Arcis Biotechnology: Steve Howell

Arcis Biotechnology, a nucleic acid sample prep provider, has appointed Steve Howell as non-executive chairman of the board. Howell will replace Paul Foulger, who was serving as chairman of the board on an interim basis. Howell is a professor of commercial innovation at King's College, London, a position he has held since 2015. He founded Innova Partnerships in 2006, and has previously served as director of business development at Alere and research director at Unipath.