Pittsburgh, Pa., USA - February 12, 2013, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA - Mylan Inc., a generic and specialty pharmaceuticals company, announced that it has appointed Melina Higgins, a former partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Rajiv Malik, currently Mylan's president, to Mylan's board.
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Ms. Higgins is an experienced financier, having served as a partner and in other senior roles at Goldman Sachs during her nearly 20 year career at the firm.
Ms. Higgins joined Goldman Sachs in 1989 and retired from the firm in January 2010. During her tenure at Goldman Sachs, she served as a member of the Investment Committee of the Principal Investment Area.
She also served as head of the Americas as well as co-chairperson of the Investment Advisory Committee for the GS Mezzanine Partners funds.
Ms. Higgins has significant board experience, having served as a director for numerous companies across a wide range of industries. U.S. Banker ranked Ms. Higgins as one of the Top 20 Nonbank Women in Finance.
She holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Colgate University.
Mr. Malik is currently Mylan's president, responsible for the company's operations, including oversight for research and development, business development, regulatory affairs, manufacturing operations and strategy, quality, supply chain, sourcing, packaging and medical affairs, as well as the sales and marketing of Mylan's generics business.
Mr. Malik has held important leadership positions at Mylan since January 2007, when the company acquired a controlling stake in Matrix Laboratories Limited (now Mylan Laboratories Limited), a supplier of active pharmaceutical ingredients. At the time of the acquisition, Mr. Malik was Matrix's chief executive officer.
Mr. Malik has approximately 30 years of experience in the global generic pharmaceutical industry.
Prior to joining Matrix in 2005, he was head of Global Development and Regulatory at Sandoz. He started his R&D career at Ranbaxy Laboratories, rising to head of Generics R&D. ■
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