04 May 2010: ClinTec International announces the extension of its senior management team with the appointment of Austin Clarke, Director of Global Clinical Resourcing. Austin brings over 9 years of experience in management and delivery of large scale resourcing programmes in healthcare and other industries. He gained a degree in Marketing from the University of Abertay in Dundee, UK before beginning his career within Recruitment Services in 2010.
Austin Clarke joins from global recruitment agency, Adecco, holding various sales and marketing positions in UK-based offices in Scotland, the South West of England and finally through promotion to country manager in Ireland. At ClinTec, Austin will further develop the Global Clinical Resourcing model on an international basis and manage ClinTec’s relationships with pharmaceutical companies at a senior level.
ClinTec International continues to invest in its Global Clinical Resourcing solution through ongoing Partnerships with major pharmaceutical companies. Following 13 years of successful business in Global Clinical Resourcing, in 2009, for one client alone (a major pharmaceutical company), ClinTec delivered 51 personnel (mainly CRAs) located across 17 different countries and sees further expansion in this area in the future.
Senior Director of Corporate Development, Bobby Bal, remarked: “It is clear that the pharma sector continues to be challenged by conflicting drug development pressures such as R&D cost containment against speed and flexibility. ClinTec, through its global clinical resourcing solution, successfully addresses these pressures through offering highly-skilled flexible clinical resources in all major global locations and whenever required. This offering brings a variety of development options to our client base. Austin will play an instrumental role in shaping the resourcing solution specifically for each client”.
Austin Clarke’s management experience has taken him into a variety of roles varying from Branch Manager, to Operational Management and finally Business Development Manager. Within these positions, Austin gained invaluable international experience within a multitude of areas including training & development, people management, business development and strategic account management. Throughout his career within the Recruitment Industry, Austin has nurtured and strategically account managed a number of large scale outsourced solutions which have secured consistent sales year on year from many global blue chip organisations.
President and CEO of ClinTec International, Dr Rabinder Buttar, commented: “Our industry is rapidly evolving and innovative resourcing solutions are urgently needed on a global scale. With over 13 years of experience in providing global clinical resourcing solutions, ClinTec has the capabilities to fully meet the needs of its clients in all major, as well as emerging, markets of the world. The appointment of Austin shows the commitment we have to working alongside our pharmaceutical clients to deliver clinical resourcing solutions on a global basis. We are very hopeful of creating more long-term winning partnerships with pharmaceutical companies in this way”.
