Catherine Tyner brings 27 years of clinical research experience with a focus on Oversight Group Management for Clinical Endpoint Committees, Data Monitoring Committees, and other operations. Throughout her career, Ms. Tyner has led and developed oversight departments at Quintiles (now IQVIA), Novella Clinical, and Covance (now Fortrea), providing strategic management for over 500 clinical trials, including complex megatrials across diverse therapeutic areas. A recognized thought leader in endpoint adjudication best practices, Ms. Tyner has authored the industry’s seminal guidance on adjudication operations and best practice. In her new role at AG Mednet, Ms. Tyner will work to expand and tailor the value jointly created with new and existing CROs Trial Sponsors, Core Labs, and Academic Research Organizations, working closely to optimize the future of clinical process efficiency.
Anas Qawasmeh heads the FinTech & Innovation Business Development team at DIFC Authority, which manages a portfolio of over 1,250 technology companies that leverage DIFC as a strategic hub for their growth, and expansion across the UAE and the region.
With a strong track record in financial technology and innovation, Anas brings a wealth of experience from global industry leading companies. Before joining DIFC, he spearheaded Business Development for FinTech and Ventures at Visa Inc. across the Levant within the Central Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
Prior to Visa, Anas was part of the Strategy Team at ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok. He played a critical role in shaping and leading the finance monetisation strategy during TikTok’s rapid expansion across the Middle East, Turkey, South Africa and Pakistan, contributing to the platform’s regional success and growth.
James is CRO of interop.io, a provider of desktop integration platforms. He has an extensive background in software integration solutions and spent his formative years in a variety of development and architecture roles. Since then, he has run field operations & sales organisations for software integration businesses including SAP’s UK, Software AG Australia and TIBCO UK.
With more than a decade of dedicated experience in clinical research, Nathan Chadwick is well-versed in several therapeutic areas, with a specialized focus in neurology and rare disease. At Worldwide, Nathan is at the forefront of therapeutic strategy for rare disease, leading ongoing efforts with rare disease patient advocacy organizations while working to expand rare disease opportunities, studies, and initiatives.
Melissa has over 25 years’ experience in the industry and is an Executive Director in our Strategic Partnerships team responsible for the oversight of Fortrea strategic partner accounts.
Melissa started her CRO career as a CRA working her way through project management to senior leadership in clinical development responsible for a number of major programmes across Phase I–IV for large Top 20 large pharma customers.
For the last 10 years Melissa has worked in alliance & partnership management, including responsibility for leading pharma accounts across the enterprise and setting up partnerships with venture capital companies. In her role she is responsible for building partnership strategy and supporting excellence in delivery.
Prior to Fortrea, Melissa started her career in industry with a small CRO specializing in work with Biotech & Start-Up companies, managing Phase I patient and Healthy Volunteer studies. She has degree in Biomedical Sciences, a PhD in Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology and worked in the West German Cancer center.
Melissa lives in the UK with her husband, 2 children and is the executive sponsor for WEN (Women’s Empowerment Network) for the UK at Fortrea.
Rory Gopsill is a Senior Analyst in GlobalData’s Consumer division. He worked in Strategic Intelligence from August 2021 – May 2023 as an associate analyst, before moving to the Consumer division as an analyst. Rory has expertise in the packaging sector. Packaging legislation, deposit return schemes, reusable packaging, ecommerce packaging, and packaging logistics are primary areas of interest. Consumer goods-related topics of interest include clean label, ultra-processed foods, and digital lifestyles. Rory also has expertise in the applications of AI, cybersecurity, robotics, blockchain, and cloud computing within the consumer goods and packaging industries.
Hannah Cleland is a senior Food and Foodservice Analyst in GlobalData’s Consumer division, where she has worked for the past three years. She has produced content on industry and consumer trends such as the geopolitics briefing, foodservice labor shortages, and the impact of ESG in 2040. In addition to her analysis work, she has run various client engagement sessions for global FMCG and foodservice players and has spoken at industry events such as Food Matters Live.
