OmniAb, Inc. announced the appointment of Steve Love to its Board of Directors. Mr. Love, 54, has more than 30 years of financial experience including more than 13 years serving in Chief Financial Officer positions, and will serve on OmniAb?s Audit Committee as Chair and to be a member of the Human Capital Management and Compensation Committee of the Board. With this appointment the OmniAb Board returns to seven directors, including five independent directors.

Mr. Love is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Heap Inc. Prior to Heap, Mr. Love spent nearly 30 years in finance leading the growth strategy and data-driven decision making at Juniper Square Inc., Dialpad Inc., Mblox Inc., Affymax, Inc. and Connetics Corporation, among other companies. As a financial leader, Mr. Love has overseen more than $750 million in fundraising from top-tier venture capital firms, led buy- and sell-side M&A transactions totaling more than $2 billion in transaction value, and been responsible for worldwide teams across finance, legal, data analytics, facilities and human resources. He began his career at Ernst & Young LLP supporting private and public biotechnology and software companies.

Mr. Love holds a Masters in Accounting and a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Southern California, and is a Certified Public Accountant in California (inactive).