Roche: Matthew Sause

Roche Diagnostics has named Matthew Sause as president and CEO, North America, effective Nov. 4. He replaces Jack Phillips, who left Roche at the end of August. Sause was previously the senior VP and head of global commercial product strategy at Gilead Sciences. From 2002 to 2014, Sause worked in the diagnostics division at Roche, filling US-based sales roles in molecular diagnostics, commercial operations positions in Asia, and country leadership in Ireland. In 2014, Sause moved to the pharmaceuticals division, where he was president of country operations in Peru and South Korea, before becoming VP and lifecycle leader for Roche's cancer drug Tecentriq.