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accession: "0000882095-25-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GILD"
cik: "0000882095"
company_name: "GILEAD SCIENCES, INC."
filed_at: "2025-08-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T13:47:19.983916+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Gilead names Erin Burkhart as SVP, Controllership and principal accounting officer

## Summary
- Erin Burkhart, formerly Group VP and CAO at BioMarin, appointed effective September 22, 2025.
- Burkhart succeeds Diane E. Wilfong, who steps down as interim Controller and principal accounting officer on the same date.
- Burkhart previously held accounting/finance roles at Eli Lilly and began career at Arthur Andersen and Deloitte.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000882095-25-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GILD
- cik: 0000882095
- company_name: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/882095/000088209525000035/0000882095-25-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/882095/000088209525000035/gild-20250810.htm

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