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VolitionRx: Terig Hughes, Gaetan Michel, Gael Forterre, Mark Eccleston

Feb 02, 2021

VolitionRx has appointed Terig Hughes its CFO. Additionally, Gaetan Michel was appointed the company's chief operating officer, Gael Forterre was appointed its chief commercial officer, and Mark Eccleston was appointed its chief technology officer.

Hughes has more than 25 years of accounting, finance, and business management experience and was previously at AUM Biosciences as its CFO. Prior to that, he held senior leadership positions at Elsevier. Forterre was previously CEO of communications technology firm Ucroo. Michel has been at Voliton for almost seven years and previously was COO of Belgian Volition, where he is currently its CEO. Eccleson was a founding scientist at Volition.

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