New CEO and Senior Team Appointments at Applied Photophysics

Applied Photophysics, a leading provider of systems for biophysical characterisation of biomolecules, has announced Louise Madden as Chief Executive Officer. The Company has also appointed Sue Cresswell as Marketing Manager and Koos van der Steuijt as Global Sales Director.

With over a decade of experience within the analytical instruments field, Louise joined Applied Photophysics in March 2014 as commercial director, before being promoted to chief operating officer in 2015. Previously Finance Director at Farfield Group Limited and Global Service Manager at Biolin Scientific AB, she spent 11 years at KPMG, where her clients ranged from owner-managed businesses to multi-national PLCs. Louise has also, during this time, gained extensive experience of mergers and acquisitions.

Sue brings a wealth of experience in market communication, sales support and marketing. She has established two successful market communications agencies and was previously Market Communications Director at Biacore SA (now GE Healthcare), where she played a key role in returning the Company into a profitable business, leading to its acquisition.

With significant experience of growing sales in the life science sector, Koos joins from VWR Singapore Pte Ltd, where he was Vice President, General Manager Singapore and China. In this role he was responsible for P&L in China and Singapore and achieved double digit growth of sales. Previously he held several senior management roles at Thermo Fisher Scientific, including Vice President, General Manager Korea, Vice President, General Manager India and Commercial European Business Unit Director Molecular/Surface Analysis.

David Berglund, Chairman Applied Photophysics, said: “I am delighted to see Louise appointed as CEO, her experience at the company level and her industry knowledge position her uniquely to lead Applied Photophysics at this exciting time in the company’s development. The company is fortunate to be working with such experienced professionals as Sue and Koos and I would like to welcome them to the team. These three appointments bring a wealth of commercial experience in the biotech tools industry to our Company.”