Joined QIAGEN in April 2022 as Senior Vice President, Global Operations, and a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Santos has more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing diagnostics and medical devices. Prior to joining QIAGEN, he was Senior Vice President, Americas Operations & Global Third Party Products, at bioMérieux in St. Louis, Missouri, where he oversaw since 2013 all manufacturing and supply operations in the Americas. He has worked in international roles in China, Europe and the US, and previously served as Vice President Operations at Reliable Biopharmaceutical in the US and at Hovione Pharmasciencia in Portugal, China and the US. After studying chemical engineering at the Nova University of Lisbon, School of Science and Technology, he earned an MBA at Rutgers University.