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Experienced Executive chef with a demonstrated history of working in the hospitality industry. Skilled in Catering, Food & Beverage, MICROS, Mediterranean Cuisine, and Hospitality Management. Strong operations professional with a HOTEL MANAGEMENT focused in Hospitality Administration/Management from MSIHMCT.

Beyza Karakoy is an Analyst in GlobalData’s Strategic Intelligence team, having joined in September 2021. She authors and manages a portfolio of reports, contributing to the analysis of technologies across various sectors, notably financial services and sport. Her areas of expertise include tech regulation, data privacy, legal tech, and AI. Prior to joining GlobalData, Beyza completed her LLM Master of Laws at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Josué holds MD from the University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon and worked (1997-2000) as general practitioner in the University Hospital of Yaoundé. He then completed a MSc in molecular biology at the Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), followed by a diabetes cell therapy-focused PhD training and Postdoctoral fellowship at the same university. In 2015, Josué joined the Phase 1 field as Clinical Research Physician in a CRO and started a postgraduate training in Pharmaceutical Medicine, before moving two years later to Pfizer Clinical Research Unit in the role of Principal Investigator. In his current role of Clinical Operations Director, Josué supervises the teams of Investigators, Projects Managers and Regulatory Staff. He is responsible for several innovative projects aiming at improving clinical trial participant’s experience and PCRU deliveries while maintaining full compliance to GCP, national and international regulations. This includes being Subject Matter Expert for electronic consent and for Decentralized Clinical Trial modalities.

Martina holds a Master’s in Pharmaceutical Science from Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria. Her certifications include Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, St. Gallen Management Institute Business Strategy, and the London Business School programs re. Accelerated Development as well as the Innovation Through Design Thinking.

Over her 25-year career, she’s taken on multifaceted roles at Fresenius Kabi, Roche, and MSD, spanning divisions across Research, Manufacturing, Commercial and Global Support Functions. She developed drug products to market and pioneered a novel single-use auto-injection device platform for sterile dosage forms. Beyond product development, Martina has been leading business process streamlining, strategic development, and organizational integration. Her achievements include establishing the global MSD Innovation and Development Hub in Zurich, founding the global MSD Center of Excellence for Comparator Blinding, innovating an early phase biologics supply chain, amplifying Enterprise Strategy Office projects as a Design Thinking Facilitator and enhancing the Global Market Access forecasting methodology. Currently she is creating innovative solutions for clinical supply operations, clinical sites, and leading digitalization as well as people innovation endeavors; she is leading the MSD Digital Display Labeling (DDL) project as well as co-leading the cross-industry DDL Community of Practice.