Vaisali Viswanathan Panyam

Vaisali Viswanathan Panyam, CFA, currently serves as Finance Manager at Akero Therapeutics since May 2023. Previously, Vaisali held the position of Finance Manager, FP&A at Guardant Health (2022-2023) and worked as a Principal Financial Analyst at Western Digital from 2018 to 2022, where responsibilities included leading FP&A for $4 billion in channel sales revenue and advising senior executives. Earlier experience includes roles as Finance Project Manager at VMware (2017-2018), where Vaisali completed the centralization of planning processes, and as Senior Financial Analyst at Meraas (2012-2017), focusing on capital budgeting for a $400 million real estate portfolio. Vaisali began the career as Finance & Operations Staff at QFM Group (2010-2011). Academic qualifications include an MBA from Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a Master’s in Finance, Accounting and Management from the University of Bradford.