Cepheid Names Ilan Daskal CFO

(RTTNews) - Molecular diagnostics company Cepheid (CPHD) said Tuesday that it has appointed Ilan Daskal as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 9.

Daskal will assume responsibility for worldwide finance operations, information technology, and investor relations.

Daskal brings more than twenty years of finance experience to Cepheid, most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at International Rectifier Corp. from 2008 through its acquisition in January by German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG.

Prior to joining International Rectifier, Daskal most recently served as Vice President Finance and Business Administration, Communication Division North America for Infineon Technologies AG from 2001 through 2008, in addition to earlier positions as Chief Financial Officer at both Savan Communication Ltd and SmartLink Ltd.