People

Murali Venkatesan

Current-status correction reviewed7October2026: Murali Venkatesan announced in his own public post that the preceding week was his final week at Danaher after seven and a half years. His Danaher Ventures leadership is therefore former, although the corporate page still labels him regional head and the January2026 Automata release used Global Head. Exact employment-end day and successor are undisclosed. This employment departure does not establish resignation from his separately recorded Automata statutory board appointment. His official Danaher biography describes electrical/computer engineering doctoral training at Illinois, earlier Lam Research and Illumina work, Stanford Executive Program and University of Western Australia degrees; the URL alone does not substantiate an MD degree. Previous sourced biography, subject to the current-status correction above: Murali Venkatesan is a Danaher Ventures executive leading healthcare and biotechnology investment and partnership work. Danaher’s current own biography calls him Vice President and Head of Danaher Ventures, Americas and Europe, with earlier technology roles at Illumina and Lam Research and an electrical and computer engineering PhD. Automata’s January2026 financing announcement confirms his board appointment; CompaniesHouse records the actual legal director appointment November6,2025 under Bala Murali K Venkatesan. No personal check is inferred.

Roles

Automata

Board Director

Current
Danaher Ventures

Former Head of Danaher Ventures; former Vice President (Americas & Europe title published previously)

Current