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Padddington

Hammersmith Hospital

Providing direction and oversight for North West London business development and marketing activities to promote the region as a global site for commercial research, working closely with the, Clinical Director, Chief Operating Officer, Specialty Leads, and other senior leaders within our network.Lead on the delivery of CRN commitments in the region from the government’s Life Sciences Industrial Strategy and sector deals. Lead the strategic workforce team to enable CRN funded staff to move seamlessly across organisational boundaries to support research in priority areas.Leading the set up and delivery of COVID-19 vaccine studies in North West London.

Identified new opportunities for North West London through horizon scanning, stakeholder engagement, learning from competing regions, and intelligence gathering.Development and implementation of processes for performance managing the set up and running of commercial trials within the North West London.Developed and maintained a pipeline of customers, studies, and business development opportunities

Westminster, London

Attracted and negotiated new business to increase the UK’s market share of health and care research activity whilst maintaining a strong grasp of complex policy and political issues.Worked with senior staff from a range of different sectors, including the global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries, clinical research organisations, research charities and other non-commercial research fun-ders, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Department for International Trade (DIT) and, the NIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure (NOCRI).

London, United Kingdom

Provided senior leadership for the Diabetes Research Network during a period of reorganization within the network.Managed the Diabetes Research Network (DRN) budget and expenditure control through collaboration with the col-lege finance department. Managed the performance of the 8 local clinical research networks across organizational boundaries within England and maintained a close working relationship with the devolved nations.

Developed a business development and marketing strategy for the diabetes research network (DRN), working closely with key decision makers across within industry as well as senior leaders within the network.Presented opportunities of working with the DRN to industry representatives and non-commercial research funders and sponsors in the UK.

Worked with the life sciences industry to ensure their clinical trials recruited to time and target within the UK. Recommended strategies when recruitment targets were not being met.Identified new research opportunities for the network and developed methods for tracking growth brought in by our business development initiatives.

Responsible for coordinating a diabetes registry for newly diagnosed type 1 patients.Development and implementation of processes for performance managing and, the set up and running ofnon-commercial trials within the diabetes network portfolio.

Dartford, United Kingdom

Managed a team of scientists responsible for the manufacture of recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies. Ensured the group adhered to strict health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to maintain good manufacturing practice.Led large scale transformation projects using lean principles to streamline the manufacturing process.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Biochemistry

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Biochemistry