West has appointed Quintin Lai as Vice President, Corporate Development, Strategy and Investor Relations (IR). He will oversee corporate strategy and investor relations.
Prior to joining West, Lai was Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Strategy at Sigma-Aldrich. From 2002–2012, he was Managing Director and Senior Equity Research analyst of the Life Science Tools and Diagnostic sector at Robert W. Baird & Company. He also spent eight years as a Senior Research Engineer at Atlantic Richfield (ARCO).