Akoya Biosciences: Joe Driscoll, Johnny Ek

Mar 24, 2023

Akoya Biosciences has appointed Johnny Ek as its new CFO, taking over for Joe Driscoll, who retired from his position on Monday. Ek joined Akoya from Specific Diagnostics (acquired by BioMérieux last year), where he served as CFO. Prior to that, he served as CFO at GenMark Diagnostics.

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