Gareth Thomas has been appointed to the newly created role of International Development Director at Doctors.net.uk, the UK’s largest online network of medical professionals.
Reporting to Chief Executive Richard Adams, Gareth will be responsible for leading the network’s international expansion. His target is to establish a foothold for Doctors.net.uk in core European pharmaceutical markets by the end of 2010.
Gareth brings 30 years of combined healthcare technology and service solution experience to the company and has extensive knowledge of European pharmaceutical markets.
He joins from pharma knowledge management solution specialist Skila, where he was Vice President and head of Europe. Gareth also previously held a number of senior management roles at both Cegedim and Dendrite, most recently as Vice President Northern Europe for Cegedim Dendrite.
Richard Adams said: “Gareth joins the leadership team to help meet the demand from pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare organisations for us to create and execute best in class digital customer engagement across multiple territories.
“Coming on the heels of recent partnership agreements in the Nordic and Iberian regions, Gareth’s brief is to further extend our reach across Europe and beyond.”
Commenting on his new role, Gareth Thomas added: “The signals from the European market indicate that there is a huge opportunity to expand the Doctors.net.uk business. I am looking forward to joining a dynamic and successful team and to creating a new chapter in its success story.”
