Gen-Probe (GPRO) Appoints New SVP, VP, and IR Director

March 12, 2012 4:11 PM EDT
Gen-Probe (Nasdaq: GPRO) today announced three changes to its leadership team in support of its future growth. Brian B. Hansen has been promoted to senior vice president, global sales and service. Michael J. Watts has been appointed vice president of LIFECODES and Prodesse; and Albert S. Kildani has joined the Company as senior director, investor relations and corporate communications.

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Hansen has been with Gen-Probe for over six years and has led the Company's highly respected sales and service organization in the United States in a number of increasingly responsible roles during that time. In his new position, he will oversee the continued geographic expansion of Gen-Probe's commercial organization throughout the world.

Watts has managed Gen-Probe's investor relations and corporate communications efforts for over eight years. In his new role, he will lead the Company's efforts to profitably grow its recently acquired business units focusing on transplant diagnostics and infectious disease testing.

Kildani joins Gen-Probe after a 14-year career on Wall Street as a sell-side research analyst, investment banker, and buy-side analyst in the healthcare space with a focus on the molecular diagnostics industry. Al has strong existing relationships with many of the Company's institutional shareholders and research analysts.


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