Jay LeCoque has served as a board member and CEO of Celsis International plc since November 2000. LeCoque joined Celsis in 1995 as a director of business development. He then progressed to vice president of sales and marketing for the Americas and finally became the general manager of Celsis Inc., the Americas’ profit center, where he helped Celsis International plc deliver its first year of profitability in 1999. LeCoque came to Celsis from Baxter International Corp., a leading global health care company, where he served in various global marketing and product management positions from 1991 to 1995. He received his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, in 1991 and his bachelor’s degree in marketing and general management from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1985.