Dr David Martyr
Board of Directors
Sphere
Switzerland
Biography
Dr Martyr has held several senior level positions of medical, diagnostic, life science and laser technology companies for more than 20 years. He is currently CEO of Tecan AG, a Swiss listed laboratory instruments and solutions company with a market capitalisation of over CHF1BN. Prior to that he spent 13 years at Leica Microsystems which was acquired by Danaher Corporation in 2005, his last position being Group President Leica Microsystems with US$1.3BN of sales and 4,500 employees and simultaneously VP & Group Executive, Danaher Corporation, with responsibility for the development of the Life Science and Diagnostics business platform. David is also a Non-Executive Director of ALDA (Analytical Life Science Diagnostics Association), based near Washington DC.
Research Interest
business and management