Ashwin Agarwal

Ashwin Agarwal has served as Chief Financial Officer at Azura Ophthalmics since April 2021. Ashwin has over 25 years of financial, operations, investor relations, business strategy and leadership experience at both private and publicly traded companies spanning from early stage to global, multi-billion organizations. Before joining, Azura Ophthalmics, Ashwin served as Vice President, Finance, Investor Relations, and Treasury at Evolus, Inc. During his tenure at Evolus, Ashwin successfully co-led multiple public financing rounds while strengthening the balance sheet and driving organizational and operational efficiencies to accelerate revenue growth and improving cash flow. Prior to Evolus, Ashwin served as Vice President, Corporate Strategy for Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. where he was responsible for investor relations, strategic financial planning, commercial market assessment and $250 million in public financing. Before Alder, Ashwin held roles of increasing responsibility at Allergan, Inc. for fifteen years, most recently as Senior Director of Finance and Investor Relations. Ashwin began his career at KPMG where he spent three years in the auditing practice. He holds an MBA with an emphasis in Corporate Finance from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and a BA in Accounting from California State University, Fullerton.