Lars Petersen becomes president and CEO of FUJIFILM Diosynth

29 June 2023

Lars Petersen has been named as the new president and chief executive officer (CEO) of FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, a Japanese contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), and subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corp, effective immediately.

Mr Petersen succeeds Martin Meeson who has served as FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies president and CEO since 2020.

Mr Petersen has over 30 years of operational and leadership experience in life sciences and biopharmaceuticals. He most recently served as the chief operating officer of the FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies site in Hillerød, Denmark, as well as head of the company’s large-scale strategic business unit. In this capacity he has been responsible for the company’s $6.2 billion global expansions in both Hillerød and Holly Springs, North Carolina. Prior to joining FUJFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies he held leadership positions at Biogen, Novo Nordisk and Genentech/Roche.

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