Preetam Shah

Dr. Shah joined Cidara Therapeutics Inc. on September 1, 2021, as its Chief Financial and Business Officer and brings over 20 years of health care industry experience in corporate finance, business development, and strategy. Before joining Cidara, he served as EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:BCLI), a publicly listed biotechnology company, where led the development and implementation of key financial and capital strategies and contributed to its corporate initiatives. Prior to Brainstorm, he spent over 6 years, from 2013- 2019, as an investment banker, advising healthcare companies on equity, debt and M&A transactions holding senior roles at leading banks including Barclays Capital PLC. from 2016-2019, and Canaccord Genuity Inc. from 2013-2016. From 2010-2013, he founded Saisarva LLC. a healthcare consulting firm, where he executed and negotiated numerous licensing deals with pharmaceutical companies and was also responsible for the alliance management of those deals. During this period, he also acted as a consultant for healthcare-focused private equity firms and hedge funds. From 2006-2009, he served as Vice President, U.S. Operations and Investments at Reliance Capital USA Ventures LLC, an affiliate of Reliance ADA Group Companies, where he was responsible for making early stage venture investments in healthcare companies and other fund of funds. Dr. Shah completed his post-doctoral fellowship in Infectious Diseases from Stanford University School of Medicine, holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and a M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.