Charles River Laboratories Announces Executive Appointments

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. announced two executive appointments: Glenn G. Coleman has been named the Company’s next Chief Financial Officer and Kerry Dailey has been named to the newly-created position of Chief Legal Officer.

Birgit Girshick, Corporate Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and incoming Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are very pleased to welcome Kerry Dailey and Glenn Coleman in two key executive roles, as we strengthen our leadership team to help us transform the Company to meet the current and future needs of our clients and the evolving industry landscape. Glenn is a seasoned financial executive in the healthcare sector that will bring to Charles River a wealth of strategic knowledge and a unique breadth of expertise in leading global Finance organizations and through his strong operational experience. Kerry is an experienced leader that has been focused on advising multinational life science companies across complex regulatory environments. We are pleased that she will enable us to proactively manage our highly regulated, science-led organization by combining our legal, compliance, communications, government relations, security, and ESG initiatives under one leader. We look forward to partnering with Glenn and Kerry as we work to advance our mission and position Charles River to enhance shareholder value by executing on our plans to drive long-term growth, greater efficiency, and operational excellence.”

Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

Glenn Coleman will join the Company as Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on April 6^th. At Charles River, Mr. Coleman will lead the Company’s global Finance organization and will be responsible for overseeing the Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Investor Relations, Internal Audit, Risk Management, Global Facilities and Real Estate, and Global Procurement functions, as well as working closely with operational finance teams across the global businesses.

Appointment of Chief Legal Officer

Kerry Dailey will join the Company as Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) on March 30^th. At Charles River, Ms. Dailey will lead the Global Legal function and help set the strategic direction for legal and governance matters in support of the Company’s mission and strategic vision. She will oversee and integrate Charles River’s Legal, Compliance, Corporate Communications, Government Relations, Security, and Global ESG functions, serving as a key advisor to the Board of Directors and Executive Leadership team.