Mr. Michael W. Aguiar, also known as Mike, has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Innoviva, Inc. (formerly Theravance Inc.) since August 15, 2014. Mr. Aguiar served as the Chief Financial Officer of Theravance Inc since March 7, 2005 and served as its Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer. He served as Senior Vice President of Finance at Innoviva, Inc. since March 7, 2005 and served as Secretary. He served as Vice President of Finance at Gilead Sciences. In his two years as Gilead's Vice President of Finance, he managed approximately 100 finance professionals in nine countries. In this capacity, he was responsible for Gilead's Controllership, Treasury, Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, SEC reporting, Risk Management and Business Unit Finance. Mr. Aguiar has significant business transaction experience, most recently on Gilead's acquisition of Triangle Pharmaceuticals, has led financings and oversaw significant portions of Gilead's Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 implementation efforts. He held a similar position at Immunex Corporation in Seattle. He spent six years with Honeywell International in a variety of financial positions of increasing responsibility, including, most recently, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance at Honeywell Electronic Materials. He has been a Director of Innoviva, Inc. since August 5, 2014. Mr. Aguiar Holds a BS in biology from UC Irvine and an MBA in finance from the University of Michigan.