Authors

John Bowis who was a Member of European Parliament from 1999 to 2009 is now the Honorary President of Health First Europe. John became HFE’s Honorary President in 2009 and re-elected for a second term in 2011.

Peter Montgomery is one of a team of riders from the GSMA and works closely with the Tour and Clinical Study Partners – if you wish to Partner with the Tour, please contact Pete at [email protected] 

Mr Trueman is Vice-President of Market Access Smith & Nephew Advanced Wound Management and Chair of the Eucomed Advanced Wound Care Sector Group.

As the Communications Manager, Shweta plays a key role in the creation, development and implementation of a comprehensive communications strategy to enhance EDMA’s profile vis-à-vis internal and external stakeholders. Shweta’s work experience includes Fairleigh Dickinson University where she supported various facets of the communications team, as well as Johnson & Johnson where she led the […]

Hylke Sieders suffers from a spinal cord injury and shares what impact such injury has on him and his family. He would like to set up a foundation for spinal cord research and be more in touch with manufacturers to help innovate the current medical technologies for people living with a spinal cord injury. He […]

Ken Banks, Founder of kiwanja.net and FrontlineSMS, devotes himself to the application of mobile technology for positive social and environmental change in the developing world. He has worked at the intersection of technology, anthropology, conservation and development for the past twenty years and, during that time, has lived and worked across the African continent. He […]

Chantal Vets is the Senior Legal Director responsible for the Privacy Global Program at Medtronic, with over 11 years of legal and privacy experience in the medical technology industry. She works on the global level to develop, implement, and enhance a centralised corporate-wide global data protection and privacy program meeting the legal, regulatory and business […]

Claudia Guerrazzi is Research Assistant at CERGAS (Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management), Bocconi University.  She obtained a Master of Science in Economics and Management of Public Administration and International Institutions at Bocconi University in 2011. Her main research interests are related to ICT and innovation in the public sector and, in […]

Aline Lautenberg is the Eucomed, EDMA and MedTech Europe Legal Counsel. She joined Eucomed in February 2004, as Economic and Legal Affairs manager, after having worked as a consultant for over two years for a consultancy specialised in reimbursement of medical technologies. Since May 2013, she is also responsible for EMDA and MedTech Europe’s legal […]

Magdalena Kalata supports the Public Affairs and Communications department in the development of their outreach strategy and advocacy initiatives. The Head Editor of an online publication, Magdalena previously worked at a Brussels-based consultancy. She also completed a stage at the Directorate-General for Communication, where she actively participated in the EP CULT Committee and prepared an […]

Elodie Besnier joined IDF Europe in March 2013 as Research Officer for the study on access to quality medicines and medical devices for diabetes care in Europe. The first of its kind in the field of diabetes, this study highlights disparities in access to quality medicines and medical devices for diabetes care in the 47 […]

Mr. Sady ran marketing and developed the 150,000+ physician panel audience of QuantiaMD and professional diabetes community on QuantiaMD, which serves the marketing needs of many global diabetes firms. Mr. Sady then went on to direct the development and implementation of a dozen mobile phone applications for diabetes patient education with leading diabetes educators and […]