John is Vice President, new business ventures, Europe with responsibility for spearheading the development of customer engagements that draw on the breadth of IMS offerings and are anchored in the customer's specific business requirements. Prior to this, John was responsible for creating the sales force effectiveness suite of offerings. He joined IMS Health in 1998.
John’s background includes over 20 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry gained in a career that began at Beecham Research Laboratories (now part of GSK) in 1977. He later joined Pharmacia UK in 1984 where he spent a number of years in roles in sales, marketing management and corporate development.
In 1995, John was appointed V.P. Strategy for Pharmacia & Upjohn Europe based in Paris. He was a member of the UK integration teams following the mergers of Kabi Vitrum with Pharmacia and of Kabi Pharmacia with Farmitalia Carlo Erba, and a member of the global integration team during the Pharmacia and Upjohn merger.
John holds an MBA from the Middlesex Business School, London and a Bachelor of Technology degree in Applied Chemistry from Brunel University.