Steve Krognes is a professional board member in the biotech and life science sector. He currently serves as a Director at Denali Therapeutics, Guardant Health, Gritstone bio and argenx, all publicly listed companies, and previously served on the boards of Corvus Pharmaceuticals, RLS Global AB and Tessa Therapeutics.
Previously, Steve worked 7 years as CFO of Denali Therapeutics, 6 years as CFO of Genentech and 6 years as global head of M&A at Roche. At Denali, Steve built the finance, IT and site organizations, and led the company’s IPO and capital raising efforts. At Genentech, Steve led the integration of InterMune as well as the integration of Roche and Genentech, chaired the Genentech Access to Care Foundation and represented Genentech on the Board and Executive Committee of the California Life Science Association. At Roche, under Steve’s leadership, the M&A team executed more than 30 transactions worldwide, and he personally led the acquisition of and subsequent integration of Genentech.
Prior to that, Steve worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, a management consultant at McKinsey, and as a venture capitalist in Scandinavia. Steve holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Steve grew up in Norway and is a second lieutenant in the Royal Norwegian Air Force, and speaks Norwegian, French, and conversational German. Steve lives in Cannes (France) and San Francisco (USA) with his family.
