QuidelOrtho Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Kenneth F. Buechler, Lead Independent Director, to non-executive Chairman, effective December 11, 2022. The separation of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer roles is a key step toward strengthening the Company's governance practices and will facilitate the right balance between strong and consistent Company leadership and independent oversight by the Board. The Board also appointed Douglas Bryant to serve as President, in addition to Mr. Bryant's current role as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board.

Additionally, Robert J. Bujarski, Chief Operating Officer, and Michael S. Iskra, Chief Commercial Officer, have both been appointed to the newly created Executive Vice President roles, in addition to serving in their existing leadership roles. Dr. Buechler has over 35 years of diagnostic industry expertise and several board roles. In November 2007, he was appointed to the board of directors of Quidel Corporation (“Quidel”) and prior to the combination with Ortho Clinical Diagnostics served as Quidel's Chairman since August 2015.

Dr. Buechler was previously the co-founder of and held several scientific and research executive roles at Biosite Inc. from 1988 until its acquisition by Alere Inc. in 2007. Prior to co-founding Biosite, Dr. Buechler was a senior research scientist for the diagnostics research and development group at Hybritech Incorporated.