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Padraig McDonnell became president and CEO in May 2024. Prior to his current role, Padraig served as president of the Agilent CrossLab Group (ACG) and also as Agilent’s chief commercial officer. In those two roles, he was responsible for leading Agilent’s sales, service, service delivery and marketing organizations, focused on maximizing customer lifetime value through digitally enabled, scalable delivery of whole product solutions via customers’ preferred buying models. Padraig led ACG from May 2020 and was appointed chief commercial officer in November 2021. Previously, he was vice president and general manager of Agilent’s Chemistries and Supplies Division, a role he held since 2017. Padraig has been in the analytical- and scientific-instrument industry for more than 27 years, starting his career at Hewlett-Packard Co., Agilent’s predecessor company, in 1998. He was instrumental in driving the service and sales growth of the Europe, Middle East, Africa and India region (EMEAI) for many years, rising through the ranks from customer engineer (1998), sales account manager (1999), Ireland business team manager and general manager (2007), sales director (2011) and EMEAI Laboratory Solution Sales vice president and general manager (2014). He is a champion of delivering customer value and complete laboratory solutions, which are foundational principles in ACG’s “From Insights to Outcomes” brand promise. Padraig holds a Bachelor of Science from National University of Ireland-Maynooth; a post-graduate diploma in Chemistry and Biochemistry from National University of Ireland-Galway; and a post-graduate diploma in Strategy and Innovation from University College of Dublin in Ireland.