John Lapré (1964) is Executive Vice President Elekta Brachytherapy and a member of the Executive Management of Elekta. He received his MSc and PhD in the Netherlands, majoring in intestinal physiology, toxicology and biochemistry. His PhD focused on the prevention of colorectal cancer. He joined Nucletron as Vice President R&D in May 2009. Before that he held leadership positions at CP Kelco, Noviant, Hercules Inc and NIZO