Ritesh Srivastava serves as Kyverna’s Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and leads the Company’s Legal and Corporate Compliance teams. Ritesh brings more than 20 years of experience spanning legal, corporate strategy, compliance, and risk management to this role.

Prior to joining Kyverna, Ritesh served as General Counsel at BPGbio, where he provided legal and strategic counsel across research and development, commercialization planning, and business operations. Prior to BPGbio, he served as Global Compliance Officer at Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, where he advised the Board of Directors and its committees on corporate governance and risk management, and counseled on commercial transactions and strategic initiatives. Ritesh also worked as Director of Compliance and Investigations at Avanir Pharmaceuticals.

As a former federal prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice, Ritesh has also led law enforcement teams in the investigation and prosecution of healthcare fraud and anti-kickback matters. Earlier in his career, Ritesh was a private practice litigator at Cooley LLP, where he provided legal counsel to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies. He began his career as an officer with the Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps, where he served for six years as a trial defense lawyer and later as Appellate Government Counsel, ultimately achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He holds a Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University.