Champions Biotechnology, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CSBR), a company engaged in the development of advanced preclinical platforms and tumor specific data to enhance the value of oncology drugs, today announced that Mr. Joel Ackerman has joined the management team as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. In addition, the Company announced that Dr. Ronnie Morris will join the management team as President of the Company; Dr. Morris will concentrate on the development and growth of the personalized medicine business, particularly the Company’s Personalized Oncology Services. Both Mr. Ackerman and Dr. Morris will join the company’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Ackerman spent 15 years at Warburg Pincus, a leading private equity investment firm, from 1993 to 2008. While at Warburg Pincus, he was a partner of the firm, a member of the executive management group and ran the healthcare services group. He invested in start-ups and early-stage companies as well as later stage growth investments and management-led buyouts. For most of these companies, Mr.  Ackerman served on the board of directors and worked closely with the respective management teams on strategy, financing, M&A and organizational development. Currently, Mr. Ackerman sits on the board of directors of Coventry Health Care, a publicly traded managed care company, and Kindred Healthcare, a publicly traded company that owns hospitals and nursing homes. He is also Chairman of the Board of One Acre Fund, a non-profit microfinance organization in Western Kenya. He received a BA in physics from Columbia University and an MA in physics from Harvard University. 

Ronnie Morris, M.D. was most recently one of the founders of MDVIP, the national leader in personalized healthcare. Serving as a board member, medical director, and part of the executive management team, Dr. Morris helped build and manage MDVIP, a company that grew to a network of 400 doctors within 29 states servicing 125,000 consumers/patients. In December 2009, MDVIP was acquired by the Procter and Gamble Co. (NYSE:PG) . Prior to MDVIP, Dr. Morris was the Chief Medical Officer and Executive V.P. of AllianceCare, a 1500+ employee company that provided home healthcare, physical therapy and doctor visits for home bound patients. At AllianceCare Dr. Morris developed and operated the physician house call division of the business, and he was the general medical director for the company. He is currently on the board of directors of APOS therapy. He was the managing partner of a large multispecialty group that was acquired in 1998 by Promedco. Dr. Morris is a board certified internist and up until 2004 he had a private practice in Boca Raton, Florida. He has been a consultant for many pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer, Merck, and AstraZeneca. 

Dr. David Sidransky, Chairman of the Board of the Company, said, “We are all very excited about Mr.  Ackerman and Dr. Morris joining our team. They bring a highly successful track record and years of valuable experience and empirical knowledge to help shape and grow our business.” Additional information regarding this announcement will be contained in a Form 8K to be filed by the Company.