Marc N. Casper 

Biography

Marc Casper has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Thermo Fisher Scientific since October 2009. He joined the company in 2001 as President of the Life Sciences sector of Thermo Electron. He was named Senior Vice President in 2003, and in 2005 was given responsibility for all of the company’s operating divisions. After the merger creating Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2006, Marc was named President, Analytical Technologies, and in 2008 was named Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Thermo Fisher, Marc served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Kendro Laboratory Products. Before Kendro, he worked for clinical diagnostics provider Dade Behring Inc., where he served as President – Americas. Marc began his career at Bain & Company as a strategy consultant and later joined Bain Capital. Marc earned an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School and is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in economics. He serves on the boards of trustees of Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Wesleyan University. He is also vice chair of the U.S.-China Business Council and serves on the board of U.S. Bancorp. He was previously a director of the Advisory Board Company and Zimmer Holdings.

Research Interest

His research interests include fields pharmaceutics