Victor is an experienced executive and VP of medical strategy and operations in the ThermoFisher (PPD) owned clinical research site network. With 20 years experience in clinical research and drug development, he’s managed clinical trial delivery across all phases (including virus challenge) both as an academic investigator, and within the commercial setting as general manager of a global site network. He also has extensive experience as a healthcare leader and executive in the UK health-system. Victor undertook medical training in the UK and specialized in surgical oncology; he also read for a PhD in molecular biology. In 2003 Victor co-founded Crionna, a science-focused CRO. He continued to work both in the commercial sector and, maintained a clinical practice in surgical oncology as professor in the University of Edinburgh (UK) until 2018 when he transitioned fully to commercial research.