Chris Smith

Chris Smith joined our Board of Directors in January 2025 and is a member of the Science and Technology Committee. He has been Chief Executive Officer and a director of NeoGenomics since August 2022. Prior to joining NeoGenomics, from 2019 to 2022, Mr. Smith served as Chief Executive Officer of Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (“Ortho Clinical”). Under his leadership, Ortho Clinical raised $1.45 billion in funding for a 2021 initial public offering, achieved accelerated revenue growth while simultaneously improving profitability, and successfully guided the company through a combination with Quidel that closed in May 2022. Prior to Ortho Clinical, from 2004 to 2018, Mr. Smith served in key executive leadership positions, including CEO of Cochlear Limited (“Cochlear”), a global market leader in implantable hearing solutions. Having initially joined Cochlear as President of Cochlear Americas in 2004, Mr. Smith helped grow division revenue from $80 million to over $400 million before being named CEO in 2015. Before joining Cochlear, Mr. Smith served as a Chief Executive Officer in residence at global private equity firm Warburg Pincus and Global Group President at Gyrus Group Plc., a surgical products company. Prior to that he served in a variety of leadership roles at Abbott, KCI, Prism and Cardinal Health. Mr. Smith was formerly a member of the board of directors at QuidelOrtho, a global provider of innovative in vitro diagnostic technologies. In addition, Mr. Smith previously served as Chair of the board of directors of Osler Diagnostics, a UK-based diagnostics company. Mr. Smith has a BS from Texas A&M University.