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Tendai White has led INPACT Global Alliance as Executive Director for the EMEA, CSA & AP regions for over 10 years. Under her tenure, INPACT has grown in strength and stature and today boasts over 135 member firms across 63 countries and is consistently ranked in the top 20 global associations of accounting firms.

Tendai is responsible for the day-to-day management and strategic development of INPACT, working in close collaboration with INPACT’s Global Board of Directors to support the development and implementation of membership services. Her role brings her into contact with accountancy firms across the globe, providing her with invaluable insight into the diverse challenges they face and how collaboration and mutual support can open new opportunities.

Tendai champions diversity and brings warmth and humanity to her role. Described as a ‘breath of fresh air’ for her openness and collaborative approach, she is a regular panellist and speaker at industry events.

Tendai completed a BA in International Business and an International Marketing MBA at the European School of Economics in London. She has recently completed an MSc in Digital Marketing with the Digital Marketing Institute.

Derk Arts MD, PhD has over fifteen years of experience in medicine, research and technology. He founded Castor to solve the biggest issues in clinical research: a lack of inclusivity, patient focus and impact of data. Castor enables sponsors worldwide to run patient-centric trials on a unified platform, that helps them maximize the impact of research data on patient lives.

Dr. Derk Arts believes the key to achieving lasting change in the industry is through scalability and standardization. Technology to run better trials and maximize the impact of data should be available to all researchers.

Over the past 12 months, Castor provided pro-bono support to over 300 COVID-19 trials, and provided the entire infrastructure for the World Health Organizations’ Solidarity Trials.