Emma Fiddes

Associate Director, Site Management

IQVIA, Australia

Emma has an established career in the Clinical Research Industry with the first five years spent in a number of Phase I units in various Clinical and Project Management roles. Having entrenched expertise in the Phase I arena, Emma worked alongside the CEO of one of the units during its start-up phase. During this time, she led business development activities, created the quality system, managed third party vendors, as well as being responsible for Project Management and Line Management.
Emma joined IQVIA in 2011 to broaden her Clinical Research repertoire into later phase projects. As a successful CRA, and then SCRA, Emma was instrumental in delivering projects at a site level for Phase II and III projects in Oncology, Infectious Disease (Hepatitis C) and Internal Medicine, though the Functional Service Provider Model. After several years as a CRA Emma made the move to Project Leadership. During her time in the Project Management group Emma was responsible for a variety of trials, from Phase 1 Healthy Volunteers to Phase IV Registration trials. Over the course of her time in Project Leadership Emma was able to use her skills as a CRA to aid her in successfully managing her projects. Emma worked with cross functional teams located across Asia Pacific, Europe and the US. Within the Project Management role Emma was exposed to a range of new Therapeutic Area’s and Phases.

Looking for a change of environment Emma moved into the Site Management group where she was responsible for the CRA Training Program, then member of the CRA/CTA Line Management Team.
Emma is currently an Associate Director within the Site Management group overseeing the clinical operations of the Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth teams. With her Project Management experience Emma also undertakes the role Local Point of contact for a global customer affiliate.