Additional Relevant Details Kevin Young CBE has been appointed Chief Operating Officer, and Martin Silverstein, MD has been appointed Executive Vice President, Strategy. Both Mr. Young and Dr. Silverstein will report to John F. Milligan, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer. The company also announced that Paul R. Carter, Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations, has decided to depart Gilead and pursue other opportunities.As Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Young will assume responsibility for Gilead’s worldwide commercial organization, and facilities and operations. From 2004 through 2014, Mr. Young served as Gilead’s Executive Vice President of Commercial Operations. Since 2014, he has held the role of senior advisor to the company. Prior to Gilead, he spent more than 20 years in the biopharmaceutical industry, first with ICI Pharmaceuticals and subsequently with Amgen. Mr. Young has undergraduate and graduate degrees in Sports Science and Exercise from Liverpool and Nottingham, England. In 2011, he was appointed a Commander of The British Empire, one of Great Britain’s highest civilian honors, in recognition of his “services to the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.”