Management Team

Pietro has spent the last 16 years at IDBS with responsibilities for EMEA sales, Global Key Accounts, and most recently, as Vice President of Product, Strategy and Marketing. In this role, he was instrumental in defining IDBS’ strategy and competitive positioning, working with the teams designing and launching Polar as our category-defining BioPharma Lifecycle Management offering, and building a talented team of leaders.

Pietro has a BSc in Biotechnology from the University of Nottingham.

Diana joined IDBS in March 2023 as Vice President of Engineering. In her role, she is responsible for leading the software engineering organization, building new product capabilities, as well as accelerating the SaaS-ification of the business through technology, culture, talent and process leadership. 

Most recently, Diana held the role of Executive Director, Head of Content Production Technology at SIX Group, leading a global team with direct responsibility for Financial Information Data Intake and Data Factory. 

Diana holds an MSc in Information Technology from Birkbeck, University of London. 

Mike is Vice President of Global Commercial Operations and Customer Success. In this role, he is responsible for all Field Operations supporting IDBS customers spanning Sales, Solution Consulting, Customer Success Management, Professional Services and Customer Support.

Mike has played a significant role in developing strategy and driving growth at IDBS, holding many of the company’s key roles over his tenure.  He has extensive experience in helping organizations overcome their current and emerging challenges across the R&D landscape.

Prior to joining IDBS in 2001, Mike worked at Merrill Lynch in Princeton, NJ after earning his degree in Biology from the College of New Jersey.

Anne joined IDBS in 2001 and is the Senior Director of Finance, leading the Finance organization.

Whilst at IDBS, Anne has led the Finance team through the growth of IDBS and has been the Finance lead for all acquisitions.

Prior to joining IDBS, Anne worked in a variety of industries including Manufacturing and Software.

She became a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in 1985.

Liz leads a team responsible for governance, quality, compliance and value realization from our portfolio of products.

She joined IDBS in 2014, having previously worked for Novartis in various IT management & leadership roles including Clinical Development IT and CIO UK and Ireland Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Prior to this Liz was a Consultant at Accenture.

She holds a PhD in Chemistry from University of Cambridge and BSc Hons in Chemistry from University of Bristol.

Harjit Basra joined IDBS in September 2021 as Senior Director Human Resources and leads the company’s Human Resources activities across the globe.

Harjit started her journey within the Life Science platform at Danaher in 2012 and joined us directly from Leica Microsystems, where she performed various HR Business Partnering roles.  Her last position was HR Lead for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Harjit is an international leader with a proven track record in leading and developing high-performing teams. She has over 20 years’ experience in HR and remains very passionate about creating a trusting, culturally diverse, transparent environment where we share best practice and driving continuous development throughout the organization.

Harjit is a Chartered member of the CIPD, holds a master’s degree in Strategic HR Management and a bachelor’s honors degree in Psychology.

In her previous role at GE Digital, Eliza was Sr Director of Global Revenue Marketing, covering their manufacturing software portfolio for the Food & Beverage, Consumer Packaged Goods and Pharma/Life Sciences industries. Prior to this she headed up Marketing for the Europe, Russia and CIS region.

She has an MBA from London Business School and a broad range of experience encompassing strategy consulting, sales and marketing in a number of industries including the music and pharmaceutical industries.