Rick Sterling
Non-Executive Director
Member, Audit Committee
Member, Compensation and Human Capital Committee
Rick Sterling has served on the Board of AquaBounty since September 2013. He has served as the Chief Financial Officer at Precigen Inc. since 2007, including leading them through their initial public offering in 2013. During his term at Precigen, Mr. Sterling was responsible for multiple private and public equity and debt capital raises, financial diligence for and integration of over a dozen acquisitions, SEC reporting and compliance, divestitures of businesses, budgeting, and negotiations of facility leases as well as oversight of human resource and information technology functions. Prior to joining Precigen, he was with KPMG where he worked in the audit practice for over 17 years, with a client base primarily in the healthcare, technology and manufacturing industries. He has a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Virginia Tech and is a licensed CPA.