
Associate Director in Clinical Operations and Clinical Program Management with over 14 years delivering complex Phase I-IV clinical studies across global pharmaceutical organisations, CROs, NHS healthcare institutions and academia. Achieved significant results through leadership of over 75 clinical studies, including 30 global programmes across more than 30 countries in recent years, while mentoring more than 20 Clinical Research Associates and Project Managers. Focused on driving operational success through expertise in Clinical Operations Leadership, Global Trial Delivery, and Regulatory Compliance.
• Provide strategic operational leadership across regional and multi-country clinical programs, ensuring delivery against quality, compliance and business objectives.
• Partner with senior project leaders, functional leads and external stakeholders to drive study delivery and operational excellence.
• Develop and implement recruitment, retention and site engagement strategies supporting successful study outcomes.
• Contribute to bid defence activities and strategic planning for multinational clinical development programs.
• Drive proactive risk identification, issue escalation and mitigation strategies to support program success.
• Served as strategic TMF Subject Matter Expert supporting global Clinical Trial Teams.
• Led risk-based TMF quality reviews, completeness assessments and inspection readiness activities.
• Drove TMF governance initiatives and documentation quality improvements across multinational studies.
• Partnered with stakeholders to identify and remediate critical documentation gaps.
• Supported TMF strategy development throughout the clinical trial lifecycle.
• Supported end-to-end study delivery across multiple clinical programs throughout Europe and the United Kingdom.
• Managed ethics and regulatory submissions, site coordination and operational planning activities.
• Supported patient recruitment initiatives, vendor management and study execution.
• Contributed to compliance, quality management and operational risk mitigation.
• Supported global HIV clinical programs across Europe, South Africa and the United States.
• Acted as Subject Matter Expert for Veeva Vault eTMF, CTMS and EDC systems.
• Coordinated external vendors including ICON, PPD, Signant Health and BioClinica.
• Supported operational oversight, documentation quality and successful study delivery.
• Led Phase I–III clinical development activities supporting program strategy, operational planning and study execution.
• Directed audit readiness, CAPA activities and quality management processes.
• Authored SOPs, study protocols, manuals and scientific documentation.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary stakeholders across clinical development, regulatory and operational functions.
• Supported global Medical Affairs studies across EUMEA.
• Served as eTMF Subject Matter Expert during the transition to Veeva Vault eTMF.
• Coordinated regulatory authority submissions, ethics approvals and study documentation.
• Supported Rare Disease programs including the LEMS Registry and MPS VI Clinical Surveillance Program.
• Conducted TMF and ISF quality reviews supporting audit and inspection readiness.
• Established compliant Trial Master File structures aligned with ICH-GCP and regulatory requirements.
• Supported remediation and documentation quality improvement initiatives.
• Conducted clinical and translational research in radiation oncology, treatment planning and patient outcome assessment.
• Collaborated with oncologists, physicists and multidisciplinary clinical teams.
• Contributed to proton therapy and advanced radiotherapy research.
• Completed doctoral research in Biomedical Physics focused on treatment planning optimisation and radiation therapy.
• Published scientific research and presented findings within academic and clinical environments.
• Supported teaching, mentoring and research supervision activities.
• Supported healthcare innovation and digital health transformation initiatives.
• Conducted advanced data analysis, reporting and healthcare analytics activities.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary clinical, operational and engineering teams.
• 75+ Clinical Studies Supported Across Phase I-IV Development Programs
• 30+ Global Studies Delivered During the Last Three Years
• 30+ Countries Across Europe, UK, US, EMEA and South Africa
• 20+ Clinical Professionals Mentored and Developed
• 10+ Years TMF Governance and Inspection Readiness Experience
• Sponsor, CRO, NHS and Academic Leadership Experience
• Leadership Roles Within Novartis, IQVIA, Gilead Sciences, Johnson & Johnson, MSD and BioMarin
• Oncology, HIV, Vaccines and Rare Disease Expertise
• Mentored and developed 20+ Clinical Research Associates, Clinical Trial Associates and Project Managers.
• Provided leadership and operational guidance across multinational and cross-functional study teams.
• Influenced quality, compliance and inspection readiness strategies across global clinical programs.
• Acted as trusted partner to sponsors, CROs and senior stakeholders throughout the clinical trial lifecycle.
Clinical study delivery and operational support across more than 30 countries including the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa and wider EMEA regions.
Clinical Operations Leadership | Clinical Program Management | Global Trial Delivery | TMF Governance | Inspection Readiness | Vendor & CRO Oversight | Regulatory Compliance | ICH-GCP | Risk-Based Quality Management | Operational Excellence | Cross-Functional Leadership | Clinical Development