David Physick - SEA Consultancy (Chair)

David is a Liverpudian by birth and now lives in a small village near to the coast of Suffolk.  His journey there is rooted in working for Barclays Bank for almost 30 years.  After embarking on a traditional career trajectory, in 1987 David was dispatched to Northampton to join a secret project.  This turned out to be the vehicle for launching the world’s first debit card.  This was the first of many ground-breaking initiatives in which David was involved that have now evolved to be utilitarian features of modern-day banking, e.g. telephone and on-line banking. 

In 2003, David left Barclays and became an associate of the leadership development consultancy, Glowinkowski International, with which he had worked extensively during his leadership tenure at the bank.  Focusing on organisational climate, behaviour and personality, organisational design and process, the methodology helped turn-around a business unit of the bank that David led during the 1990s. 

Through his time associated with GIL, David has worked with the richest variety of clients, ranging from blue-chip commercial firms to universities and schools.  David has helped research and devise behavioural competency frameworks for CEOs, CIOs and Customer Service Directors as well as many firms.  David was involved in GIL’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) research programme with University of Essex to develop a new instrument to measure and assess corporate values. 

More recently, David has held an associateship with US firm, Chant Newall Development Group (CNDG LLC).  CNDG designs, develops and manages virtual learning environments for a range of corporates and universities.

David has been a long-standing judge for the WOW! Awards.  He is a member of Tomorrow’s Company, a progressive think-tank that emerged from The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) in the 1990s.  David has an MBA and an MSc in Organisational Psychology.

Sarah Phillips - Senior Principal, RWI, Enterprise Solutions (GBU), QuintilesIMS

Current responsibility:
Developing innovative approaches to enhance Real World Insights with Primary Market Research, to deliver deeper understanding of ‘why’ particular behaviours and patterns exist. Delivering augmented market research studies with the benefit of being set within the context of the real world

Profile overview:

• Prior to QuintilesIMS, Sarah spent four years working in an evidence based consultancy supporting clinical and commercial decisions early in the product life-cycle
• Over 20 years experience in designing and delivering market research engagements in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries
• Board member of EphMRA, influencing and leading the industry in terms of code of conduct and thought leadership
• Twice awarded the EphMRA President's Award for outstanding contribution to pharmaceutical market research (2015 and 2017)

Education:

• MA (Hons) Oxon

Areas of expertise:

• Primary market research
• Real-World Evidence
• New product development, including TPP development, forecasting
• Asset evaluation
• Patient pathway assessment
• Advanced qualitative techniques

Claire Methven - Real World Evidence Manager, Janssen UK

Claire Methven is Real World Evidence Manager for Janssen UK.  As RWE Manager Claire, has been responsible for Janssen UK RWE Strategy as well RWE training and governance framework.  A key part of Claire’s role is implementation of the evidence generation planning process within Medical Affairs and Health Economics and Market Access. 

Claire has over 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Claire has been with Janssen for 13 years and prior to her current role has held roles within late phase clinical operations and medical affairs and has worked in the UK and Australia. Claire led the implementation of a Janssen electronic Schizophrenia Treatment Adherence Registry (e-STAR), that collected treatment outcomes for schizophrenia using a web-based electronic data-capture. Claire holds an honours degree in Chemistry. 

Steve How - Business Development Director, Wilmington Healthcare

Part of Wilmington Healthcare’s Commercial Team, with additional responsibility for thought leadership activity, Steve is passionate about facilitating partnerships to develop better healthcare; whether that is linking up various providers and suppliers in the NHS, supporting industry on a strategic approach to working with the NHS or supporting public engagement with their local NHS.

With a background in the pharmaceutical industry, prior to joining Wilmington Healthcare, Steve worked for clinical decision support software provider CARE IS where his overarching objective was to deliver improved clinical outcomes for the NHS at the same or lower cost.

His passion for improving healthcare led Steve to set up Exarca Health in 2012; a unique organisation that uses its in-depth understanding of NHS priorities and processes coupled with healthcare business insight to help build unique and mutually beneficial partnerships between industry and the NHS.

Steve has also worked within the NHS with commissioners and provider organisations and in his spare time is an active Governor of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and the Better Together Alliance Vanguard.