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.

Claire is the VP of Operations and Danaher Business System Leader (DBSL) for IDBS.

As the VP of operations, she plays an instrumental role in leading the execution of the most critical programs across our business. As the DBS Leader, she supports the business in driving continuous improvement by implementing best practices from the DBS toolkit. 

Claire joined IDBS in 2009 as a Chemistry Software Tester. Before that, she worked as an analytical scientist at Servier Laboratories. In her previous roles at IDBS, Claire led the Scrum Master function and held the Engineering DBSL role before moving full-time into the DBSL team in 2022. 

Claire holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry and an MChem in Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, both from the University of Manchester. 

Scott is responsible for shaping the strategy for our product portfolio. He leads a product team focused on partnering with our customer base to architect a compelling future aligned with our vision of advancing human health by accelerating the next generation of life-changing therapies.

He has held multiple leadership roles over his 19-year tenure at IDBS and has a deep understanding of our products, markets and customers.

Most recently as VP of Business Development & Open Innovation, Scott led our OI strategy to expand our technology and channel partner network.

Before joining IDBS, Scott spent over 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry, where he led multiple drug-development programs from conceptualization to entry into clinical trials, and has authored over 30 peer-reviewed scientific papers and patents.

He obtained his PhD in Psychology from the University of Leeds, specializing in Neuroscience.

Liz leads our global services, customer support and quality functions. She has been instrumental in helping to position IDBS as the industry leader in quality accreditation.

In her previous role as Senior Director of Quality & Operations, Liz led teams responsible for Corporate Quality Assurance and Sales & Services Operations.

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 the University of Cambridge and a BSc Hons in Chemistry from the University of Bristol.

Chris oversees research, development, and cloud operations at IDBS, driving collaboration between Engineering, Product Strategy, and Customer Operations to deliver value to IDBS customers at pace whilst managing risks and costs. Joining IDBS in April 2024, Chris brings over 25 years of global IT industry experience and 15+ years in senior leadership positions, in roles such as Global VP of Product Engineering and Integrations at SITA and has led Agile teams at scale to create Enterprise Management & DevOps solutions which have been used by the world’s top 2000 companies.

With a strong background in Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Capacity Planning, Chris has pioneered innovations like the world’s first Microsoft Windows Health Monitoring Agent and AI solutions for IT service prediction. Chris holds a U.S. patent in Artificial Intelligence and is a Certified Scrum Master, Product Owner and SAFe® 5 Program Consultant.

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.