Evident Corp., Tokyo, announces the appointment of Eric Anderson as Interim CEO. Anderson, a member of the Office of the CEO at the time of his new appointment, takes on the responsibilities of Yoshitake Saito, who assumes the role of chairman.
In related news, Evident announced in April that it has been acquired by private equity firm Bain Capital Private Equity from Olympus Corp. pursuant to the definitive agreement signed on August 29, 2022.
Evident was newly established on April 1, 2022, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus comprising the former Scientific Solutions business conducted by Olympus. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Evident conducts business in 24 countries worldwide with more than 4300 employees.
Anderson is a managing director at Bain Capital where he has been both a partner to leadership teams and served in interim CEO capacity. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Anderson was an executive for a large international enterprise with responsibility for global strategy, branding, development, supply chain and quality. He also spent ten years in the transformation practice of Bain & Company, where he helped lead the successful transformations of an international airline, a global express courier, a telecommunications equipment company, an electric utility and other businesses.
Supported by Bain Capital, Evident will attain a higher level of agility and faster decision-making to drive innovation-based growth in the life science and industrial markets. Building on a history of more than 100 years of innovation in imaging, instrumentation, and measurement solutions, Evident plans to further expand its portfolio of world-class products, solutions, and services
“Now that our new company is firmly established, I am convinced that the time is right to appoint a new CEO who will continue and further expand Evident’s growth trajectory. Evident has many opportunities for growth as an innovative global workflow solution supplier to the life science and industrial markets, to meet the evolving needs of customers,” Yoshitake stated.
Evident Industrial’s solutions range from microscopes and videoscopes to nondestructive testing equipment and x-ray analyzers for maintenance, manufacturing, and environmental applications. Backed by state-of-the-art technologies, Evident’s products are widely used for quality control, inspection, and measurement.
Image – Eric Anderson, interim CEO of Evident.
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