Roland Sackers is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 51 different companies. Currently, he holds the position of Chairman for Research Biolabs Pte Ltd., Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director at QIAGEN NV, Chairman at Cellestis GmbH, Chairman for QIAGEN Finance (Deutschland) GmbH, Managing Director at QIAGEN Deutschland Holding GmbH, Co-Managing Director at Qiagen Hamburg GmbH, Co-Managing Director at QIAGEN Lake Constance GmbH and Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director at QIAGEN GmbH (which are all subsidiaries of QIAGEN NV), CFO, Secretary, Treasurer & Director at Qiagen Beverly, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer & Director at QIAGEN Marseille SA.

He is also on the board of 55 other companies.

In the past Roland Sackers occupied the position of Chairman of Qiagen, Inc., Chairman for QIAGEN Sciences, Inc., Chairman at SABiosciences Corp., Chairman of Biotype AG and Auditor of Arthur Andersen Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft mbH.

He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Münster.