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New appointments at Synovate Healthcare

27 July 2004

LONDON — SYNOVATE Healthcare, a specialist research division of global research company Synovate, has announced some key management appointments.

Bob Douglas has joined the company as Managing Director - Europe and Asia. Douglas has worked in the market research industry for over 25 years, and most recently held the position of Managing Director at TNS (International Healthcare Research Division) where he worked for 16 years. Prior to this, Douglas worked on the industry side with Roche, Wellcome and Boehringer Ingelheim.

Stuart Bartlett has been named Regional Director Synovate Healthcare Asia Pacific. A graduate of Isis Research in London, Bartlett spent four years specializing in sales force effectiveness and ad-hoc research. He moved to Hong Kong in 2001 to head up the Isis representative office; two years later he joined Synovate as director of the healthcare division. He is currently based in Singapore, and for the last twelve months has been working mainly on regional healthcare projects. He is backed by a strong team of researchers both in Singapore and in the other key markets across the region.

Following the merger of Isis Research and Synovate, the newly combined Healthcare business in Asia Pacific has more than 50 full time healthcare researchers and over 154 interviewers across the region, with dedicated Healthcare teams in Singapore, China (both Shanghai and Beijing), Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, and now, from July this year, a dedicated Healthcare team in Taiwan.

Prema Gopal has been promoted to Project Director in the Synovate Healthcare Singapore office. Gopal will continue her client servicing role as well as her responsibility for project management at both a local and regional level.

Andrew Wood has recently taken on the role of Manager - Jigsaw and UK Ad Hoc. Wood joined Isis Research as a Graduate in 1998. He worked initially in the UK on Conference Research and then in the Jigsaw team. In 2001 Wood left the UK to work in Isis' office in China, initially as Business Development Manager for Isis Shanghai and then as Head of the same office. In December 2003, Andrew moved to Hong Kong as Country Manager working with clients across Asia Pacific.

Louisa Miles will take on the new role of Global Training Manager at Synovate Healthcare with effect from 1st September 2004. Miles has several years experience within pharmaceutical market research. Miles joined the Isis graduate training scheme in 1997. After placements in Fieldwork International and the Omnibus sub-section of Pulse, Miles joined the Jigsaw Team. For the last 4 years, she has worked closely with UK pharmaceutical companies helping them with their business intelligence decisions. Louisa will bring her wealth of experience as a practicing market researcher to bear on the development and expansion of Synovate Healthcare's training program.