Hamburg, Germany, January 13, 2017 – On January 9, 2017, William A. Linton was elected as a member of the Supervisory Board of Eppendorf AG, Hamburg, during an extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting.
“With William Linton, we are very pleased to welcome a successful entrepreneur and experienced manager from the life science sector to our Supervisory Board,” stated Philipp von Loeper, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Eppendorf AG.
William Linton founded Promega Corporation in 1978 and has served since then as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, Promega is a global life science research and diagnostics products company and employs over 1,400 people worldwide.