MKS Instruments, Inc. announced that Henry C. Chang has joined MKS as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia, effective November 1, 2022. He will report directly to John T.C. Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer, and will be a member of MKS' executive team. Mr. Chang brings deep, relevant experience to the position, having most recently served as President - Alcon China for Alcon, Inc. He will lead the Asia Pacific sales organization for the Vacuum Solutions Division and the Photonics Solutions Division, with dotted-line responsibility for the associated functional organizations within Asia Pacific.

Prior to Alcon, Mr. Chang worked at Danaher Corporation, where he most recently served as President & GM of the Water Quality Platform for Greater China and Japan. Prior to Danaher, Mr. Chang worked at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where he served in various roles, including Vice President - APAC Commercial Operations of the Laboratory Products Group, Vice President and General Manager - Healthcare Solutions China of the Healthcare and Specialty Diagnostics business and most recently as Vice President and General Manager of its BioSciences Division for Greater China. Prior to Thermo Fisher, Mr. Chang spent 17 years with 3M Company, where he held multiple positions of increasing responsibility in the United States, Singapore and China focusing on the semiconductor industry.

Mr. Chang holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and an M.B.A. from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.