Markus Lusser is New President of Leica Microsystems
WETZLAR, GERMANY — Markus Lusser is the new president and director of Leica Microsystems, headquartered in Wetzlar, Germany. He succeeds Andries Peter Jan van den Broek, who has left the company.
Before joining Leica Microsystems, Markus Lusser was vice president global sales and customer support with Sciex. Sciex produces analysis instruments and, like Leica Microsystems, belongs to the U.S. company, Danaher Corporation. Lusser holds an electrical engineering degree in telecommunications and electronics from the College of Electrical Engineering in Innsbruck, Austria. His professional career includes a 20-year tenure at Siemens Healthcare, most recently as vice president global sales and marketing for Siemens' molecular imaging business.