Accelerate Diagnostics this week appointed Pete Bantock as its new chief commercial officer. Recently, Bantock was senior VP and general manager of Ventana Medical Systems, in charge of commercial operations in North America.
Before that, Bantock was general manager of Ventana's Spring Bioscience division, and held various positions at the company, including director of marketing and head of corporate accounts. Prior to working at Ventana, Bantock was manager of South African commercial operations within Abbott Labs' diagnostics division.
The American Clinical Laboratory Association has named Julie Khani to be its senior VP, a new position at the organization. Khani will oversee advocacy and policy operations, and will run a team of three vice presidents.
She recently was vice president of public policy at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, and before that she was the association's director of federal and legislative affairs. Prior to her 11 years at NACDS, Khani was a legislative manager at Ford Motor Company.