Carole Hargreaves has been appointed as the head of new product development specialists LinTech, following the retirement of its founder and former director, Mike Lindley.
Lindley retains a consultancy role with LinTech, which became part of Reading Scientific Services in 2000, and he will continue to be closely involved in many of the ongoing projects.
Hargreaves has been with LinTech since 1993 and will now assume day-to-day management responsibilities.