Kevin Gordon has been promoted to chief operating officer at Quintiles. He currently serves as executive vice president, Operations and chief financial officer, and in December 2015, Michael McDonnell is expected take over these roles.
 
Mr. Gordon joined Quintiles in 2010 and under his financial leadership has delivered an 8% compound annual growth rate in revenue, and has led the capital strategy for the company, including its 2013 initial public offering.
 
“Kevin’s new role is recognition of the major contribution he has made to the company,” said chief executive officer Tom Pike. “With Kevin as chief operating officer, we are formalizing many of his activities with customers, our executives and employees. Over the past years, Kevin has increased his operational influence and is already managing a substantive amount of our business in addition to his financial leadership of the company.  This new role will enable Kevin to spend more time with customers and across the operations of our business.
 
Mr. McDonnell joins the company from Intelsat, where he has served as CFO since 2008. Previously, he held chief financial officer positions at MCG Capital Corp., a publicly held commercial finance company, and EchoStar Communications, formerly known as DISH Network Corp. Earlier in his career, he was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. 
 
“I am also very excited about Mike joining our leadership team,” Mr. Pike added. “With a solid public company finance foundation, Mike has demonstrated financial and accounting expertise and business acumen in leading companies in complex, dynamic industries. His experience strengthens and deepens our management team.”