Yahoo! Inc. announced the appointment of Catherine Friedman and Eric Brandt as new independent directors. Catherine J. Friedman held numerous positions over a 23 year investment banking career with Morgan Stanley, including Managing Director and Head of West Coast Healthcare and Co-Head of the Biotechnology Practice, where she was strategic and transaction advisor to many of the most important companies in the sector. Friedman is a director of XenoPort Inc., EnteroMedics Inc., GSV Capital Corp., Innoviva Inc. and Radius Health Inc. Eric K. Brandt served as the CFO of Broadcom Corporation Brandt also served as vice president and Partner at The Boston Consulting Group. Brandt is a director of Lam Research Corporation and Dentsply Sirona Inc.