Founder of QIAGEN NV, QIAGEN Srl and GenPat77 Pharmacogenetics AG, Metin Colpan currently holds the position of Managing Director at MC VV GmbH & Co. KG and Managing Director at CC Verwaltungs GmbH.

He is also on the board of 6 other companies.

In his past career Dr. Colpan was Member-Supervisory Board at GenPat77 Pharmacogenetics AG.

He received a doctorate and a graduate degree from Technische Universität Darmstadt.