who serve as members of the Board or its Compensation Committee. None of the members of the Compensation Committee is, or has ever been, an officer or employee of the company.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

Prior to the completion of this offering, the Board will adopt corporate governance guidelines in accordance with the corporate governance rules of Nasdaq.

Involvement in Certain Material Legal Proceedings During the Last Ten Years

During the past ten years, none of our current directors or executive officers has been:

●the subject of any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time;
●convicted in a criminal proceeding or is subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
●subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities, or banking activities;
●found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the SEC or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, that has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;
●subject of, or a party to, any order, judgment, decree or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of a federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies, law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or
●subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization, any registered entity or any equivalent exchange, association, entity, or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.

None of our directors, officers or affiliates, or any beneficial owner of 5% or more of our Common Stock, or any associate of such persons, is an adverse party in any material proceeding to, or has a material interest adverse to, us or any of our subsidiaries.

Clawback Policy

The board of directors has adopted a Clawback Policy (the “Clawback Policy) to apply to all our executive officers. The purpose of the Clawback Policy is to recoup incentive compensation awarded to executive of the Company if the Company’s financial statements are required to be restated, regardless of cause, including, without limitation, due to: (i) material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws, (ii) an error, miscalculation or omission, or (iii) the commission of an act of fraud or other misconduct, including dishonesty, unethical conduct or falsification of the Company’s records, then the Compensation Committee shall, on behalf of the Company and to the extent legally possible, recoup any incentive compensation awarded or paid to any Executive Officer during the Recoupment Period of three (3) years.

Code of Ethics

The board of directors has adopted a Code of Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”) to apply to all of our directors, officers and employees. The Code of Ethics is intended to promote ethical conduct and compliance with laws and regulations, to provide guidance with respect to the handling of ethical issues, to implement mechanisms to report unethical conduct, to foster a culture of honesty and accountability, to deter wrongdoing and to ensure fair and accurate financial reporting. A copy of the Code of Ethics is available at our websitewww.propanc.com.

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