Who we are.

Joining Medistrava in 2015, Elaine helped double the size of the organization through organic growth and acquisition to create a fully integrated medical, health economics and market access platform. Now, she joins us as President of Inizio Medical. As a trained neuropsychologist, Elaine has enjoyed a career in research and clinical practice before joining the industry, combining her background in science and behavior to drive evidence-based strategies that apply to real-world healthcare challenges.

Dan is responsible for growth and development of the Inizio Medical agencies (Ashfield MedComms, Apothecom, Nucleus Global). With 18 years of industry experience, Dan specializes in building high-performing companies that work with leading healthcare clients and brands. Dan is an industry leader in Publication Planning and has co-authored best practice guidelines as well as being a board member of the International Society for Medical Publishing Professionals.

Naseem has spent over 20 years working in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion both as a consultant and inhouse.  Her experience is predominantly in embedding DEI into organisations through transformation across a breadth of sectors including healthcare, higher education, oil & gas, civil service, private and public sector. At Inizio Medical, Naseem is responsible for developing a robust strategy and embedding DEI into everything we do, ensuring every facet of our organisation benefits from the richness diversity brings.

Andrew Joined Ashfield in 2017 and now leads the HR, Talent Acquisition and allegro teams for Inizio Medical. Prior to Ashfield, Andrew spent 6 years as the CHRO for a private equity backed business services organization up to it’s sale. Andrew began his career in business operations before moving to HR and talent management roles in Centrica, the FTSE listed energy company. Since joining the business Andrew has been instrumental in the launch and growth of allegro, the award-winning resourcing program, as well as the integration of several acquisitions.

Cliff is responsible for delivering the Inizio Financial Strategy as it relates to the Inizio Medical Division, to the support the shaping and executing the divisional strategy and business priorities. Cliff has 22 years industry experience, working in a variety of Finance roles and most recently as CFO for Ashfield Health. He started agency life at Gardiner-Caldwell Group before acquisition by the Thompson Corporation, within those 22 years has played a key role in the development of financial processes to meet business needs and supported growth through involvement in various acquisitions.

Richard worked for 18 years in Pharma (BMS, Janssen, AZ) in both domestic and international sales/marketing and business leadership roles. He joined what later became Ashfield Health in 2004 and prior to the acquisition by CD&R was the President of the Ashfield Health International Team with strategic and operational leadership accountability of approx. 750 people across UK, Germany and the US focused on 3 main areas, MedComms, PR and Policy. Richard moved to the role of Chief Transformation Officer, leading projects that support accelerated growth for the business by tackling the toughest challenges faced while helping shape new joined-up solutions.

Zack is responsible for building and implementing a cohesive growth strategy across the business unit that integrates the talent, resources, and capabilities that make Inizio Medical the world’s leading medical partner. With more than 23 years in healthcare communications, Zack specializes in driving growth through the expansion and evolution of capabilities that meet at the intersection of high science, clinical practice, and the market.  Prior to joining Inizio Medical, Zack served 9 years as President and Chief Strategy Officer at the Vaniam Group and held a variety of leadership roles for more than a decade with the Syneos Health family of companies.

Matt is responsible for collaborating across the business units within Inizio to architect solutions and synergize opportunities while driving growth and innovation within the US market. Matt brings over 20 years experience from the client side of the business where we sought to evolve how science is shared, measured, clarifying its impact and leveraging this data to make informed decisions both strategically upstream and tactically downstream. Matt has been an active leader across various industry forums and prides himself on proactively identifying trends and shifting organizational priorities to meet customer and client opportunities.

Phil has over 20 years of experience working in key leadership roles, both industry and agency. With oversight of the Specialized Services function of Inizio Medical (MEDiSTRAVA, MedEvoke) Phil is responsible for medical excellence and innovation to ultimately help improve patient access to medicines. Phil is a member of the Evidence Generation Working Group for the Medical Affairs Professionals Society where he was recently awarded a MAPS Leadership Award for his commitment to progressing the field of real-world evidence.