December 11, 2024- QuidelOrtho Corporation announced the appointments of John R. Chiminski and R. Scott Huennekens to its board of directors (the “Board”), effective December 6, 2024. These appointments align with QuidelOrtho’s commitment to maintaining a strong, independent Board with the right mix of expertise and experience. These appointments are the culmination of a comprehensive search led by the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and supported by an independent executive search firm.
As a former CEO and board Chair, Mr. Chiminski brings a diversified medical diagnostics and pharmaceutical background, which includes operations leadership, product development and services, and a strong track record of growing global businesses. He served as CEO of Catalent (NYSE: CTLT) from 2009 to 2022, assumed the title of Chair of its board of directors in 2016, and served as Executive Chair from 2022 to 2023.
Mr. Huennekens is a successful MedTech CEO, Chair, board member, entrepreneur and investor and has been involved in over 20 startups and public companies. He served as Chair, President and CEO of Verb Surgical, an independent surgical technology start-up jointly formed by Google and Johnson & Johnson, from 2015 to 2019. Prior to Verb Surgical, he was President and CEO at Volcano Corporation, a leader in minimally invasive therapy guidance in interventional cardiology, and prior to that, President and CEO at Digirad Corporation, a coronary imaging solutions provider.