Executive Vice President
Head of Corporate Development

Member since 2013
Joining Tecan in 2013
1972
Italian citizen

M.Sc. Biology (University of Tübingen, Germany), Dr. rer. nat. in neurobiology (equiv. Ph.D., University of Heidelberg, Germany), MBA (University of Mannheim, Germany) 

Professional background: 

2002 to 2007 Variety of positions at Amaxa GmbH, now part of the Lonza Group, most recently as a Senior Project Manager, 2007 to 2011 Director Business Development at Leica Microsystems (Danaher Group); 2011 to 2013 Several management positions at Molecular Devices Inc. (Danaher Group), most recently as Vice President Drug Discovery and Bioresearch und Vice President Global Product Marketing. 

Other activities:  

None

Executive Vice President
Head of the Division Development and Operations

Member since 2014
Joining Tecan in 2014
1963
German citizen

Mechanical Engineer (Berufsakademie Mannheim, Germany) and Diploma in Business Administration (Verwaltungs- und Wirtschaftsakademie at the J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)

Professional background: 

1995 -2000 Vice President, Operations and Global Supply Chain Manager at AVL Medizintechnik (acquired by Roche Diagnostics in 2000); 2000 to 2014 diverse positions with increasing management responsibility at Roche Diagnostics, most recently as General Manager and Head of Research & Development in Graz, Austria.

Other activities:  

None

Executive Vice President
Head of Corporate Human Resources & Internal Commmunications 

Member since 2011
Joining Tecan in 2011
1968
Swiss citizen

Master in Psychology and Journalism (University of Freiburg, Switzerland) 

Professional background:  

1990 to 1993 Consultant for an occupational pensions fund at an insurance Company; 1994 to 1998 teacher and instructor at various educational levels and has held various consulting positions; 1998 to 2011 Partner and operations manager at MANRES AG, Zurich.

Other activities:  

None

Executive Vice President
Head of the Partnering Business division 

Member since 2013
Joining Tecan in 2013
1968
German citizen

PhD in Biology (University of Freiburg, Germany) 

Professional background:

1999 to 2002 Different positions in product management at Packard Bioscience, today part of PerkinElmer; 2002 to 2013 Several management positions and professional positions at PerkinElmer Inc. (NYSE:PKI),including Vice President and General Manager In Vitro Solutions and Vice President and General Manager Imaging and Detection Technologies as well as European Sales Director Molecular Medicine/Biodiscovery; most recently as Vice President and General Manager Europe, Middle East, Africa and India. 

Other activities:  

None

Executive Vice President
General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Tecan Group Ltd. 

Member since 2012
Joining Tecan in 2004
1969
Swiss citizen

Studies of law (University Berne, Switzerland), Postgraduate studies, Master of Law Program (Boston University, USA), Admitted to the Swiss Bar 

Professional background:

1993 Judicial Clerk at District Court of Nidau; 1994 to 1995 Legal Internship at Notter&Partner in Berne; 1996 to 1999 Attorney-at-law at Grüninger Hunziker Roth Rechtsanwälte in Berne; 2000 to 2004 Attorney-at-law at Bär & Karrer in Zurich; since 2004 Head Legal Affairs and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Tecan Group Ltd. 

Other activities:  

None

Chief Financial Officer of the Tecan Group 

Member since 2002
Joining Tecan in 2002
1965 
Swiss citizen

Degree in Chemistry (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), PhD in Technical Science (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Postgraduate degree in Business Administration (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) 

Professional background:  

1993 to 1994 Strategic planning/controlling at Novartis; 1994 to 2002 Several positions at Von Roll, the last of which was CFO of Isola Composites, a joint venture between Von Roll and Isola AG. 

Other activities:  

None

Chief Executive Officer

Member since October 2012
Joining Tecan in October 2012
1957
British citizen 

B.Sc. and doctorate in Engineer­ing (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)

Professional background: 

1984 to 1988 Sales and marketing management positions at Ferranti plc; 1989 to 1998 Variety of management and sales-related positions at Lumonics Inc., including Managing Director Europe; 1998 to 2007 Various senior management and professional positions at Leica Microsystems, including Executive Vice President Worldwide Sales and Marketing and Managing Director Europe; 2009 to 2011 Group Executive and Vice President of Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR), the shareholder of Leica Microsystems Group, overseeing the development of Danaher’s Life Sciences businesses; 2007 to 2011 Group President of Leica Microsystems Group with full responsibility for Leica Microsystems, Leica Biosystems and Invetech.

Other activities: 

Analytical, Life Science and Diagnostics Association (ALDA), Member of the Board; Sphere Medical Holding plc, Non-executive Director

Executive Vice President
Head of the division Life Sciences Business

Member since 2013
Joining Tecan in 2013
1967
German citizen 

PhD in physics (University of Hannover, Germany), MBA (Purdue University, USA) 

Professional background: 

2000 to 2007 Variety of management positions in various areas within the Carl Zeiss Group, most recently as Director Strategic Business Development of Carl Zeiss Meditec and Managing Director of Carl Zeiss SMT Ltd.; 2007 to 2013 Managing Director of Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH and Vice President and General Manager of Leica’s global Life Science Division (belonging to the Danaher Group). 

Other activities: 

None

Until September 2014 Head Development & Operations and Chief Science Officer
Member from 2011 until September 2014
With Tecan from 2011 until September 2014