Novacyt S.A. announced that Lyn Rees, Executive Director, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and James McCarthy will step down from the Board as Acting CEO, both effective from 1 May 2024. James will remain with the Company for a period of time to officiate a smooth transition. Lyn is a seasoned healthcare executive with over 28 years' global leadership and commercial experience and a proven track record of successfully building/scaling companies.

He became CEO of Yourgene Health plc in 2018 where he led the group through four acquisitions and the sale to Novacyt in 2023. Prior to this, he spent 19 years at British Biocell International (now BBI Group), nine of which as Group CEO, where he completed and successfully integrated seven acquisitions.