Board of Directors

Robert F. Spoerry has been a director since October 1996. He has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company since May 1998. He has a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Spoerry was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 1993 to 2007 and served as its Executive Chair in 2008, and has been its non-executive Chair since 2009. Mr. Spoerry is also a Director and member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee of Bystronic AG (formerly known as Conzzeta Holding AG), and also Sonova Holding AG, where he serves as Chair, since March 2011.

As a former President and CEO of the Company, Mr. Spoerry has long-standing experience in the global precision instrument industry and a deep knowledge of the Company, including its organization, products, markets, customers, and competitors. He has a strong technical background and experience with innovation-driven companies. Mr. Spoerry has broad international experience across industries and businesses relevant to the Company, including by virtue of his service on several other boards of directors.

Mr. Spoerry's deep understanding of the Company, its markets, customers, and competitors, which was developed over more than 35 years of service, is a unique and valuable qualification that we believe provides a substantial benefit to the Company and its shareholders.

Roland Diggelmann has been a director since August 2022. He serves on the Audit and Compensation Committees. He most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of Smith & Nephew Plc from 2019-2022. Prior to this role, he was CEO of Roche Diagnostics from 2012 to 2018 and managing director of the Asia Pacific region from 2008 to 2012.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Diggelmann served in various senior management roles at Zimmer Holdings, Centerpulse, and Sulzer Medica. He is a Director and serves on the Nomination and Compensation Committee at Sonova Holding AG, and is a Swiss citizen.

Mr. Diggelmann brings over 10 years of executive experience serving customers in the pharma/life science industry, a key end market for our Company. His experience as a CEO of multinational companies, his extensive international expertise, as well as his knowledge as a public company director, provides our board valuable insights.

Domitille Doat-Le Bigot has been a director since February 2020. She serves on the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee. She has a Master's in Business Administration from the ESSEC Business School and the Melbourne Business School. She has been Chief Digital Officer at Eurazeo since April 2021. She is currently a member of the Advisory Digital Board at Carlsberg Group, and until 2020 was a member of its Board.

Prior to her current position, Ms. Doat-Le Bigot served as Chief Digital Officer at Danone from 2016 to 2021, and from 2014 to 2016 she served as Deputy General Manager and Head of Technology and Data in Shanghai and Paris at Fred & Farid Group, an international independent digital agency. Prior to 2014 she served in creative management and digital production and design positions at Cisco and Ubisoft Entertainment.

Ms. Doat-Le Bigot has extensive professional experience in digital strategies and transformation, working for a wide range of companies across four continents. We benefit from her subject matter expertise with data-driven, interactive strategies, and her broad international experience.

Elisha W. Finney has been a director since November 2017. She serves as Chair of the Audit Committee. She has a Bachelor's of Business Administration in Risk Management and Insurance from the University of Georgia, and a Master's in Business Administration from Golden Gate University.

Ms. Finney is a Director and the Chair of the Audit Committee of NanoString Technologies, Inc., and a Director at ICU Medical, Inc. and Viatris Inc, where she is a member of the Audit Committee for both companies. She previously was a Director of Cutera, Inc. until June 2019 and iRobot Corporation until November 2021.

Ms. Finney was the Chief Financial Officer of Varian Medical Systems Inc. from 1999 until her retirement in June 2017. She joined Varian in 1988 and served in a variety of finance roles prior to her appointment as CFO.

Ms. Finney is an experienced CFO. Under her financial leadership, Varian achieved and sustained decades-long growth in revenues and profitability. She also has significant leadership and corporate governance experience from her time at Varian, and her service on other boards of directors.

Richard Francis has been a director since May 2016. He serves on the Compensation Committee. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the Manchester Metropolitan University. He is Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., since January 2023. He is a Director of Purespring Therapeutics, a kidney focused AAV gene therapy company, since January 2023.

From February 2021 until December 2022, Mr. Francis was Chief Executive Officer of Purespring Therapeutics. From 2014 until March 2019, Mr. Francis was Division Head and Chief Executive Officer of Sandoz, the Generics Division of Novartis, and was a member of the Executive Committee of Novartis. Prior to that, Mr. Francis spent 13 years at Biogen Idec, where he held various global and country leadership positions. Immediately prior to leaving Biogen in 2014, Mr. Francis was Senior Vice President of their US commercial organization. From 1998 to 2001, he held various marketing roles at Sanofi.

Mr. Francis has in-depth knowledge of the generics, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industry sectors, which are important market segments for the company. He also has significant leadership and international expertise that provides useful insights to our global organization.

Michael A. Kelly has been a director since July 2008. He serves on the Audit and Compensation Committees. He has completed executive education at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Director of HERC Holdings Inc., where he is Chair of the Compensation Committee.

Mr. Kelly spent many years as an executive at 3M Company, serving as Executive Vice President of the Electronics and Energy Business from October 2012 to January 2016, and Executive Vice President of the Display and Graphics Business from October 2006 to October 2012. He served in various management positions in the U.S., Singapore, Korea, and Germany since he joined 3M in 1981.

In his role as the Executive Vice President of 3M’s Electronics and Energy Business, Mr. Kelly had global responsibility for all operational and strategic elements of a $6 billion business, including the Electronic Materials, Electrical Markets, Communications Markets, Renewable Energy, and Display Materials Systems Businesses of 3M. Mr. Kelly’s business also encompassed all film manufacturing for 3M. As a result of running this complex and highly technical set of global businesses, Mr. Kelly has experience in several topics relevant to the company, including strategic planning, restructuring, shifting business focus to emerging markets, and operational matters generally.

Thomas P. Salice has been a director since October 1996. He serves as Chair of the Compensation and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees. He has a Master's in Business Administration from Harvard University. Mr. Salice is a co-founder, principal, and Managing Member of SFW Capital Partners, LLC. Mr. Salice was a Director of Waters Corporation until July 2022, and he is currently a Director of the privately-held companies Caron Products and Services Inc., Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc., Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, and Pion Inc.

Mr. Salice has been a Managing Member of SFW Capital Partners since January 2005. From June 1989 to December 2004, he served in a variety of capacities with AEA Investors, Inc., including Managing Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Vice-Chair.

Mr. Salice has more than 30 years of experience in the financial industry, including as an investor in the analytical tools sectors and related service businesses, which has given him extensive operational, industry, and strategic knowledge in key company business areas. Mr. Salice has in-depth experience in strategic planning, corporate finance, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, and other areas that are relevant to the board.

Ingrid Zhang has been a director since February 2023. She is currently the President of China, Innovative Medicines at Novartis. Prior to this role, she was President Novartis Pharmaceuticals China from 2017 to 2022, and held several other leadership positions with increasing responsibilities at Novartis since 2011. Prior to Novartis, Ms. Zhang held various senior management roles with AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and McKinsey & Company.

Ms. Zhang is a very accomplished business leader and brings extensive knowledge from serving customers in the pharmaceutical industry, an important market for our company. Her experience in developing effective strategies to navigate the dynamic Chinese market provides valuable insights.