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Dante Labs: Paul Jones, Simon Partridge, Christian Bourne

May 05, 2021

Dante Labs has hired Paul Jones as chief business officer, Simon Partridge as VP and global head of business operations, and Christian Bourne as senior director and global head of lab operations. All came from Illumina and have previous experience with Genomics England. Jones joined Dante Labs after serving as global head of population genomics and Illumina, and also is a former CEO of genomics enterprises at Genomics England. Partridge was global market development lead for population genomics at Illumina and acting CEO of genomics enterprises at Genomics England. Bourne, another Illumina veteran, helped the sequencing company create an ISO 15189-accredited laboratory for Genomics England's 100,000 Genomes Project.

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