Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone?

And here is something that’s become a regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Amgen hired Jonathan Peacock, 52, as executive vice president and chief finance officer. He was previously cfo at Novartis Pharmaceutical, which recently underwent a reorganization (see here). Before joining Novartis in 2005, Peacock was a partner at McKinsey and Company.

PPD hired Henrietta Ukwu as sr vp global regulatory affairs;
ParagonRx hired William Holden as chief safety officer;
Vertex Pharmaceuticals added Wayne Riley to its board;
Berlin Pharmaceuticals named Amal Naj as ceo;
Kerr Drug hired Dick Domann as vp sales and business;
Delcath Systems added Doug Watson to its board;
Columbia Labs added G. Frederick Wilkinson to its board;
BioStar named Deyin “Bill” Chen as cfo;
PhRMA added Bayer’s Mark Trudeau to its board;
Questcor Pharmaceuticals added Mitchell Blutt to its board;
Acorda Therapeutics hired Doug Kargman as vp of drug safety;
MicroMass hired Joe Soto as exec vp, director of account mgmt;
GlaxoSmithKline tapped Sue West as vp gloabla manfacturing & supply, Canada;
West Pharmaceutical hired Jeff Hunt as vp strategic planning and biz development.
Tengion hired Sunita Sheth as chief medical officer and vp clinical and regulatory affairs;

Ladder shot thx to Robert CB on Flickr Creative Commons