Gary Sender

Mr. Sender currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Nabriva Therapeutics, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company developing new antibiotics to treat infectious diseases. In that role, he has raised over $200 million in equity and debt capital, and provided the financial support for the acquisition of a private antibiotics firm with a late-stage asset, among other accomplishments. Prior to joining Nabriva, Mr. Sender served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Synergy Pharmaceuticals, and Senior Vice President of Finance at Shire, supporting its specialty pharmaceuticals and global commercial businesses. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sender was the founding Chief Financial Officer of Tengion, Inc., a regenerative medicine company. He also spent 15 years in several leadership roles within Merck & Co. Mr. Sender received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Boston University and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.