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Thermo Fisher Chief Operating Officer Mark Stevenson to Retire

September 28, 2021 at 09:19 am EDT

By Colin Kellaher

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. on Tuesday said Mark Stevenson, executive vice president and chief operating officer, plans to retire in March 2022.

The Waltham, Mass., life-sciences company said Michel Lagarde, currently executive vice president, will succeed Mr. Stevenson as chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1.

Mr. Lagarde, 47 years old, has been executive vice president since September 2019 and joined the company in connection with its acquisition of Patheon N.V. in August 2017.

Mr. Stevenson, who joined Thermo Fisher through the acquisition of Life Technologies in 2014, has been executive vice president and chief operating officer since August 2017.

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09-28-21 0918ET

Mark Stevenson

Mark P. Stevenson is on the board of BIOCOM, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences and Personalized Medicine Coalition and Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. In his past career Mr. Stevenson occupied the position of President & Chief Operating Officer for Applera Corp., President & Chief Operating Officer at Applied Biosystems, Inc., President of Life Technologies Corp. and Portfolio Manager at The Park National Bank (Investment Management). Mr. Stevenson received an undergraduate degree from The University of Reading and an MBA from Henley Management College.

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