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The Board

The Board determines the strategy for the Society, ensuring effective management of all PM Society activities.

Dominic Marchant

Chair

Dom is respected in the healthcare communications industry as a creative force. His experience spans several verticals and he has helped shape global campaigns for The Coca Cola Company, Panasonic and Ted Baker as well as most of the major healthcare companies.

Having built and sold two successful agencies – DJM & ARK – Dom brings together the perfect blend of creativity and business acumen. He has held board level posts and sat on leading healthcare industry juries and panels, including the prestigious Cannes Lions Health Awards. In 2022, he was head judge at the PM Society Awards and he is responsible for the Creativity for Good initiative.

Rachel Farrow

Director

Rachel was Co-Chair of the Society from March 2014 to February 2017 and has been on the Executive Committee of the Society since 2007. She is Chair of the Digital Awards, an event she launched in 2009. Rachel has over 20 years’ experience in the healthcare and communications industries. She has managed several agencies, was Global Vice President of Medical Communications at Quintiles for 5 years and is currently a business consultant with her own company Route 73 Consulting. Her expertise spans communications, business management, digital media, patient programmes and medical education.

Carwyn Jones

Director

Carwyn is currently a Board Director of the Society. He was Co-Chair from March 2014 to February 2017 and has been a member of the Executive Committee since 2009. Carwyn is a Consultant to Private Equity, Advisory, Healthcare Agencies & Pharma having previously been Senior Partner at OPEN Health where he undertook various roles in General Management, Strategy & Operations and Business Development. He also spent several years at Doctors.net.uk where he was Head of Pharmaceutical sales and marketing, and Eli Lilly & GSK in various sales and marketing roles. He is also a committed Welsh rugby fan!

Colin Williams

Board member

Colin has been actively involved with the PM Society for over a decade, helping to establish the Digital Awards and leading our Digital Interest Group prior to becoming co-chair of the PM Society in February 2020. He is currently Senior Director, Digital Strategy at Astellas. Colin has spent more than 20 years in the industry gaining extensive experience in digital marketing, operational & project management, marketing and market research. Previous employers include GSK, Huumun, Boehringer Ingelheim, Kantar TNS and IQVIA. He is also a committed, if perennially disappointed, Tottenham Hotspur fan!

Caroline Benson

Board member

Caroline has worked in healthcare agencies for many years and runs Cuttsy+Cuttsy, a strategic healthcare communications agency that she set up in partnership with her brother in 2011. She won the Campaign magazine and the IPA’s Women of Tomorrow 2018 Award and the agency has won lots of awards for their culture including Platinum IPA CPD and Working Mums SME Top Employer award. She was the PM Society’s Patient Engagement Interest Group Lead for two years prior to becoming co-chair of the PM Society in February 2020.

Jenny Claridge

Marketing Director

Jenny joined us in January 2021, with a focus on our members and partnerships to ensure the PM Society continues its role in providing education and supporting organisations and people in healthcare. Jenny has over 20 years’ experience in healthcare, regulatory affairs and medical aesthetics industries. After a progressive sales and marketing career at Johnson & Johnson, she managed an implementation of training programmes for the optical profession and marketing programmes for a medical affairs consultancy. Her expertise spans medical education, training, business development and strategic marketing.

The Operations Team

The core operations team ensure the co-ordination and smooth running of all our initiatives and events.

Lorna Milner

Awards Manager

Lorna joined the PM Society as Marketing Co-ordinator early in 2012 before being promoted to Project Manager in 2015. 2018 saw her take over the reins as Awards Manager responsible for all aspects of planning for both the PM Society Awards and Digital Awards.

In the industry since 2000, Lorna was previously events, accounts and office manager at event specialists Genesis Adoration and before that she worked at American Express Gold and Platinum Card Travel and Hogg Robinson. Her time outside work is taken up with her two daughters.

Elizabeth Misselbrook

Events and Marketing Coorindator

Elizabeth joined the society in 2022 as Marketing and Events Coordinator supporting the office team and committee. Elizabeth’s career started in the civil service before spending a number of years working in channel marketing and running events for HP. This was followed by five years working for a creative marketing agency as a client manager working mainly on digital campaigns.

When not at work, Elizabeth enjoys running, volunteering at her local junior parkrun and playing the flute and trumpet in a local concert band.

Alexandra Moore

Content, Events and Marketing Manager

Alexandra joined PM Society in 2023 as the events, content and marketing manager here at PM Society. Alexandra’s has a career that covers all things content and marketing for a variety of different industries, including Pharma. She’s a very creative person, so this has been the perfect path for her.

Outside of work, Alexandra loves going to the gym, baking, and spending time with her family and dog.

Fay Bugler

Finance Manager

Fay joined the Society in 2008 and is responsible for the Society’s financial management, budgeting and reporting.

Fay started her career at Barclays Bank, followed by a long stint at Kuoni Travel. She has also worked in an agency, dealing with Pharma clients, and an accountancy practice.

Outside of work Fay can be found ferrying her teenage children to hockey and equestrian events.

The Executive Committee

The Executive Committee inputs into the strategy and delivers on the plan for the Society, ensuring effective management of all activities. Many of our Executive Committee members are also leaders of our Interest Groups. These networking groups are led by professionals in their field which deliver on the PM Society’s purpose in their functional area of expertise.

Executive Committee & Interest Group Leads

Alex Merckx
Careers Interest Group Co-Lead

Becca Sharman
Patient Engagement Interest Group Co-Lead

Christine Buggle
Patient Engagement Interest Group Co-Lead

Dom Marchant
Creativity for Good Lead

James Harper
Digital Interest Group Lead

Jonathan Dancer
Training Lead

Mike Orriss
Learning & Development Interest Group Co-Lead

Paul Reynolds
Learning & Development Interest Group Co-Lead

Rachel Farrow
Industry/Agency Relationships Interest Group Co-Lead & Diversity Interest Group Co-Lead

Phil Bartlett
Diversity Interest Group Co-Lead

Dr Samuel Pygall
Digital Interest Group Co-Lead

Simon Walker
Careers Interest Group Co-Lead

Stephen Page
Industry/Agency Relationships Interest Group Co-Lead

The Industry Council

The Industry Council provides input and ideas to all PM Society initiatives as well as becoming actively involved in the planning and running of key activities.

Industry Council

Adam Jeffrey

Gary Duncan

John Robson

Kam Pooni

Liz Mills

Patrick Kearns

Ram Patel

Richard Springham

Sean O’Reilly

Trish Shepherd