Bio-Rad today announced that it appointed Simon May as executive VP and life sciences group president, effective January 4, 2022.
May succeeds Annette Tumolo who is retiring. He will be responsible for providing leadership and management of the overall strategy and business direction for the company’s life science group global operations.
“We are pleased to promote Simon and believe that his strong experience and expertise, coupled with his strengths in building high-performing teams at Bio-Rad, make him ideally suited for this important position,” executive VP and chief operating officer Andrew Last said in a news release. “We would also like to thank Annette for her many years of valuable contributions to the growth and success of Bio-Rad, and we wish her the best in her retirement.”
May has spent the last two years leading Bio-Rad’s digital biology group. Prior to that, he was the senior VP of global commercial operations in the Americas where he oversaw a $1 billion business with more than 1,000 employees. He has also held numerous leadership roles in sales and product/portfolio management at Thermo Fisher Scientific.