Scott T. Smith

EVP & Chief Financial Officer at Ascendis Pharma

Scott Smith has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since August 2016. He was most recently Director of the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Wedbush Securities, from 2012 to 2016, where he led the healthcare team and oversaw a substantial increase in revenue and transaction volume. From 2009 to 2012, Mr. Smith served as a Managing Director at Wedbush. Prior to joining Wedbush, Mr. Smith served as a Director in the Global Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Merrill Lynch where he began his career in 1995. He has also worked in sales, marketing and strategy roles for various companies, including start-ups and a Fortune Global 500 company. Mr. Smith received his M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Economics/Accounting – Physics from Claremont McKenna College.

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  • EVP & Chief Financial Officer

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  • SVP & Chief Financial Officer

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