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BHBIA Speaker Profile: Nicola Miles, Xavier Fonder and Jessica Santos

The BHBIA are delighted to introduce you to our speakers for this event, please read their profiles below:


Nicola Miles, Senior Director – Business Development - MEDECONNECT

Linkedin: Nicola Miles

Bio: Nicola has been involved in the healthcare research industry for 30+ years working both in clinical and market research roles for the NHS and healthcare research agencies. As well as being a member of the BHBIA Ethics & Compliance Committee since its initiation she is a lay member of a Research Ethics Committee reviewing intervention and non-interventional programmes across the UK. 

Xavier Fonder – Group Compliance Director – RONIN International

Linkedin: Xavier Fonder





Jessica Santos – Global Compliance and Quality Director - Oracle Life Sciences

LinkedIn: Jessica Santos

Bio: Expert opinion leader in healthcare compliance, privacy, ethics, regulation, pharmacovigilance and quality management. Experienced statistician, analyst and methodologist. 

As a global executive, Jessica provides oversight and support across global offices in regulation, ethics and compliance, and responsible for directing frameworks regarding compliance, privacy and quality management in RWR (Real World Research) and MR (Market Research). 

Jessica is a frequent speaker and contributor in major conferences. She has a PhD in Social Science and MRS fellowship. Jessica is a member of BHBIA and EphMRA code of Ethics Committee, UK Research Ethics Committee, MAPs Compliance and co-chair of ISPOR Code of Conduct Committee.

Speakers supporting BHBIA Professional Development do so in order to promote Thought Leadership, discussion and innovation for the benefit of the membership. They also do this on a voluntary basis for which the BHBIA is grateful. Don't forget to provide your feedback scores for the event as these will enter the event and speakers into our annual BHBIA Professional Development Awards - recognising excellence in Thought Leadership.