Published: December 8, 2025 at 8:22 am
Oxford Nanopore Technologies has named Francis Van Parys as its next chief executive, replacing founder Gordon Sanghera who has led the FTSE 250 firm since its inception in 2005.
The London-listed company, which develops molecular sensing technology based on nanopores, said Van Parys will join the business and its board as an executive director on 2nd March 2026.
He arrives with more than two decades of senior leadership experience in life sciences and is currently president and CEO of Radiometer, the acute-care diagnostics specialist owned by Danaher.
Sanghera will remain with the group in an advisory role through to early 2027 to support an orderly handover.