Why is the steering group so important?

The group comprises senior industry leaders and key healthcare professionals.

This group of professionals provides a vital role in helping PharmaTimes to design the competition so that its content accurately reflects the latest business thinking and the environment in which clinical researchers are working.

By including clinical researchers’ customers on the judging panel we are able to ensure that the PharmaTimes International Clinical Researcher of the Year competition both identifies those individuals and teams who understand the needs of the customer, and rewards the best clinical researchers in their field.

Who are the Executive Steering Group and Technical Committee?

Company Name Job Title ESG/TECH CTTEE/OTHER
  Marie Craig Consultant ESG
Pfizer Leigh Thompson Director/Supervisor of Study Management ESG
Fortrea Nicola Dimery VP, Strategic Delivery and Growth ESG
PPD Lauren Dutoit Senior Director Clinical Operations ESG
Eye Biotech Divya Chadhamanek Director, Clinical Development ESG
Sanofi Mital Desai UK Clinical Study Unit Head ESG
Autolus Therapeutics Sarah Tissington Senior Director, Clinical Site Engagement ESG
  Carol Parish Consultant ESG
Astellas Rohini Beavon Lead Development Scientist ESG
Worldwide Anthony Poynton Executive Director ESG
PPD Alison Mcgrory Senior Director – Country Head UK & Ireland (Clinical Operations) ESG
Caidya Anna Tokarczyk Associate Director, Study Start Up Leads TECH CTTEE
Acceleratig Clinical Trials Gillian Waite Senior Project Director TECH CTTEE
AstraZeneca Elaine Harrop VP, Global Head of Clinical Operations – Respiratory and Immunology  
LifeArc Alison McMorn Head of Clinical Strategy and Development ESG
Medable Benjamin Benskin Customer Success at Medable | Commercial and Operations Executive TECH CTTEE
Envinova Di Lewis Global Head Customer Relationships TECH CTTEE
Civia Health Chris Kemp VP, Study Delivery & Strategiv Partners TECH CTTEE
Cooper Consumer Health Kim Clark Global Clinical Director ESG
Quoin Pharmaceuticals Nigel Jones VP, Clinical Research and Development ESG
Cancer Research Karen Barker Science Operations Manager ESG
  Paul Quinn Consultant ESG
Novartis Victoria Hawkins Study Start-Up Country Head UK ESG
Parexel Grainne Burley Director of Clinical Operations ESG
Syneos Jelena Kunic Vice President, Head of SSU Customer Success Department ESG
Panthera Bio Stuart Young CEO ESG
  Caroline Stanton Consultant TECH CTTEE
  Liz Eagling-Vose Consultant TECH CTTEE
Premier Research Andrea Ochoa Senior Vice President, Global Clinical Operations TECH CTTEE
  Joy Dummer Consultant TECH CTTEE