CARLSBAD, Calif., April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Chiltern, a leading global clinical research organization, announced the promotion of Diana Wood to the role of Global Head, Business Development, reporting to Glenn Kerkhof, Chief Executive Officer. Diana was previously Vice President Business Development, North America, having joined Chiltern in 2003. Diana has over 20 years of industry experience including 14 years in senior operational and management roles.
Diana is based at the company's Carlsbad, California office and will be responsible for formulating, implementing and executing Chiltern's global sales and marketing strategy.
"This is a great opportunity," Diana said. "Chiltern has grown enormously over the past few years and has a terrific service offering for pharmaceutical and biotech sponsors, delivered by a very strong team." Diana added, "I am really looking forward to leveraging these strengths in order to build Chiltern's brand further and to support the Company's continued growth and development."
"This is an important role for us," Glenn Kerkhof Chiltern's CEO added. "Chiltern is an international network and it is vital that we take a global view of customer relationship management and service delivery, as well as being totally responsive at a local level. We are delighted that we had an outstanding internal candidate in Diana to appoint to the global role."
Established in 1982, Chiltern is a leading global contract research organization with extensive experience of running and staffing international Phase I to Phase IV clinical trials across a broad therapeutic range for a wide variety of clients. Chiltern employs more than 1000 people with 18 offices across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, India and South Africa. Chiltern provides services including Phase I and laboratory support, Phase II - III Clinical Development, Staff Resourcing, Biometrics, Regulatory and Medical Affairs.
For More Information Contact: Catherine Lemercier Chiltern International, Inc. 2111 Palomar Airport Road Suite 200 Carlsbad CA 92011 USA Tel: 1 (760) 707 5025 Fax: 1 (760) 707 5022 Email: Catherine.Lemercier@chiltern.com Richard Baptista Chiltern International Ltd. 171 Bath Road Slough Berkshire SL1 4AA UNITED KINGDOM Tel: 44 (0) 1753 512 000 Fax: 44 (0) 1753 511 116 Email: Richard.Baptista@chiltern.com
Chiltern International, Inc.CONTACT: Catherine Lemercier of Chiltern International, Inc.,+1-760-707-5025, or fax, +1-760-707-5022, Catherine.Lemercier@chiltern.com;or Richard Baptista of Chiltern International Ltd., +44 (0) 1753 512 000,or fax, +44 (0) 1753 511 116, Richard.Baptista@chiltern.com
