Kinapse Appoints Dr. Nicholas Edwards As Chairman
Dr. Nicholas ('Nick') Edwards has been appointed the Chairman of Kinapse Ltd, which provides specialist information processing services and business consulting to life sciences R&D organisations.
LONDON, U.K. (PRWEB) September 16, 2005 -- Dr. Nicholas ('Nick') Edwards has been appointed the Chairman of Kinapse Ltd, which provides specialist information processing services and business consulting to life sciences R&D organisations.
Nick has 20 years of experience in life sciences and healthcare, the bulk of which was with Accenture, formerly Andersen Consulting (NYSE: ACN). He was the global head of the pharmaceutical R&D practice of Accenture and, as part of the leadership team, responsible for selling and delivering work to pharmaceutical companies in Europe and USA. He has led global teams to support change programmes in R&D and commercial functions and worked extensively with senior executives at most of the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies. Nick is also the Chairman of MedInnovate Ltd., a company involved in creating, developing and transforming life sciences businesses.
Nick has an MA in Physiology from The Queen's College, Oxford and a BM, BCh from Oxford University.
Nick said, "Pharmaceutical R&D can turn advances in science into new medicines that make dramatic improvements to our lives. Whilst most pharmaceutical companies have strong scientific skills, they often struggle with the organisational and managerial complexity of efficiently running a large organisation. I believe that Kinapse will be able to help analyse issues and deliver improvements to the way R&D organisations work. They bring focused, unbiased and experienced support to R&D executives in responding to the challenges they face."
Andy Black and Shalabh Kumar, co-founders and CEO and COO respectively of Kinapse, commented 'We have worked extensively with Nick in the past and value his understanding and knowledge of the life sciences and healthcare sectors. His substantial experience in the consulting business will be of invaluable help to us as we build Kinapse as a specialist R&D consulting and information processing business. We look forward to Nick's leadership of the Board of Directors of Kinapse Ltd."
About Kinapse
Kinapse provides specialist information processing services and business consulting to life sciences R&D organisations at unmatched value.
Kinapse has a novel operating and delivery model that allows us to bring together the very best people in virtual teams, in a wide range of R&D domains, committed to the success of our clients. The delivery model is differentiated from conventional R&D services companies by:
- blended onshore-offshore teams, tailored to client requirements;
- industry-veteran consulting partners who bring deep experience and expertise in specific functional areas;
- exclusive service partners with distinctive, complementary services.
Kinapse personnel have worked in a number of major Pharmaceutical R&D companies including AstraZeneca, Bayer, BMS, CMR International, GlaxoWellcome, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, MHRA, Roche, Schering AG and Wyeth.
Contact
Shalabh Kumar
W: www.kinapse.com
P: +44 20 8871 3404
Hyde Park House
5 Manfred Road
Putney
London SW15 2RS
UK
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