Merz, a U.S. affiliate of Merz Pharma Group, has appointed Katrina Church as chief compliance officer and vice president, effective as of July 1. She will be responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership relating to compliance issues.

Church joined Merz in November 2009 and has more than 20 years of legal experience in areas such as private legal practice and in-house corporate counsel positions. Prior to joining Merz, she served as general counsel at Connetics, a transit planning consultancy. Following the acquisition of Connetics by Stiefel Laboratories in 2006, she provided legal consulting to Stiefel.