An experienced, multicultural team

President

Before joining Lead-Up in 2006, Gildas spent more than 12 years in French and international marketing and sales positions in several major pharmaceutical companies (Bayer, MSD, Aventis), working in various therapeutic areas including Thrombosis, Cardio/Lipido, and Rheumatology.

Gildas holds an MBA in Pharmaceutical Marketing (Paris VI) and a Master's degree in Biochemistry (Rennes, France).

Scientific Director

Rosa began her career as scientist and scientific manager in preclinical research and development of drugs, medical devices and bioassays. She has worked in the fields of biotechnology, microbiology, immunology, oncology and ophthalmology in Belgium, France and Switzerland (Cis-Bio-Industrie, Solvay, Merck Serono, Bioracs, Therapol).

She has extensive experience in medical writing (congress reports, post-meeting summaries, slide-kits for medical and marketing material, etc) on different topics and fields.

Rosa has a PhD in Biochemistry and Medical Bio-Engineering from the University of Paris and a Master’s degree in English and German (University of Paris).

Client Services Director

Karen began her career in the healthcare public relations field, in the USA and France, before moving in-house to handle product communications initiatives for international pharmaceutical companies in France (Aventis) and Switzerland (Actelion).

Karen has a Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University (Washington, DC, USA) and is a member of the British Healthcare Business Intelligence Association.

Senior Project Manager

Yasmina worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a Clinical Research Associate and Product Manager before bringing her skills to Lead-Up in 2017.

She holds a BSc from Paris Descartes University and an MBA in Health Marketing from Sorbonne University.

Senior Project Manager

Before joining Lead-Up in 2022, Lylia spent more than eight years of her career in marketing, in several French and international pharmaceutical companies (GSK, EL KENDI, TAKEDA, PIERRE FABRE…) as product manager and product manager Maghreb in various therapeutic areas such as neurosciences, dermatology, haemophilia, rhumatology, and pneumology.

Lylia is a pharmacist and has a master degree in Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management (ESCP Business School, Paris).

Medical Education Project Manager

Marie worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a project and product manager for 1 year before bringing her skills to Lead-Up in 2022.

She has a double degree in pharmacy and engineering.

Project Manager

Gabrielle started at Lead-Up on a work-study contract, before joinng the team as a project manager.

She holds an MSc in Immunology from Paris Saclay University and an MBA in Global and Digital Marketing from ESG Business School.

Executive Assistant and Office Manager

Marlene is multilingual, fluent in French, English and her native Portuguese, and has worked for ten years in the pharmaceutical industry.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management.

Founder, Foxymed

After his degree, Adam started his career working in preclinical research in the pharmaceutical industry in Britain, USA and France (Zeneca, GSK, RPR), before moving into Strategic Medical Affairs. After 20 years of experience in industry, he founded the medical communications and consulting agency Foxymed in 2000, providing services to different players in the health sector.

Adam has a PhD in neuropharmacology from the University of Cambridge. His areas of expertise include neurology and psychiatry, rheumatology and gastroenterology, and virology.

Project Director and Medical Writer

Anne joined us more than fifteen years ago after working in communications in a New York medical publishing agency and in the pharmaceutical industry (Sanofi).

Her experience in project management covers a variety of projects (regulatory documents, scientific articles and posters, slide-kits) and a wide range of illnesses and health conditions, principally in the fields of psychiatry, neurology and gastroenterology.

She has a BSc in Biology (University of Jussieu-Paris) and a Master of Communication and Marketing (European Business School, Paris-New York).

Graphic Designer

Roger has long experience in visual and written communications, creating graphic concepts and managing their implementation in traditional and new media.

A graduate of the Central School of Art and Design, London, he has worked in educational publishing as well as in intergovernmental projects and web-based e-learning initiatives.

He is passionate about typography, likes to draw, and moves around Paris very efficiently by bicycle.

Project Manager, RTGG Congress Coordinator

Annaïk is a specialist in scientific communication and marketing, with PharmD and MBA degrees. With 30 years’ experience, both in the corporate world (Pharmuka, Théraplix, Rhône-Poulenc Rorer) and as a consultant (Adok Conseil), her areas of expertise are organization and project management, meeting facilitation and moderation, and training in public speaking.

Freelance Project Manager

Louise is a communication consultant and project manager in the fields of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. She has vast work experience in global, multi-cultural environments, having held senior agency and in-house positions.

Trilingual (English, German, French), Louise studied at London University (BA Hons).

Accounting and HR

Tanya Florence has been our freelance accountant and HR assistant for more than 10 years.

Medical Advisor

As a general practitioner with more than 25 years in the pharmaceutical industry (Servier, Ipsen, Abbvie), Ines has extensive experience as a medical advisor and manager of scientific field teams. Through her roles in medical affairs, she has worked in a variety of therapeutic fields including immunology, gastroenterology, dermatology, cardiovascular, neurology and rheumatology.

Ines graduated from the University of Medicine of Paris VI and acquired a master’s degree in Health Marketing (Paris VI), a CESAM diploma (Paris VI), and more recently, two additional degrees in microbiota (Sorbonne University) and nutrition and health (University of Paris).