Moderna’s Ousted CFO may Lose $700,000 Severance

May 16, 2022

Days after the end of Jorge Gomez’s one-day stint as CFO of Moderna, the company has announced that Gomez has agreed to return his $700,000 severance package if found guilty in an ongoing internal probe at his former employer, Dentsply Sirona. Gomez stepped down one day after taking the position after Dentsply Sirona announced it was investigating whether he and others committed wrongdoing related to financial reporting.

According to Kevin Dunleavy of Fierce Pharma, “Upon his departure, Gomez, 54, agreed that he would receive his 2022 base salary of $700,000 in biweekly installments, provided he was cleared in the Dentsply Sirona investigation. His signing of the agreement ‘shall not be construed as an admission of any liability by (Moderna) or you of any act of wrongdoing,’ it stated.”