Venlo, the Netherlands, April 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that Steve Rusckowski, an internationally recognized healthcare industry executive and former Chairman, President and CEO of Quest Diagnostics, has joined the Supervisory Board as a new member and will stand for election at the next Annual General Meeting scheduled for June 22, 2023.

“It is with great pleasure that we welcome Steve Rusckowski to our Supervisory Board. He has had a remarkable career in the healthcare industry and a proven track record as the leader of one of the world’s most important diagnostics companies. We are looking forward to him making many contributions to the future success of QIAGEN,” said Lawrence Rosen, Chair of the Supervisory Board. “We are also looking forward to again meeting with our shareholders in person at the Annual General Meeting in June. It is an opportunity to show how QIAGEN is navigating a volatile macro environment in 2023 and executing on a strategy that positions us well for the future.”

Mr. Rusckowski most recently served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. He joined Quest Diagnostics as President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2012, and was named Chairman in 2016. He stepped down from his role as President and CEO in 2022, and as Chairman in early 2023. Prior to joining Quest Diagnostics, Mr. Rusckowski was CEO of Philips Healthcare, which became the largest unit of Royal Philips Electronics under his leadership. He joined Philips in 2001 when it acquired the Healthcare Solutions Group he was leading at Hewlett-Packard/Agilent Technologies. Mr. Rusckowski previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Xerox Holdings Corporation and Covidien plc. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a master’s in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management.

About QIAGEN

QIAGEN N.V., a Netherlands-based holding company, is the leading global provider of Sample to Insight solutions that enable customers to gain valuable molecular insights from samples containing the building blocks of life. Our sample technologies isolate and process DNA, RNA and proteins from blood, tissue and other materials. Assay technologies make these biomolecules visible and ready for analysis. Bioinformatics software and knowledge bases interpret data to report relevant, actionable insights. Automation solutions tie these together in seamless and cost-effective workflows. QIAGEN provides solutions to more than 500,000 customers around the world in Molecular Diagnostics (human healthcare), Applied Testing (primarily forensics), Pharma (pharma and biotech companies) and Academia (life sciences research). As of December 31, 2022, QIAGEN employed approximately 6,200 people in over 35 locations worldwide. Further information can be found at http://www.qiagen.com.

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