BioPorto A/S announced that Mr. Nis Kruse joined the Company as EVP of Strategic Partnerships and General Manager of EMEA & APAC. He will also serve as site leader for the Hellerup, Denmark office. Mr. Kruse most recently served as SVP & Chief Commercial Officer at SSI Diagnostica A/S, an in vitro diagnostics company focusing on infectious diseases, having delivered substantial topline growth in the company during the COVID pandemic.

Previously, Mr. Kruse operated in a US-based position as Executive Director, Global Precision Medicine at Merck & Co., where he was responsible for Commercial Diagnostic Strategy and Commercial Partner Management related to Keytruda® across its numerous indications in immuno-oncology. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kruse held leadership roles in Copenhagen at Agilent Technologies, H. Lundbeck, and AstraZeneca. Mr. Kruse holds Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Economics and Business Management from University of Aarhus (Denmark).

Mr. Kruse and his family are based in Copenhagen, and he will operate from the Company's Hellerup office.