Ankit is co-founder, chair of the board, and former chief executive officer of Spero Therapeutics. Ankit was previously a venture partner at Atlas Venture. Prior to that, he worked in business development at Genentech, in health policy in Washington, and helped build several early stage biotech companies including Arcion Therapeutics. Ankit obtained his MD from John Hopkins University Medical School and his MBA from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.