Paolo Magri, senior vice president, business development at Advitech SA, has been elected president of the Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association (DCAT). Also elected to serve as officers of DCAT are: Stephan Kutzer, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Alcami Corp., as first vice president; Sean Diver, director, business development, early intermediates at Lonza, AG as second vice president; and Kerri McCullough Wood, senior vice president and head of commercial, TAPI, Teva Pharmaceuticals. All will serve one-year terms, beginning November 1, 2018.
 
In addition, the following have been newly elected or will continue to serve one-year terms on the board: Elodie Cramer, Associate Director, Global Procurement, Biogen; Charles Davies, Associate Vice President, Global Sourcing & Procurement, Merck & Co. Inc.; Sally Macaluso, Vice President, Johnson & Johnson Marketing and Business Services Procurement, Johnson & Johnson; Steve Poland, Global Director, 3rd Party FDF Technical Support, Mylan Inc.; Sami Yusuf, Vice President, Corporate Development, Upsher-Smith.