Medivation Appoints Rick Bierly As Finance Chief

(RTTNews) - Medivation, Inc. (MDVN) said Monday that it has appointed Rick Bierly as chief financial officer, effective March 31.

Rick will serve as Medivation's principal financial and accounting officer and will report to president and chief executive officer. David Hung.

As previously announced, after more than 10 years as Medivation's chief business and financial officer, Patrick Machado is retiring from his position.

Rick Bierly brings to Medivation over 30 years' experience in finance roles at Glaxo-SmithKline, Aventis, Centocor and Johnson & Johnson. He began his career in public accounting at Ernst & Young.