Samira Shaikhly

Chief People Officer

Samira Shaikhly is the Chief People Officer at Septerna. Ms. Shaikhly is a human resources leader with more than 25 years of experience enabling organizational effectiveness in high-growth companies across multiple human resource disciplines including a 15-year tenure at Gilead Sciences.

Prior to joining Septerna, Ms. Shaikhly was Chief People Officer at Ambys Medicines, where she led the People & Culture function during a critical and transformative time as the company evolved from a research-focused company to a development organization. Before Ambys Medicines, she spent 15 years at Gilead Sciences and held various roles of increasing responsibility, including Global Head of Human Resources, Corporate Functions Business Partners, where she was responsible for all general and administrative human resources functions. Earlier in her career, she held human resources roles in the technology and retail sectors.

Ms. Shaikhly earned a BA in Communication Arts from the University of San Francisco and is a certified Executive Coach from New Ventures West.