Roche Diagnostics names Carlos Justiniani Ugarte as general manager for Egypt

Roche Diagnostics has named company veteran Carlos Justiniani Ugarte (LinkedIn) general manager for Egypt, with the added mandate of leading the company’s North Africa business, according to a press release (pdf).

His appointment follows four years as head of Roche Diagnostics Morocco, where he built out the company’s local operation and positioned it as Roche’s hub for Francophone West Africa. The work included launching remote diagnostics to reach patients in underserved rural areas and expanding point-of-care testing and clinical decision-support tools. Ugarte has spent 27 years with Roche across Switzerland, France, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Morocco.