Spero Therapeutics Announces Appointment of Sath Shukla as Chief Financial Officer December 17, 2020 08:00 ET | Source: Spero Therapeutics, Inc. Spero Therapeutics, Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts, UNITED STATES CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRO), a multi-asset clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing and commercializing treatments in high unmet need areas involving multi-drug resistant bacterial infections and rare diseases, today announced the appointment of Satyavrat “Sath” Shukla, CFA, as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of January 4, 2021. “Sath is an ideal fit for our management team given his experience leading financial strategy and executing within both clinical and commercial stage companies,” said Ankit Mahadevia, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Spero Therapeutics. “He has extensive strategic and financial expertise, which will be instrumental in helping us to drive corporate growth through the potential commercialization of tebipenem HBr and the clinical advancement of SPR720 and SPR206. We are excited to welcome Sath to Spero and are eager to begin working together during an exciting time for the company. We also extend our sincere thanks to Stephen DiPalma for his hard work and commitment as Interim Chief Financial Officer.”