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How clinical development can tackle Africa's unique health needs
Commercially-led clinical development activity has been neglected in Africa; that must change with the continent's evolving population and health profile.
Alistair Grenfell
Alistair Grenfell is president, Europe, Middle East, Africa & South Asia heading up IQVIA
operations in the UK&I, Northern Europe, France, Spain, Portugal & Turkey, Germany &
Austria, Switzerland & Israel, Italy & Greece, East Europe, Russia & CIS and Africa, Middle East
& South Asia. Alistair also leads IQVIA Global Public Health initiatives.
Previously, he served as the company’s president, North Europe and Africa from December
2011 to April 2015. Since joining IMS Health in 1996, Alistair has held sales, client services and
business management roles of increasing responsibility in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
He served from 2010 to 2011 as general manager for Belgium, Netherlands, Nordics and
Baltics, and prior to that led the IMS Health sales function in EMEA for three years. Earlier,
Alistair spearheaded sales activities for mid-sized countries in the region. He also managed the
company’s U.K. and Ireland sales team and served in a variety of account, business
development and global sales roles.
Alistair holds a B.A. degree with honors in Business Economics from Anglia University and
an M.Sc. in Economics and Competition Policy from Bayes Business School, City, University of
London.
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