Pharmaceutical firm GSK PLC hired the finance chief of British luxury fashion group Burberry Group PLC to lead its finances as it works to develop new medicines after the recent spinoff of its consumer-health business.
Brentford, U.K.-based GSK, a maker of cancer and asthma medications, on Monday named Julie Brown as chief financial officer and executive director, effective next spring.
Ms. Brown serves as chief operating and financial officer at Burberry, a role she has held since 2017.
“Julie is a highly experienced CFO with a tremendous understanding of the biopharma sector,” Emma Walmsley, chief executive officer at GSK, said in a release.
Burberry on Friday said a search is under way for the successor of Ms. Brown.