David Atkins becomes CEO at Congenica

Company
Congenica Ltd
Appointee name
David Atkins
Country

United Kingdom

David Atkins, a diagnostics and healthcare executive, has been appointed chief executive officer of Congenica Ltd to lead the global expansion of its clinical genomics business. He succeeds the company’s co-founder and former CEO Tom Weaver who will continue to serve on the board of directors.

Dr Atkins was previously CEO of Synevo, a clinical diagnostic laboratory business operating across Germany and eastern Europe. He has also been an executive at the medical device and diagnostics business units at Johnson & Johnson Inc.

Dr Atkins holds a BSc and PhD from the University of East Anglia, UK, a graduate certificate in pharmacology from the University of New South Wales, Australia and an MBA from Columbia University, US.

Congenica announced the appointment on 25 January 2018.

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