Cambridge, Mass., USA - Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, a commercial biotechnology company, appoints William Huyett as chief operating officer and the promotion of Gina Consylman to senior vice president and chief financial officer.
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William Huyett joins Ironwood following a distinguished 30-year career at McKinsey and Company, Inc., where he served global clients in the life sciences, industrial and other technology-intensive sectors.
Most recently, he has been a senior partner emeritus at McKinsey.
Mr. Huyett was a leader in the firm’s pharmaceutical and medical products and its strategy and corporate finance practices, and served on McKinsey’s Shareholder’s Council (its board of directors), serving as chair of its Finance Committee.
Prior to joining McKinsey, he held a variety of line management positions with Allen-Bradley (now Rockwell Automation, Inc.).
Mr. Huyett serves on the board of directors of the London Stock Exchange-listed Georgia Healthcare Group PLC.
He also serves on several not-for-profit boards, including The Rockefeller University, the Marine Biological Laboratory, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and the YMCA of Greater Boston.
Mr. Huyett earned his B.S. in electronics engineering and his M.B.A. from the University of Virginia.
Gina Consylman is a 25-year veteran in the field of corporate finance. She joined Ironwood in 2014 and currently provides oversight of the company’s finance, planning, accounting, tax, treasury and insurance functions.
Prior to joining Ironwood, Ms. Consylman was vice president, corporate controller and principal accounting officer at Analogic Corporation, served as senior director, corporate accounting at Biogen Inc., and as corporate controller at Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
A Certified Public Accountant, Ms. Consylman began her career in public accounting at Ernst & Young LLP. ■
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