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Jen Horonjeff, PhD, is a patient advocate and the Founder & CEO of Savvy Cooperative. She was named one of the 50 Most Daring Entrepreneurs by Entrepreneur Magazine, alongside Elon Musk and Reese Witherspoon, for her work at Savvy, which helps companies equitably gather input and insights from diverse patients. Jen is passionate about patient co-design as she grew up with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and survived a brain tumor as an adult. She also holds a PhD in Environmental Medicine, and previously worked as a health outcomes researcher, a human factors engineer and user-centered designer, and an advisor to the FDA. Jen serves on the Board of Directors for The Sequoia Project, a non-profit focused on health data exchange, the Advisory Board of Trialbee, a clinical trial recruitment company, and numerous other committees to ensure the patient voice is included.

Neta Bendelac, 4G Clinical Senior Director of Strategy, has over 10 years of experience in Clinical Supply Chain Management. She headed the Clinical Supply Chain department at Teva Pharmaceuticals, where she established new and innovative approaches to managing IMPs in clinical trials, designing them with a highly acclaimed and unique patient perspective. Prior to Teva, Neta worked as an international Supply Chain consultant, providing simulations and optimization tools to clients worldwide. Neta holds a BS in Industrial Engineering  and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Tel Aviv University, Israel. Neta is always focused on execution, finding joy in creative solutions to help patients around the world.

Ian has worked within the pharmaceutical industry since 1978 and is a Charted Chemist.

Before moving into the contracting environment Ian was employed by Bayer Schering, during his time at Bayer Schering he worked within Quality and Manufacturing of Medical Devices.

Ian joined Sharp Clinical Services as General Manager in 2010 and is responsible for P&L, Customer Services, Operations and Quality; prior to joining Sharp Ian implemented a Clinical Trial Services business unit for Piramal Healthcare and MHRA approval.

Previous roles include Customer Service Director at Fisher Clinical Services and Operations Director at Quintiles Transnational.

Divya Chadha Manek both establishs and maintains existing strategic relationships with global and UK life sciences companies. Facilitation is her forte: working collaboratively with companies she advises, guides and connects people so that study sponsors and CROs who deliver research, derive maximum benefit from the support provided by the NIHR – the most integrated health research system in the world. From her roots in commercial research delivery in NHS hospitals, Divya went on to manage a national portfolio of commercial mental health studies before progressing to her current role. With this wealth of experience under her belt she can provide expert advice on how to use the NIHR services to optimise successful delivery of clinical trials in the UK