Johnson Matthey PLC

Board/Management Information • Mar 2, 2018

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Johnson Matthey PLC

02 March 2018

Johnson Matthey appointment of Sector Chief Executive, Health

Johnson Matthey is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Apter as Sector Chief Executive, Health. He will join Johnson Matthey on 5th March and be based in the US.

Jason brings deep experience of the healthcare and life sciences industries where he has held executive positions in both the US and Asia. In his most recent role Jason was the Executive Vice President, Research Solutions of MilliporeSigma, the life sciences arm of Merck KGaA, and was based in the US. Prior to that Jason was Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific for the Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, based in Singapore.

Jason was educated in Canada and received his MBA from Duke University USA. 

Robert MacLeod, Chief Executive, Johnson Matthey commented "I am delighted to welcome Jason to Johnson Matthey as Sector Chief Executive, Health. His experience in global life sciences businesses will be invaluable in further building our pipeline of products and bringing these to market, enabling us to grow our Health business and deliver on our strategy." 

Enquiries: 

Analysts and investors:

Martin Dunwoodie       +44 (0)20 7269 8241

Simon McGough         +44 (0)20 7269 8235

Katharine Burrow        +44 (0)20 7269 8444

Media:

Sally Jones +44 (0)20 7269 8407

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