Lawrence Mehren

Lawrence Mehren served as President and Chief Executive Officer as well as a Director of Accelerate Diagnostics from 2012 to 2020. During his tenure, the company developed and launched its groundbreaking Accelerate Pheno instrument. Prior to this, Mr. Mehren was the Head of Global Business for Ventana Medical Systems and Roche Tissue Diagnostics managing its four business units. He also held various global leadership positions with Ventana including Senior Vice President of Emerging Businesses and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mehren was also Managing Director, Partner and Head of P&M Corporate Finance’s life sciences practice.

Mr. Mehren holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BA in Political Science from the University of Arizona.