Shalini Sharp
Shalini Sharp served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapies for rare genetic diseases, between 2012 and 2020. Prior to joining Ultragenyx, Ms. Sharp served as the Chief Financial Officer of Agenus Inc., a biotechnology company focused on cancer immunotherapies, where between 2003 and 2006 she served in various finance, corporate development and corporate strategy roles. Ms. Sharp currently serves as a director of Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (since 2018), Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (since 2020), and Mirati Therapeutics Inc. (since 2021). She also serves as a director of TB Alliance, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the discovery, development and delivery of better, faster-acting and affordable tuberculosis drugs. She previously served as a director of Precision Biosciences, Inc. from 2018 to May 2022, then-Panacea Acquisition Corporation from 2020 to February 2021, Array BioPharma Inc. from 2017 to 2019 and Agenus Inc. from 2012 to 2018. Ms. Sharp previously served in strategic planning and as chief of staff to the chairman of the board of directors of Elan Pharmaceuticals during the company’s restructuring, and as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, specializing in healthcare at both companies. Ms. Sharp received her M.B.A. and undergraduate degrees from Harvard University.
