MY ROLES SO FAR ..
I have worked in environments of every size and in diverse verticals. From large Pharma to small Biotech, to Start-up context, and even Government - and other things in between - I can morph my approach and strategy to align with your dreams, budget, goals and culture.
My goal is to ensure that we
achieve yours.
Since 2012:
Director, Global Signal Detection (Service Provider)
Engineered
(from zero ! )
a multicultural de-localized team along with international safety processes, and providing leadership to operate as a high-performance integrated unit which successfully manages the safety of a mixed-product portfolio across multiple international clients, and supports several EU QPPVs for one of the world’s leading research-based organisations.
From 2007:
Clinical Safety and Risk Evaluation Manager (GlaxoSmithKline)
With dual reporting to the Respiratory Therapy Area Lead and Therapy Area Director, delivered strategic and technical drug-safety support to the Respiratory Diseases’ Global Safety Evaluation Team’s portfolio.
I received an R&D award for project-support work.
From 2006: Pharmacovigilance-Record-Management Program Leader (GlaxoSmithKline)
Appointed Divisional Leader for GSK' R&D-wide record-management program (a parallel role
to my existing scientific Drug-Safety duties held until 2012) with accountability to the Division’s Executive Committee for proactive gap-identification/remedial, departmental education (250 staff), and compliance (Corporate and Legal) regarding Records Retention requirements.
I received 2 R&D awards for this work.
In 2004: Principal Clinical Safety Scientist (GlaxoSmithKline)
Reported to the Therapy Area Director, and provided specialist drug-safety analyses and monitoring to the Infectious Diseases’ Global Safety Evaluation Team’s portfolio.
In 2001:
Senior Pharmacovigilance Officer(Beaufour Ipsen Group)
Responsible for pharmacovigilance operations in English-speaking territories (UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New-Zealand, Japan), I also had U.K. Local Affiliate drug-safety duties, as well as Central Safety-Evaluation functions for these territories.
In 2000: Drug Safety Associate (Roche Products U.K.)
Drug Safety Associate role within the Pharma-Development Biometrics and Pharmacovigilance Department, with subsequent extension to Safety Specialist responsibilities for a products portfolio covering pre-/post-marketing stages and operations (CRF design, blind-break etc.).
I also became one of the first staff trained on the original MedDRA
implementation and through that got involved in coding- and labelling-quality reviews
Toxicologist Assistant-Manager Unilever Research (Colworth Research Laboratory)
Assistant-Manager in the Toxicology unit of the Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, I provided reviews, risk assessments, issue work-up and clearances on toxicological safety of products’ ingredients and processes for Unilever Business and Research Partners (Toxicity studies, QSAR, Decision Analysis, Database set-up/up-date, Regulatory Affairs).
In 1996:
Research Assistant Unilever Research (Colworth Research Laboratory)
Six months as a Research Assistant on a Foodstuff-related project, involving the quantification of chlorophyll pigments and their relationship to the visual perception of greenness in vegetables (HPLC, Titrations, Colour physics-L*a*b* Colour system, Optical spectrophotometry, Capillary Electrophoresis).