By Kimberly Chin 



  Biogen Inc. has named Iqvia Holdings Inc.'s finance chief Michael McDonnell as its next chief financial officer, effective Aug. 15, succeeding Jeffrey Capello, who will step down. 


  Mr. McDonnell has served in the CFO role at Iqvia since December 2015. Iqvia, which offers contract research services, data and technology to the life sciences industry, said Tuesday it has named Ron Bruehlman as its interim chief financial officer. 


  Prior to Iqvia, Mr. McDonnell was the CFO of satellite-services provider Intelsat Corp. and the chief financial officer of commercial-finance company MCG Capital Corp. 


  Mr. Capello, who has served as Biogen's chief financial officer since December 2017, will remain with the company through Sept. 15 to help with the transition, the company said. 


  Write to Kimberly Chin at kimberly.chin@wsj.com