Stephen Knowles

Biography

Mr. Stephen Knowles serves as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at Astellas Pharma US, Inc. In this role, Mr. Knowles oversees the company’s financial activities and compliance, including internal and external reporting requirements, taxes, advance pricing agreement negotiations and transfer pricing. He is responsible for multiple groups within the organization, including information systems, treasury, data governance and procurement. Mr. Knowles serves as Senior Vice President of Finance and Information Technology at Astellas Pharma Inc. He joined Fujisawa - merged with Yamanouchi in 2005 to create Astellas. He served as a senior accountant at Astellas since 1989, and has since held positions of increasing responsibility. He served as vice president of finance and procurement at Astellas since 2008, executing the timely and accurate completion of all Astellas internal and external reporting requirements, including the preparation of GAAP financial statements and accompanying footnotes; government reporting; and internal monthly financial statement preparation. He also coordinated federal and state income tax returns with external auditors. Before joining Fujisawa, Knowles was a senior financial accountant and senior auditor at Nicor, Inc., where he conducted financial reporting control audits at company subsidiaries and coordinated various Securities and Exchange Commission filings. His experience includes several facets of consolidation, budgets and financial reporting, including those for management, stockholders and Securities and Exchange Commission. He received Certified Public Accountant certification in 1987 from the State of Illinois. Mr. Knowles earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting and administration from the University of Kansas, a Master of Business Administration from Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University in 2000. Mr. Stephen Knowles serves as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at Astellas Pharma US, Inc. In this role, Mr. Knowles oversees the company’s financial activities and compliance, including internal and external reporting requirements, taxes, advance pricing agreement negotiations and transfer pricing. He is responsible for multiple groups within the organization, including information systems, treasury, data governance and procurement. Mr. Knowles serves as Senior Vice President of Finance and Information Technology at Astellas Pharma Inc. He joined Fujisawa - merged with Yamanouchi in 2005 to create Astellas. He served as a senior accountant at Astellas since 1989, and has since held positions of increasing responsibility. He served as vice president of finance and procurement at Astellas since 2008, executing the timely and accurate completion of all Astellas internal and external reporting requirements, including the preparation of GAAP financial statements and accompanying footnotes; government reporting; and internal monthly financial statement preparation. He also coordinated federal and state income tax returns with external auditors. Before joining Fujisawa, Knowles was a senior financial accountant and senior auditor at Nicor, Inc., where he conducted financial reporting control audits at company subsidiaries and coordinated various Securities and Exchange Commission filings. His experience includes several facets of consolidation, budgets and financial reporting, including those for management, stockholders and Securities and Exchange Commission. He received Certified Public Accountant certification in 1987 from the State of Illinois. Mr. Knowles earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting and administration from the University of Kansas, a Master of Business Administration from Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University in 2000.

Research Interest

Business Management