Julie Beal

"After spending the initial first few years of my career in both customer services and then in a typical high street agency, I moved into the outsourcing division of a CRO. With over 10 years of recruitment experience within CROs, recruiting directly and globally for all positions within drug development, I understand how much extra pressure recruitment can put on hiring managers, and how important it is to find the right candidate for your team. Having many years’ experience in recruiting at CROs I also understand how important timelines are and the knock-on effect that an open, unfilled position causes."

Rachel Kingston

"I started my career in drug development in 1991, briefly as a behavioural pharmacologist before entering into clinical research. My career path has included the roles of CRA, Project Manager, Programme Manager and Clinical Research Manager, and more latterly in Quality Assurance and Clinical Compliance. My expertise is within Good Clinical Practice and clinical trial regulations, including the development of pragmatic and workable Standard Operating Procedures. I have worked in Contract Research Organisations (CRO) and pharmaceutical companies of all sizes within Europe and Australia.