Sandra Gardiner

Sandra Gardiner was appointed acting Chief Financial Officer of Nektar Therapeutics in April 2023. Sandra is a partner at FLG Partners, a leading CFO services firm in Silicon Valley, and a skilled business and finance executive with over 30 years of experience as an EVP and CFO at private and public companies in the Life Sciences sector. She has served as the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration, Secretary, and Treasurer of Pulse Biosciences, Inc., a bioelectric medicine company, since November 2019. Prior to joining Pulse Biosciences, she held CFO roles in both domestic and global companies, operating as a director to international subsidiaries throughout Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Her tenure includes leadership positions at development-stage, pre-commercial to enterprise, commercial $350M+ biotech and medtech companies. She’s been involved in executing numerous financial transactions, including IPOs, secondary offerings, private placements, reverse mergers, rights offerings, ATMs, and debt facilities raising over $1Bn in capital and completing two M&A transactions.