Dr. Thomas Frey served as Chief Operating Officer for Europe since June 2001 and has also served as Vice President of ICON Clinical Operations Europe from January 2000 to May 2001. He now holds the position of President, ICON Development Solutions.

Dr. Frey has 18 years of experience in pharmaceutical research and development. He started his career in 1987 with Hoechst Pharmaceuticals. From 1995 to the end of 1999 he was Senior Director of Clinical Development Europe at Hoechst Marion Roussel. Dr. Frey received his medical degree in 1980 from the University of Heidelberg.

Dr. Simon Constable graduated in medicine (MBBS) from Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals in London in 1995. Following a period of training in general medicine and cardiology in the UK and New Zealand, he joined ICON Development Solutions in 2000 as a Clinical Research Physician and subsequently Associate Medical Director, gaining experience as a Principal Investigator (PI). In 2003 Dr. Constable went to undertake higher medical training in clinical pharmacology & therapeutics (CPT) and general (internal) medicine (GIM) followed by a Lectureship in CPT at the University of Liverpool. Having received specialist accreditation by the Royal College of Physicians and General Medical Council in CPT and GIM, Dr. Constable has rejoined ICON Development Solutions as Medical Director leading the Clinical Unit and is PI on a number of studies.

Jayne Shippin is a Registered Nurse and Midwife and holds a Diploma in Management Studies (DMS). She has over 20 years’ experience in Phase I clinical research, 13 of which have been spent exclusively managing all aspects of volunteer recruitment. In her time managing recruitment both at ICON Development Solutions and other CRO Research Units she has populated well in excess of 500 studies including Phase 0 Proof-of-Concept, Phase I and Phase IIa and is an expert at sourcing special or challenging populations. In addition she has been responsible for the planning and implementation of successful advertising and marketing strategies contributing to the ongoing increase in database numbers and % retention of volunteers.

Tom Hoggan is an experienced call centre team leader and manager having previously worked within various large telecommunications companies. He is responsible for the daily supervision of the volunteer recruitment team and for ensuring that the required number of volunteers are recruited to participate in the studies conducted at our unit or partner sites.