Gilead Brings Back Kevin Young, Former Commercial Exec, As New COO

Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GILD]]) has brought back former top executive Kevin Young as chief operating officer. Young spent the past two years as an advisor to the Foster City, CA-based drug maker, and before that was its EVP of commercial operations for ten years. Young’s return fills a gap left by Paul Carter, who replaced Young two years ago. Gilead has also hired Martin Silverstein, a former management consultant, as EVP of strategy.

Author: Alex Lash

I've spent nearly all my working life as a journalist. I covered the rise and fall of the dot-com era in the second half of the 1990s, then switched to life sciences in the new millennium. I've written about the strategy, financing and scientific breakthroughs of biotech for The Deal, Elsevier's Start-Up, In Vivo and The Pink Sheet, and Xconomy. View all posts by Alex Lash