Kristine Ball

Kristine Ball brings to Antiva over 20 years of executive experience in the biopharma industry. Kristine has held key roles in building multiple successful biopharma companies that developed FDA approved medicines. Kristine has also led numerous corporate transactions throughout her career including multiple IPOs, M&A transactions, pharmaceutical partnerships and other private and public financings. Prior to Antiva, Kristine served as Chief Executive Officer of Soteria, Inc. from 2020 to 2022, where she raised the company’s series A round of financing, recruited the management team and set the strategic direction of the company. From 2017 to 2022, Kristine served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Chief Financial Officer of Menlo Therapeutics, Inc., until the company’s merger with Foamix. At Menlo, Kristine was responsible for leading all non-R&D functions including strategic planning, corporate development, commercial, human resources, legal, finance and IT. She led Menlo’s initial public offering and the cross-functional team responsible for closing the merger with Foamix. Prior to Menlo, Kristine held executive finance positions at Relypsa, Inc. (acquired by Galenica), KAI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (acquired by Amgen) and Exelixis, Inc. Kristine began her career in Ernst & Young’s life sciences audit practice. Kristine serves as a member of the board of directors of Atreca, Inc. and also served on the board of directors of Forty Seven Inc. prior to the company’s acquisition by Gilead. Kristine holds a B.S. from Babson College.