Caroline Krumel has been named vice president of finance and chief accounting officer of PDL BioPharma, a publicly held company in Incline Village.
She succeeds Karen Wilson, who is leaving PDL to return to California.
Krumel, a certified public accountant, most recently served as vice president, finance, at VaxGen Inc., She also worked for the CPA firm of Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP and in the accounting department of Santa Clara University.
She earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of North Carolina and a master's degree in public management from the University of Maryland.