Randy Scott, Sean George

Invitae President and Chief Operating Officer Sean George will take over as CEO, effective immediately, the company announced. Current CEO Randy Scott will continue full time at Invitae serving as executive chairman of the board of directors. The changes come as the company is focused on driving global growth in genetic testing. Previously, George was a co-founder and CEO of genetic analysis startup Locus Development. Scott previously served as executive chairman at Genomic Health and chief operating officer at personal genomics firm Navigenics.