EDITORIAL BOARD

ANDY KING
With over thirty years experience within the pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical services industry, Andy has a keen interest in practical solutions to healthcare issues.

ANDY FARRANT
CONSULTANT
With 30 years experience in the UK and European Pharmaceutical Industry, Andy has spent much of his career in commercial and management roles in both large international and smaller, privately owned companies.

ANNE BALLARD
DIRECTOR
Anne Ballard is a sales and marketing professional with a life sciences background. She runs Anne Ballard Associates which provides extensive sales and marketing experience and an in-depth understanding of the NHS to organisations.

BERNADETTE (BERNIE) COLEMAN
Managing Director
Bernie is an experienced marketer and commercial leader, with broad experience in the pharmaceutical and Medtech industry.

CAROLYN FISH
DIRECTOR
Carolyn has worked within the pharmaceutical & healthcare industry for the last 25 years and has worked across sales, marketing, training, education, NHS policy and market access, supporting major brands at pre-launch and through to product life cycle management.

DAVID GARMON-JONES
SALES DIRECTOR
David Garmon-Jones has enjoyed a 35+ year career in pharma. He has worked as General Manager for country affiliates of both Merck KGaA and Medday Pharma; including a 5-year stint running Merck Serono Australia.

DAVID BLOOMFIELD
MANAGING DIRECTOR
David Bloomfield is the Managing Director of Copadi , the team behind PAYCE - the stunning new contracting, payment and disclosure platform that transforms collaboration between healthcare professionals and pharmaceutical companies through an unrivalled and intuitive experience.

DAVID WRIGHT
MANAGING DIRECTOR
David has worked in the healthcare industry for his entire career, which now spans over 35 years, with the majority of that time being spent in Regulatory Affairs.

DEREK BROWN
Derek is a highly professional and entrepreneurial international executive with extensive experience of commercial management, sales and marketing, supply chain and bringing complex products to market.

GILL TANNER
HR Director
Gill is a senior human resources professional with over 20 years’ experience in a variety of sectors.

GREG BULL
My name is Greg Bull and I have worked with Dispensing Doctors since 1995, when I stumbled into them via my previous employer way back then

IAN CHAMBERLAIN
MEDICAL SALES CUSTOMER ACCESS SKILLS TRAINER
A Life Sciences sales professional for more than 25 years, Ian started his own business in 2002 and has been hired by more than 50 Life Sciences companies, plus numerous doctors’ groups and the NHS.

JOHN CHATER
TRAINER
I provide editorial and training services to pharma and medtech on the subject of the NHS and have also specialised in ABPI Code training (virtual, face to face training and online courses).

KEVIN POWER
REGIONAL TRAINING EXCELLENCE DIRECTORY - EMEA
Kevin started his pharmaceutical career in 1988 working as a Medical Representative for Daiichi Sankyo and then Nycomed. Kevin is now Regional Training Excellence Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

LARUSHKA MELLOR
SENIOR CONSULTANT
Over twenty years experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry across health policy, market access and commercialisation of medicines, med tech, diagnostics and digital solutions.

MARK HABROUR
DIRECTOR
Mark is an experienced learning and development professional and a qualified coach, trainer, NLP and MBTI practitioner with over 15 years’ experience in the Life Sciences industries.

NEIL DUGDALE
VICE-PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER, UK & ROI
Neil Dugdale joined Sobi (Swedish Orphan Biovitrum at the beginning of 2015 and is the Vice-President for Northern Europe and General Manager, UK and RoI.

SHAILEN RAO
MANAGING DIRECTOR
After 30 years of working in and with the NHS, my passion is helping the NHS to make the most out of their investment in medicines. Soar Beyond was established in 2007 to help support the NHS, Industry and local authorities to do this effectively and meaningfully. Sometimes, this means being directly commissioned by the NHS as a service provider or indirectly working with them as part of a partnership programme with Industry.

SIMON WOOTTON
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Since leaving the NHS, Simon has established an independent management consultancy (Irwell Valley Consultancy Ltd) and is currently supporting the NHSE National Wound Care Strategy programme.

STUART ELLISON-SMITH
REGIONAL SALES MANAGER
Stuart joined the pharmaceutical industry in the 1980s. His extensive industry experience includes roles as representative, field trainer, regional/national business manager, head of sales and head of nurse management.

TIM KNEEN
CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER
Tim has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over 25 years in many different business roles.

TONY COX
Tony has worked in and around the pharma industry for 20+ years with 15 years in the client environment and the last 10 in the consultancy side.

TREVOR GORE
Endlessly curious and passionate about the evolution of the healthcare industry, Trevor has spent over 25 years striving to connect health and wellness brands with their customers and consumers.

VIV REES
EUROPEAN LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Viv is an experienced learning and development specialist with 30 years’ experience in the Pharmaceutical and Diagnostic sectors.
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