Wayne Foster

Wayne has more than 20 years of financial management experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Prior to joining Atea, Wayne served as Vice President of Finance at Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. for seven years where he was a key member of the team that led the company’s transition from a preclinical, privately held company to a clinical stage, publicly traded company. Prior to Mersana, Wayne served for nine years as Senior Director of Finance at Tolerx, where he was responsible for a wide variety of finance functions during a period of significant growth for the company. Earlier in his career, Wayne spent nine years as a Senior Manager at Arthur Andersen, where he specialized in emerging life science and technology companies.

Wayne holds a BBA in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.