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Geert has a distinguished career in the global Diagnostics industry. He joined Epigenomics in February 2007 from a position as Managing Director and member of the Management Board of pharmaceutical and diagnostics company Abbott GmbH & Co. KG in Wiesbaden, Germany, where he held the commercial responsibility for the Diagnostic Division. Geert has an academic background in chemical engineering and received marketing and management training at INSEAD in France. He started his career in Denmark, working for Diagnostics companies Beckman Instruments and Dako A/S in national and international positions. He joined Abbott in 1999 as the company’s Country Manager in Denmark from a position as Managing Director of Dako AG in Switzerland. He then moved on into positions with increasing responsibilities, including business development and marketing for Abbott Diagnostics in Europe. As CEO he is responsible for strategy and strategic planning, coordination of the Executive and Supervisory Board, strategic marketing and sales, human resources, clinical, regulatory and quality. | 