Multiplicom said this week that it has appointed Ian Gilham as chairman of the board.
Gilham was first COO, then CEO of in vitro diagnostics company Axis-Shield until it was acquired by Alere in November 2011. Prior to this, he was vice president of pharmacogenetics at GlaxoSmithKline. He has also held general management, marketing, business development, and R&D positions at Abbott Laboratories, Celltech, and Amersham.