(Alliance News) - Clinigen Group PLC on Monday announced the appointment of Sam Herbert as chief operating officer with immediate effect.
Herbert's most recent role before joining the pharmaceutical services firm was at World Courier, which provides logistics services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors.
Herbert had spent seven years in World Courier from 2013 to 2020, leaving as president.
"We have been building out Clinigen's global platform in order to fully realise our vision of being the trusted global leader in Access to Medicines. Now, more than ever, Clinigen has an important role to play in getting essential medicines across the world to the patients that need them," said Chief Executive Shaun Clinton.
"In adding the chief operating officer role and with it, someone of Sam's calibre and experience into the management team, this gives us more bandwidth and will significantly help us focus on executing our growth strategy and the significant number of opportunities the platform is creating," Clinton added.
Shares in Clinigen were up 3.3% at 697.00 pence on Monday in London.
By Dayo Laniyan; dayolaniyan@alliancenews.com
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