Executive Vice President & General Manager Axolabs Unit

 

Dr Alexander Zahiri

Executive Vice President & General Manager Axolabs Unit

 

Alex joined LGC as Executive Vice President & General Manager for Axolabs in August 2024.

Alex most recently served as Vice President (VP) & Global Business Unit Head, Innovator Products & Solutions at Johnson Matthey (a CDMO business). Prior to this role, he held a range of senior commercial leadership roles at Lonza AG, VWR (part of Avantor) and Sigma-Aldrich. Alex started his career working as a scientist in the pharmaceutical industry.  With a HBSc and MSc from the University of Toronto, Alex also has a doctorate in molecular biology from the International Max-Planck Research School at the University of Marburg, Germany.