CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. announced that seasoned biopharma executive Harish Shantharam, CFA has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Shantharam brings nearly 20 years of biotech experience leading financial functions with a very strong emphasis on setting strategy and building financial planning and accounting operations to prepare companies for commercial drug launch.Mr. Shantharam's career has been highlighted by a variety of progressive commercial planning, operations, FP&A, and commercial finance roles, both domestically and globally. Mr. Shantharam was most recently the Senior Finance Adviser to the CFO at Eikon Therapeutics.

Prior to joining Eikon, Harish spent eleven years at Gilead, last serving as Vice President and Head of Global Commercial Finance. In this role, he supported a $20-30 billion revenue business and multibillion-dollar budget across North America, Europe, Asia, and emerging markets. Prior to Gilead, Mr. Shantharam served in various roles of increasing responsibility driving forecasting, commercial analytics and business development at Amgen.

Throughout his career, he has supported multiple product launches, leading financial and commercial operations. Harish holds an MBA in finance from UCLA Anderson School of Management and a graduate degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Texas. He is also a CFA charter holder.