Bio-Rad appoints Roop Lakkaraju EVP, CFO

Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) announced that Roop K. Lakkaraju will join the company as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 15. Lakkaraju joins Bio-Rad from Benchmark Electronics (BHE) where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer responsible for all finance-related functions supporting the company’s global operations since 2018. Prior to Benchmark, he held Chief Financial Officer and senior operational roles at several large, multinational companies including Support.com, a provider of cloud-based software and services, and Solectron, a leading global provider of electronics manufacturing and integrated supply chain services. Mr. Lakkaraju began his career as an auditor with Grant Thornton and PricewaterhouseCoopers, and holds a B.S. in Business Administration, Accounting, from San Jose State University.