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Affymetrix Inc. on Monday named Timothy Barabe executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Santa Clara-based Affymetrix (NASDAQ:AFFX) said Barabe will lead the company’s financial functions as well as the treasury, investor relations and information technology departments.

Since 2006, Barabe has held the same role at Human Genome Sciences, and before that he was CFO at Regent Medical Ltd.

For more than 20 years, he held senior executive roles in finance, general management, and strategic planning at Novartis AG.

Barabe replaces John Batty, who worked for three years at Affymetrix.

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