Spero Therapeutics names finance head as CEO; shares down
** Shares of drug developer Spero Therapeutics Inc SPRO.O
down 1.2% at $1.7
** Co appoints its CFO and treasurer, Satyavrat Shukla, as
its president, CEO, and a board member, effective Aug. 1
** Shukla will succeed Ankit Mahadevia, who will become
board chairman
** Co has launched a search for its next CFO
** Board has appointed Stephen DiPalma as interim CFO and
treasurer, effective Aug. 1
** SPRO shares down ~1% YTD
(Reporting by Rupali Chaudhary in Bengaluru)
((Rupali.chaudhary@thomsonreuters.com))
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