Medivir AB announced that its Board of Directors appoints Magnus Christensen, the company's CFO, as interim CEO of Medivir. Magnus has been CFO of the company since 2019 and will take up his new role in connection with Medivir's Annual General Meeting on May 5, 2021. Magnus will in parallel retain his role as CFO. As previously communicated, Yilmaz Mahshid will leave his position as CEO at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2021. Medivir's nomination committe proposes that Yilmaz Mahshid is elected new board member at the AGM. The Board has initiated the recruitment process for a new CEO.