Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc announced the appointments of Davide Manissero MD as Chief Medical Officer and Andrew Watson as Chief Information Officer. As Oxford Nanopore's first Chief Medical Officer, Davide will lead the Company's global clinical strategy leveraging his considerable experience across regulated clinical environments. Davide joins from Radiometer (a Danaher company), where he is currently CMO.
He previously served as CMO at QIAGEN, leading global medical and clinical affairs, and held roles at ECDC and the WHO focused on infectious diseases and public health. Andrew Watson will lead the Company's information systems, data, digital transformation, machine learning, and product software development. Andrew joins from Mimecast, where he leads AI and threat protection engineering.
He has previously held senior roles at Healx and Dyson, where he established machine learning and biomedical research teams. Andrew Watson and Davide Manissero join the Company on June 15, 2026 and August 3, 2026 respectively. Their appointments follow the announcement that Tina St Leger will join Oxford Nanopore as Chief People Officer in June 2026. Davide, Andrew and Tina will join the Executive team.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.6(3), the Company notes that responsibility for the commercial function will transfer from Nick Keher, CFO, to Francis Van Parys, CEO, effective 1 July 2026.
