scPharmaceuticals Inc. announced the appointment of Rachael Nokes as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Nokes previously served as scPharmaceuticals' Senior Vice President of Finance. Ms. Nokes is a senior financial executive with more than 20 years of experience, primarily in the life science industry.

She joined scPharmaceuticals in 2014 from BG Medicine Inc., a publicly traded medical device company, where she was Director of Accounting. At BG Medicine, Ms. Nokes had significant responsibilities related to securing and managing several rounds of financing from various venture capital and other funding sources, culminating in the company's initial public offering in early 2011. She was also instrumental in transitioning the finance organization from a privately held model to one capable of meeting the requirements for publicly traded entities, including SEC reporting and the implementation of Sarbanes Oxley.

Prior to BG Medicine, Rachael held positions within Oak Industries Inc., a publicly traded supplier of components to the communications industry, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where she began her career as an auditor. She received a B.S. in Accounting from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and an M.S. in Finance from Bentley University.