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Myriad Genetics: Rashmi Kumar

Sep 10, 2020

Myriad Genetics' board of directors has elected Rashmi Kumar, senior VP and global chief information officer at Hewlett Packard, as its new member and appointed her to the audit and finance committee. With the election of Kumar, Myriad's board now has 12 members. Kumar previously worked at McKesson Corporation as senior VP, chief information officer, and US pharmaceutical and global chief data officer. 

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