Steve E. Krognes

Steve E. Krognes is a professional independent board member in the biotech and life science sector. He currently serves as a director at Denali Therapeutics Inc., Gritstone bio, Inc. and RLS Global AB, and previously served on the board at Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Before becoming a board member of the company, Mr. Krognes was the chief financial officer of Denali Therapeutics. In this role, he led the company’s IPO efforts and built the corporate finance, information technology and site organizations to enable the company to reach greater scale. Prior to Denali, he served in a variety of roles at large multinational corporations, including chief financial officer at Genentech, Inc. where he led the integration of Genentech and Roche Holding AG in the U.S. and the integration of Genentech and InterMune, Inc. He chaired the Genentech Access to Care Foundation and represented Genentech on the board and executive committee of the California Life Science Association. Prior to Genentech, Mr. Krognes was global head of mergers and acquisitions at Roche. He also worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and as a venture capitalist in Scandinavia. Mr. Krognes holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.