Executive Committee & Officers

John T.C. Lee has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of MKS Inc. since January 2020. Dr. Lee joined MKS in 2007 and has held a number of senior leadership positions, including President and Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and leadership roles managing various business units, culminating in Senior Vice President of Business Units.

Prior to joining MKS, Dr. Lee held senior management roles at Applied Materials, Inc. from 2002 to 2007, including Managing Director of Factory Technology and Projects within the Solar Business Group and General Manager of the Cleans Product Group and the Maydan Technology Center. Prior to Applied Materials, Dr. Lee served from 1997 until 2002 as Research Director of the Silicon Fabrication Research Department at Lucent Technologies, Inc. From 1991 until 1997, he was a Member of the Technical Staff in the Plasma Processing Research Group within Bell Labs.

He has served on the MKS Board of Directors since 2020 and on the Board of Directors of Cognex Corporation since 2022. He has also served as Co-Chair of the Mass Opportunity Alliance since 2024 and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts High Technology Council (MHTC) since 2021. He served as Vice Chair of MHTC from 2021 to 2023 and as Chair from 2023 to 2025.

Dr. Lee holds a B.S. from Princeton University and both an M.S.CEP and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, all in Chemical Engineering.

Christopher R. Anderson, president of the Massachusetts High Technology Council, Inc., joined
the Council in 1984. Prior to his presidency in January 2001, he held the positions of Vice
President and General Counsel for the Council. He is responsible to the Board of Directors for
the successful development and implementation of public policy programs and initiatives in
Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. that help make Massachusetts the world’s most attractive
place to create, operate, and expand technology businesses. Chris is directly involved in resolving
conflicts and advocating positions on a broad range of state and federal public policy, legislative,
and regulatory issues.

In December 2003, he became President of the Massachusetts Defense Technology Initiative, a
public-private partnership that led the Commonwealth’s successful efforts to preserve Hanscom
Air Force Base and Natick Soldier Systems Center through the U.S. Defense Department’s 2005
Base Closing process.

In January 2006, Chris was appointed to serve as a member of the state Board of Education
(BOE), the nine-member panel that oversees state K-12 education policy. From November 2006
through August 2007, he served as Chairman of the BOE, an appointment designated by former
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.

In January 2009, Chris was named to the Hanscom Air Force Base Honorary Commander
program. He served as the honorary commander for Hanscom’s 653rd Electronic Systems Wing
until 2011.

From August 2011 through August 2021, Chris served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees
for Lawrence Catholic Academy (LCA), a Pre-Kindergarten (Age 3) through Grade 8 Elementary
School located in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He currently serves as the Vice Chair of LCA’s Board
of Trustees.

In 2020, to help senior executives and policymakers understand COVID-19 and make the best
decisions possible for businesses, employees, and communities in support of a safe and sustained
economic recovery, Chris harnessed the resources within the Massachusetts High Technology
Council to a series of COVID-19 Recovery & Return to the Workplace Virtual Roundtable
presentations that shaped the COVID-19 response plan by the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and businesses across the state.

In 2023, Chris and the Massachusetts High Technology Council spearheaded the launch of
MassVision2050: a multi-year collaboration between private, public, and academic leaders to
advance Massachusetts’ global economic leadership, focusing on key sectors that are likely to
drive employment and economic growth in the coming decades.

Chris graduated from Lexington High School in Lexington, Massachusetts. He holds a Bachelor of
Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, and a law degree from
Suffolk University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts.

Patrick L. Freytag is Chief Executive Officer of Creation Technologies, a global specialty provider of advanced electronics supporting the aerospace and defense, medical technology, and industrial technology segments.

Patrick was appointed CEO in February 2025 and is responsible for executing the Company’s strategic direction: continuing to build Creation into the largest specialty provider of electronics in the industry. Patrick joined Creation in August 2019 as the Chief Financial Officer and was instrumental in executing a period of strategic transformation that included three acquisitions and doubling the Company’s revenues between 2019 and 2024.

Prior to joining Creation, Patrick served as VP of Finance for TRC Solutions, a Boston-based engineering and consulting firm. Previously, Patrick was Sr. Director of Global FP&A at Boston-based Crane Currency, a global manufacturer of currency and security features. Patrick’s earlier experience includes several roles of increasing responsibility in the investment banking industry with Credit Suisse in New York and Citizens Financial Group in Boston.

Patrick received his BA in Economics from Wheaton College (MA) and his MBA from the Carroll Graduate School of Management at Boston College.

Michael Kendall, Co-Chair of Goodwin Procter’s Global M&A Group, focuses his corporate finance and securities practice on private equity and venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, public securities offerings and representing emerging growth companies.

Michael represents leading private equity and venture capital firms in early and later stage investments, leveraged recapitalizations and buyouts. He also has substantial experience representing issuers and underwriters in initial and follow-on public offerings, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and advising public companies on SEC reporting and other general corporate matters. Michael advises a variety of companies in industries including software and other information technology, telecommunications, information services, biotechnology, healthcare, financial services and retail.

Michael lectures frequently on corporate finance and securities law, and teaches a course on private equity and venture capital transactions at Boston University School of Law. He is a member of the working group of the American Bar Association Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions that produces the Private Target Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Points Study, a widely-cited resource on current M&A deal terms. Michael is chairman of the board of KIPP:MA, a network of Massachusetts charter schools, and a member of the board of the Massachusetts High Technology Council.

He has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America Best Lawyers for his work in Corporate Law 2022-2023, and is listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Best Lawyers in America, The Legal 500 United States, Boston’s Best Lawyers, and has been recognized as a Massachusetts “Super Lawyer.”

Michael received his BA from Tufts University, his MBA from Boston University School of Management, and his law degree from Boston University School of Law.

Catherine Kniker is the Chief Marketing and Sustainability Officer at PTC, responsible for positioning the company for success by driving where PTC plays, who PTC serves, and how PTC wins. In this role, Catherine oversees key strategic functions including corporate strategy, corporate development, marketing, and sustainability.

With over two decades of outstanding executive leadership, Catherine is recognized in the tech industry as a passionate and results-oriented senior leader. Since joining PTC in 2016, she has led the company through several acquisitions that have accelerated PTC’s SaaS journey and uniquely expanded and strengthened PTC’s capabilities, making it easier for industrial companies to achieve their digital transformation goals and set PTC apart from the competition. Catherine is also credited with building a partner ecosystem to help solve PTC’s customers’ greatest challenges. In 2022, she launched a formal initiative to identify and help quantify the ways that PTC customers can use PTC products to achieve their own sustainability goals.

Outside of PTC, she’s an active Director and Executive Committee Member of The Massachusetts High Technology Council (MHTC).

Prior to PTC, Catherine successfully held numerous strategy, corporate development, and go-to-market leadership roles.

She has an M.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and a B.S. in Computer Systems from the University of Limerick in Ireland.

Puneet Mahajan is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Suffolk, an innovative national real estate and construction enterprise, and strategic partner for Suffolk Technologies, the venture capital and technology investment arm of Suffolk. Puneet is a visionary, growth-oriented leader who leverages his wealth of experience in finance, technology and investing to position the company for the future and build an infrastructure to manage its rapid growth.

Puneet is responsible for managing the overall risk profile of Suffolk, including strategic, operational, financial, and tail risks. He has been instrumental in developing and executing the company’s strategic priorities while developing a world class data infrastructure, enhancing the data analytics function, incubating in-house technologies, and digitizing the entire organization using sophisticated operational and functional technologies. Puneet serves as the Chair of the Suffolk Executive Committee and heads up the Suffolk Investment Committee responsible for strategic investment decisions for Suffolk Technologies and the real estate development investment arm, Suffolk Capital.

Prior to joining Suffolk, Puneet served as Vice President of Finance at GE and served on the investment committee of the organization’s Pension Fund ($50 billion AUM) and Corporate Venture ($500 million AUM). In that role, he was responsible for executing a critical element of GE’s strategic transformation by focusing on corporate finance and strategy. During this tenure at GE, Puneet improved investor reporting, drove synergies across industrial segment operations, managed the Treasury operations strategy, and provided detailed analysis and reporting for the CEO and Board.

Puneet held many critical roles across GE Industrial and GE Capital segments, including Chief Risk Officer reporting directly to the GE Board. As the Chief Financial Officer of GE India, he helped the company grow revenues in that emerging market by 30+ percent to $3.5 billion. During his time as Chief Financial Officer of GE Capital Asia ($25 billion Asset portfolio) and Chief Financial Officer of GE Consumer Finance Japan ($10 billion Asset portfolio), those organizations gained market share, grew revenues, and made critical strategic decisions that repositioned the portfolio in those markets.

Puneet is a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts High Technology Council and Brunt Workwear. He earned his Bachelor of Commerce at Panjab University and Master of Business Administration at the GOA Institute of Management.

Valery Panier, Ph.D. is a Managing Director and Senior Partner in BCG’s Boston office. He joined Boston Consulting Group in the year 2000 and is a core member of the firm’s Healthcare practice area, which he served as its North America Leader from 2018 through 2023. Prior to that, he led the firm’s Biopharmaceutical R&D business globally.

Dr. Panier has lived and served clients in Europe, Asia and North America. He has extensive experience in strategy, operations, and organization-related topics. He has supported many biotech and biopharma companies globally as well as healthcare services organizations and private equity investors. He has also helped several leading research institutions on strategy and business development topics.

Prior to joining BCG, Dr. Panier worked as a Research Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he developed performance monitoring systems. He holds an engineering degree and a Ph.D. with specialization in statistics from his native Belgium. He also received an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.

Michael Plisinski is the Chief Executive Officer of Onto Innovation and has over 25 years of semiconductor capital equipment experience.

He previously served as the chief executive officer and member of the board of directors for Rudolph Technologies since 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Plisinski served as the executive vice president and chief operating officer of Rudolph Technologies since October 2014 and was the vice president and general manager of the data analysis and review business since 2006 when Rudolph Technologies merged with August Technology Corporation. From 2004 to 2006, he was August Technology’s vice president of engineering and its director of strategic marketing for review and analysis products from 2003 to 2004. Mr. Plisinski joined August Technology as part of the acquisition of Counterpoint Solutions, a supplier of optical review and automated metrology equipment to the semiconductor industry, where he was both president and sole founder from 1999 to 2003.

Mr. Plisinski has a Bachelor of Science in computer science from the University of Massachusetts and completed the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School.

Robert Reynolds is Chair of Great-West Lifeco U.S., one of the nation’s top providers of retirement savings products and services, life insurance, annuities, and executive benefits products.

Mr. Reynolds served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments until the Company’s acquisition in 2024. Building upon a distinguished 30-year career, Mr. Reynolds revitalized Putnam through strong, sustained investment performance, new products designed for today’s market challenges, and thought leadership on the future of retirement and workplace savings. Respected as an industry statesman, Mr. Reynolds is regarded as a driving force of innovation and progress in institutional and retail financial services.

Prior to joining Putnam in 2008, he was Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Reynolds’ accomplishments have earned multiple industry honors over time. He was named Fund Leader of the Year at the Mutual Fund Industry Awards in 2010 for the strategic improvements he initiated at Putnam. The following year, under the leadership of Mr. Reynolds, Putnam was honored as Retirement Leader of the Year for initiatives and innovative solutions in the workplace savings arena. Mr. Reynolds has also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from PLANSPONSOR magazine for popularizing employer-sponsored 401(k) plans.

Mr. Reynolds serves as a Director on several not-for-profit boards, including the Concord Museum, the DanaFarber Cancer Institute, and the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Foundation. Additionally, he serves as Chair of the Boston Advisory Board of the American Ireland Fund and National Council Co-Chair of the American Enterprise Institute. Mr. Reynolds is a Member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness; Member of the Board and Executive Committee of the Massachusetts High Technology Council, where he also served as the Chair from 2021 to 2023; Member of the Chief Executives Club of Boston; Member of the Massachusetts General Hospital President’s Council; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ron Burton Training Village; Director and former Chair of the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership; former Chair of the West Virginia University Foundation; and former Executive Committee Member of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Reynolds earned a B.S. in Business Administration, Finance, from West Virginia University, where he also received an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration and a Distinguished Alumni Award. In addition, Mr. Reynolds is a recipient of the Boston College President’s Medal of Excellence, an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science degree from Bentley University, and the Manhattan College De La Salle Medal.

William (Bill) Ribaudo is a senior operating and financial executive with over 40 years of experience, including hands on public company (NYSE) financial and operating experience along with strategy, operations, and financial markets consulting. He has much Board experience and is adept in Corporate Governance/Risk Management (incl. Digital Risk), and Corporate Strategy/Transformation (incl. Digital Business Model Transformation). He qualifies as a Financial Expert (QFE).

Bill is an Advisor to CEOs, including Silicon Valley SAAS company start-ups, where over the past year he has also been both President and Advisor. While at Deloitte (through 2022), Bill was a frequent author and international speaker in boardrooms and at conferences on “digital business model innovation and its link to market valuation.” Bill’s research has been published vastly, including in the Wall Street Journal, Knowledge@Wharton, and the Strategic News Service Global Report. He has been a featured speaker at many global engagements including the 28th Economic Forum (Krynica, Poland), LinkBridge Global Investors Annual Meeting (NYC), CES (Las Vegas), The Intelligent Enterprise Conference (Sweden), SNS Future in Review (FiRe) conferences, 10th Annual Utah Economic Summit, BBC radio, and the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics.

Bill is very experienced in coaching senior finance officers and has consulted with some of the largest and highest-regarded global corporations’ executive teams on the development and succession of their finance officers. As a senior Partner of Deloitte’s US CFO Program Leadership Team (10 years), Bill created (and lead as Dean) its Next Generation CFO Academy. He has educated over 750 Next Gen CFOs from the Fortune 250, many of whom have gone on to become external CFOs of the F100, and CEOs.

Bill has been a Member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts High Technology Council for over 20 years, and presently serves as its Treasurer. Bill is also a Board Member of a private Swedish software company.

Navjot Singh, Ph.D. is the Founder of entrepreneurial venture, 2123iX. The name 2123iX originates from his retirement year (2023) and his vision to impact the next 100 years. Its focus is on creating a culture and mindset for longevity and innovation and emphasizes patience and quality in building companies that will make a significant difference.

Prior to launching 2123iX, he was a Senior Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Boston Office.  With over two decades of experience, he oversaw global talent attraction for McKinsey and was a member of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) council, which advises on MGI research on global economic, business, and technology trends. Over time he has held multiple roles at McKinsey, including Office Managing Partner for Boston from 2012-2021, leader of the State and Local practice in North America, leader of the Global Innovation practice, and leader of McKinsey Center of Government. He also served as a member of the Firm’s Knowledge and Technology Councils and founded the McKinsey Early Stage Investor Conference. During the COVID-19 crisis, he was intimately involved in McKinsey’s response work across multiple clients.

Before joining McKinsey, in 2001, Nav was a laboratory manager at General Electric, where he helped design manufacturing processes and develop new polymetric materials and nanomaterials.

An expert in the use of Six Sigma methodologies for product development and process design, Dr. Singh holds 20 patents.

He has served as the Chair of the Board for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. He is a Trustee at Museum of Science and Worcester Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Board and Executive Committee of the Mass High Tech Council and on the Dean’s Advisory Board for University of Minnesota. He also hosts Imagine Get-Togethers that convene cross-sector leaders on cutting-edge topics, such as synthetic biology, commercial applications of drones, the future of space exploration, and the impact of aging. He has been recognized as the Top Influential people in Boston twice by the Boston Business Journal.

Dr. Singh has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of Minnesota, MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Jane Steinmetz is a business leader within EY who brings over 25 years of experience serving Fortune 100 clients, leading high-performing teams and advocating for change.

In her role as Office Managing Principal of the EY Boston office, Jane is responsible for overall client service, market growth and internal management of the Boston office, in which there are over 2,300 assurance, tax, transaction and consulting professionals.

As a managing principal and business leader, she is connected to top leadership and uses her experience to guide strategic, client service and operational recommendations.

Throughout her career, Jane has been a tax professional who has consulted with a diverse array of taxpayers on state tax matters. In her resident state of Massachusetts, she works closely with the business community, Department of Revenue, Legislature and Governor’s Administration on tax policy. Her consultation has involved high profile controversy matters, nexus considerations, large scale compliance functions, apportionment nuances, and driving legislative state tax changes of critical importance for some of the firm’s largest clients both nationally and across the globe.

Prior to her current role, Jane served as the New England Market Leader for Financial Services and has led the national Financial Services state and local tax practice for EY, managing a team across the US, London and India.

Jane is skilled in bringing the full power of the EY multidisciplinary practice to assist our clients across a spectrum of areas, including transaction support, supply chain, tax, legal, finance, talent and diversity and inclusion.

Jane is also active in giving back to the community, pursuing her passion to personally make a difference in youth mentoring, women advancement and equality for all. She is a board member of the Boys and Girls Club of Boston, United Way and the National Association of Corporate Directors – New England chapter. She serves on the executive committee of the Massachusetts High Tech Council, Massachusetts Business Roundtable and on the Boston Club corporate advisory board. She currently serves as the chairwoman of the Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation. She also engages with numerous local charitable organizations including NVNA Hospital, International Institute of New England, Northeast Arc and Strong Women Strong Girls.

For her professional and personal accomplishments, Jane has been named to the Boston Business Journal Power 50 and Women Who Mean Business. She was also a 2020 Boston Chamber Pinnacle Award recipient, a Massachusetts Society of CPAs 2018 Women to Watch honoree, and Girls’ LEAP Honoree of the Year.

Jane started her career at PwC and joined EY in 2011. She received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Rhode Island College and her J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law. She is a member of the Massachusetts and Connecticut bar associations.

Jane resides in Cohasset, Massachusetts with her husband of 25 years, 4 children and 2 Newfoundlands.

Corey Thomas is the Chief Executive Officer of Rapid7, a leading global cybersecurity company based in Boston. His expertise in technology and business have been recognized through his appointments to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) and the Council on Foreign Relations, as well as the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Corey contributes cross-industry leadership to the boards of directors of LPL Financial and Vanderbilt University, and currently chairs the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts board of directors and the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.

An active champion of the technology community, Corey is an angel investor, provides guidance to companies navigating technology transformations, and is a frequent speaker and panelist. His extensive background includes successfully guiding numerous technology companies through periods of significant growth and innovation. Corey earned a B.E. in electrical engineering and computer science from Vanderbilt University and a MBA from Harvard Business School.

Grace Wang, Ph.D., a materials scientist and highly accomplished and collaborative leader in higher education, government, and industry, joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in April of 2023, serving as its 17th president.

Dr. Wang began her career at IBM/Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, focusing on research and development of thin-film magnetic recording media and carbon overcoat for data storage. She holds seven U.S. patents.

From industry, Dr. Wang joined the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2009 as a program director in the Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, becoming division director in 2012. In her subsequent role as the deputy assistant director for engineering, she oversaw the operation of the Directorate for Engineering and helped to identify and implement engineering research, innovation, and education priorities. Later, as acting assistant director for engineering, she managed a funding portfolio of over $900 million dedicated to investments in frontier engineering research, supporting engineering education, and fostering innovation and technology commercialization.

Dr. Wang left the NSF to join the State University of New York (SUNY) System in January 2017 as a professor in the Department of Materials Design and Innovation at the flagship University at Buffalo and as vice chancellor for research and economic development of the SUNY System. By September 2017 she was also serving as the interim provost for the SUNY System. She was soon tapped to serve as interim president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) and, simultaneously, was promoted to senior vice chancellor for research and economic development of the SUNY System.

In her SUNY roles, she supported faculty, staff, and students; drove collective vision; advanced education and research; and grew strategic partnerships. Her hands-on leadership through the COVID-19 pandemic included fostering a caring, inclusive, and supportive environment with the health and safety of the campus community at the forefront. Wang led the SUNY research enterprise with about $1.7 billion in annual R&D expenditures, advanced the research and economic development growth strategy, and significantly expanded research capacity in key strategic areas. She supported a strategic focus on enabling pathways for student success and completion; identifying and implementing tools and resources to improve access and affordability at scale; and fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming campus culture. At SUNY, Wang was also instrumental in building large-scale strategic partnerships to grow impact-driven research and innovation.

Moving from SUNY to her inaugural role as executive vice president for research, innovation, and knowledge at The Ohio State University (OSU), Wang spearheaded efforts to consolidate functions and grow the university’s research and innovation ecosystem, ultimately creating the Enterprise for Research, Innovation, and Knowledge. With a strong focus on supporting faculty, staff, and student researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs, Wang empowered the team to provide seed funding for curiosity-driven research; pursue large-scale, impact-driven, interdisciplinary research centers; build long-term strategic partnerships with industry; launch campus-wide entrepreneurial activities; and enable experiential learning opportunities. Wang also played a lead role in forming the STEAMM Rising (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics and Medicine) partnership with the Columbus City Schools by providing training to K-12 teachers with the goal of increasing STEAMM awareness at scale.

Dr. Wang was appointed by the U.S. Department of Energy to serve on the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee in 2020 and 2021. She is currently a council member of the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She is a member of the Board of Governors for the New York Academy of Sciences, and the incoming Board Chair for the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP).

She earned a BS and MS in Polymer Materials from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University.

Dr. Wang, her husband, and their daughter reside in Worcester. Their son is a sophomore engineering student at Northwestern University.

Jean-Charles Wirth is a member of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and CEO of Life Science. He joined the Executive Board in June 2025 after nearly 20 years with the company. He leads a team of more than 26,000 Life Science employees across 65 countries, all united by a shared purpose to impact life and health with science.

Prior to becoming CEO of Life Science, Jean-Charles was Executive Vice President and Head of the Science and Lab Solutions business, the largest business unit of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. In this role, he oversaw commercial geographies, strategic accounts, marketing, product management, research and business development, as well as eCommerce, strategy and services. Under his leadership, the business navigated a dynamic market environment while maintaining strong performance and customer focus.

Since joining the company in 2006, Jean-Charles has held numerous leadership roles with increasing responsibilities. He previously served as Executive Vice President and Head of Applied Solutions before leading the integration of that franchise with Research Solutions to form Science and Lab Solutions in 2022. Earlier in his career, he was Sector CFO for the Life Science business, playing an active role in its transformation during a time of tremendous growth. His first role at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany was in the Performance Materials business (now Electronics).

Prior to joining the company, he held positions at Baxter, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Crown Inc., and Alcatel Lucent. He has lived and worked in Africa, Europe, and North America. In addition to his responsibilities at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Jean-Charles serves as the Chair of the Massachusetts High Technology Council, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering investment and job growth in the state’s tech-driven economy.

Jean-Charles was born in 1973 in Paris, France. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Sciences Po in Paris and graduated from the Paris School of Business. He is married and has three children.