Bruker Daltonics announces that Ian Sanders has been appointed as its assistant vice president for European life science sales.
He will share responsibility for the management of the company's marketing, sales, applications and customer support activities in Europe, and he will also join the Bruker Daltonics global management team.
Dr Sanders joined Bruker Daltonics in 2000 following a ten-year career in drug discovery research for both large pharmaceutical and venture biotechnology companies.
Initially responsible for the UK business, in 2002 his role expanded to manage life-science sales in the UK, Scandinavia and The Netherlands.
He holds a PhD in drug discovery technology from the University of Bath, UK.
Frank Laukien, president and CEO of Bruker Daltonics, stated: "We are very pleased to have Ian join our worldwide management team, while he continues to grow our life-science sales and customer support in Europe. "In recent years, under his leadership, our business in the UK, Scandinavia and the Netherlands has grown rapidly, and today we are recognised as a leading life-science mass spectrometry supplier by our customers in these countries.
"We are looking forward to Ian driving our success with additional responsibilities throughout Europe".
Ian Sanders commented: "I am delighted that our strategy of forming a coherent European sales force, while preserving the all-important local customer contact, has been so successful.
"Bruker Daltonics has a uniquely flexible and close relationship between customers and R and D, and I am confident that this will enable us to continue our enviable innovation stream."
