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Hannah N. Zarkar
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Wendy Wallner
Wendy is Senior Vice President at Ipsos, a top global research company. She has over 25 years of experience beginning with P&G in brand management, followed by positions at Nielsen, and others.
She has led research practices for North American businesses in Retail, Restaurant, Fashion, Travel industries. She joined IPSOS, a top global research company, in 2018 to hold positions in Market Strategy, Innovation and UX.
She is currently leading client relationships across key retailers. In this client officer position, Wendy acts as an advocate for clients and brings the best possible solutions and experts together to solve client business issues.
At Ipsos, we are passionately curious about Society, Markets and People.
We strive to provide true understanding and make our changing world easier to navigate.
Ian Pike
Ian Pike is the Chief Scientific Officer at Proteome Sciences and has 30 years’ experience working in the diagnostics and biotechnology sectors. Having gained a PhD in Medical Microbiology, he joined Welcome Diagnostics as a research group leader and spent 8 years working on new diagnostic assays, particularly for hepatitis. In December 1999, he joined the Technology Transfer Office of the UK Medical Research Council with responsibility for patents and commercialization of a wide portfolio of technologies related to the biomedical sector. Ian also worked for Cancer Research Ventures managing intellectual property and performing business development activities in Europe and the USA. Since joining Proteome Sciences in 2002 he has held a number of roles covering intellectual property management, business development, operational management and is now focused on leading the Company’s scientific strategy to offer clients a flexible, high quality service.