David Arkowitz

David Arkowitz is the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development of Seres. Prior to joining Seres, Mr. Arkowitz served as the Chief Financial Officer of Flexion Therapeutics, a biotechnology company, since 2018 and has responsibility for the finance and accounting, corporate communications and investor relations, information technology, and Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) functions. Mr. Arkowitz brings more than 30 years of finance and operations leadership experience in the life sciences and biotechnology industries. Prior to joining Flexion, Mr. Arkowitz served as Chief Operating Officer and CFO at Visterra, Inc., a biotechnology company that was acquired by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., where he led the finance, business development, corporate planning, and other functions. Mr. Arkowitz currently serves on the board of directors and as chair of the audit committee of F-star Therapeutics, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company, and on the board of directors of Yumanity Therapeutics, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company. Previously, Mr. Arkowitz was CFO at Mascoma Corporation, AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC and held additional leadership positions within each company. Preceding his tenure at Idenix, Mr. Arkowitz spent more than 13 years at Merck & Co., Inc. where he held roles of increasing responsibility, including Vice President and Controller of the U.S. operations, Controller of the global research and development division, and CFO of the Canadian subsidiary. He obtained his B.A. in mathematics at Brandeis University and his M.B.A. in finance at Columbia University Business School.