The PM Society is non-profit making and run for the benefit of its members by a hard working volunteer committee, drawn from all areas of the pharmaceutical industry. This enables events to be organised which offer the greatest value for money.
PM Society Executive Committee
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Rachel Farrow, Vice Chairman Rachel is Global Vice President of Innovex Medical Communications, part of Quintiles. IMC is a healthcare communications agency delivering programmes for large pharma and biotechs and has 100 employees in the UK and US. Rachel's previous role was as Managing Director of TVF Communications where she grew the agency from under 10 employees to over 40. She has expertise in communications, medical education, sales force training, patient programmes and digital media. She has 17 years experience working in the industry, primarily on the agency side. She has worked on over 20 award-winning campaigns and held positions in client services, medical writing and project management. |
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Matt Coleman, Vice Chairman Matt runs a successful & independent Marketing Consultancy to the Pharmaceutical Industry - with over 17 years pharmaceutical marketing experience – both in the UK, the Far East & USA. Matt has held senior marketing positions - both on the Industry & Agency side. In addition, Matt is a past winner of the prestigious Senior Marketeer of the Year Award. He has been an active member of the PM Society for 6 years and in that time has contributed greatly to the running of the Society. |
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Chris Doyle, Treasurer Chris has been the Treasurer of the Society since 2005 and has worked in the industry for nearly 20 years since completing his study of law at the University of Cambridge. He is the owner of a successful consultancy business and lives in Essex where he is a Parent Governor of his beautiful daughter's School. |
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Sandy Roydon, Joint Lead on PriMe Sandy has spent the last 6 years focussing specifically on Healthcare Communications – in house heading up the sanofi-aventis Foundation and the Novartis communications division, then for the last 2 years within Huntsworth Health. Her experience extends across a number of therapy areas and across the management and coordination of a broad range of advertising, medical education and PR initiatives – focussing on a broad range of stakeholders. Sandy has been chairman of the PM Society for two years and has been instrumental in the development of the PriMe Training Course. |
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Steve Mackenzie-Lawrie, Joint Lead on Prime Steve is a former Vice Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Marketing Society and chairman of our Education Sub-Committee. He is still actively involved in the on-going development of the PriMe Training Course. He is founding director of SML Associates, a specialist marketing and clinical development consultancy. He has a wealth of experience in the strategic development and execution of pre- and post-launch marketing and communication programmes, first hand knowledge of both the regulatory and the CRO / clinical services markets and has been a strong advocate and practitioner of establishing the vital link between regulatory strategy, the design and implementation of clinical trials programmes and the successful marketing and commercialisation of new products. |
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Neil Smith, Awards Sub-Committee Lead One of the longest serving committee members including a spell of 3 years in the chair, Neil has for the last ten years been responsible for the Society's flagship event, the annual advertising awards. In addition he looks after the design and production of the Society's promotional requirements (eg event mailings, newsletters) and is generally involved in the social side of the organisation. Neil's day job is Director of Communications for Adventis Health, a healthcare communications agency based in Beaconsfield, Bucks. |
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Ivor Eisenstadt, Education Committee Chair Having spent over 13 years in the pharmaceutical industry Ivor is now managing director of MGP, a specialist publisher dedicated to improving patient's lives by promoting best practice in healthcare. Journals include Guidelines, Guidelines in Practice, Medendium and the eGuidelines.co.uk website. In addition MGP supports the industry in translating guidance in to clinical practice through a range of print projects, on line offerings and workshops. Ivor is a past chairman of the Pharmaceutical Marketing Society and current chairman of the education committee. |
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Vivien Bennett, Secretary Vivien has been Secretary of the PM Society for 18 years. In this time she has enjoyed her role in helping to take the Society from a networking ‘club’ to the vibrant, professional organisation it is today. She enjoys catching up with members at meetings throughout the year but takes particular pleasure in seeing so many of the Society’s 1400 members at the annual Advertising Awards ceremony in January.
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Steve Clark, Chairman Steve Clark is Director of SC Marketing, which specialises in offering marketing support to pharmaceutical companies and allied agencies. Steve brings a wealth of experience gained from over twenty years in the pharmaceutical industry working in UK brand management, global strategic marketing and business unit management. Steve has been an active member of the PM Society committee for several years with a particular focus on educational events and our ABPI Code of Practice workshops. Recently, Steve was delighted to be elected Chairman of the Society. In his spare time Steve can usually be found training in the gym trying not to be fat! |
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Helen Lawn, PR Officer Helen is owner and Managing Director of Helen Lawn & Associates a healthcare PR and communications agency. She established the agency in 2000 having gained experience in Med Ed and PR at a number of companies including Reed Elsevier and Interaction. The agency clients include Pharma company brands and corporate PR, Patient Advocacy Groups and specialist Pharma service companies. Helen is a committee member and the PR Officer for the Pharmaceutical Marketing Society and has worked with the Society since January 2002. She is currently on the Annual Events and Prime Sub-Committees. |
PM Society Committee
| Beverly Barr | Pope Woodhead |
| Jackie Brown | PM Society |
| Peter Carr | Courtney Alexander Consulting |
| Steve Clark | SC Marketing |
| Neil Copping | Inform Pharma |
| Jonathan Dancer | red kite consulting |
| Steve Gray | Steven Gray Consulting |
| Paul Holmes | PM Society |
| Phil Ledger | MJL Ltd |
| Paul Midgley | NHIS Ltd |
| Ramesh Patel | Brainsell |
| David Ribeiro | Pharmaxis Ltd |
| Nick Rodger | Baxter Healthcare |
| David Southern | Pathway Communications |
| Emma Statham | MSA Market Media |
| Jon Vernon | OnMedica |