Riccardo Pigliucci

RICCARDO PIGLIUCCI is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Discovery Partners International, Inc. Prior to joining the
company, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Life Sciences
International PLC, a supplier of scientific equipment from 1996 to 1997.
Prior to that, he held numerous management positions during his career
at Perkin-Elmer Corporation, including President and Chief Operating
Officer. Mr. Pigliucci is also a director of Epoch Biosciences, Inc.,
Biosphere Medical and Dionex Corporation, a trustee of The Worcester
Foundation for Biomedical Research and a member of the Advisory Board of
Chemical & Engineering News.