Archives: Speakers

Laura Clifton-Hadley is Head of Clinical Operations, Northern Europe, based in the UK. She leads all clinical trial and late development activities across the Bristol Myers Squibb portfolio. Laura is an experienced leader, with experience in all phases of trials and therapeutic areas. Prior to BMS, she worked as the head of haematology and brain trials at University College London. She has more than 14 years of clinical operations experience, and more than 12 years of line management experience. She sits on various UK and IE industry bodies/government bodies to promote/facilitate commercial clinical research and to ensure that we are bringing the right studies to the UK and IE.
Laura received her PhD in microbiology from the University of Reading. She also holds an honours degree in microbiology and virology from the University of Warwick.

Steve is a Lead Analyst within Global Data’s Financial Services Practice responsible for Fintech and Thematic content. His research covers all areas of digital transformation strategy from both a customer and technology perspective, with a particular focus on disruptive new business models. Prior to GD, Steve spent time at Forrester and Corporative Executive Board (CEB), and within Strategy roles at Lloyds bank.

Koen Verhoeyen is a Business Development Manager for Mitsubishi Chemical Group. He has been with the company over 20 years serving in different roles (technical services, account management and now business development). He holds a Master of Applied Engineering degree.  Koen is working with customers in all fields to help select the right material solutions for their applications and is driving the development of new materials and technologies to meet the ever-changing requirements of the industries MCG is serving.

John is a PMP-certified Engineering Project Manager with over 10 years’ experience in project management and product development. He is currently with Mitsubishi Chemical Group where he leads various projects including composite materials for electric vehicles battery assemblies, bio-based polymers for large scale additive manufacturing in collaboration with National Laboratories, and value chain decarbonization sustainability modeling through academic partnerships.

With over 20 years of combined experience in the Oil & Gas and Chemical Materials industries, John has extensive knowledge of upstream technologies, including exploration equipment and pressure control systems with expertise spanning metals, elastomers, polymers, and composites. He is skilled in Reliability Engineering, focusing on Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Verification and Validation (V&V). Previously, he held various engineering roles over 15 years at Schlumberger, latest as Engineering Project Management where he led the development of severe-environment sealing technologies.

John holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.