Spero Therapeutics Appoints Esther Rajavelu as President and Chief Executive Officer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focused on identifying and developing novel treatments for rare diseases and multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial infections, today announced that Esther Rajavelu will serve as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective May 2, 2025, and will be nominated for election as a member of the Board of Directors at Spero’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders. Since January 2025, Ms. Rajavelu has been serving as Spero’s Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, and has served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Chief Business Officer since November 2023. She will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.