Our People
At Simbec-Orion, our exceptional team of professionals embodies our core values and is at the heart of everything we do. With a shared commitment to excellence, our people make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and drive drug development forward.
Our people bring our values to life every day, driving our success as a specialist Clinical Research Organisation. Explore the stories, expertise, and achievements of our incredible team. Together, we are dedicated to transforming the future of healthcare and improving the lives of patients around the world.
Qaisar Rafiq
Executive Director Business Development
Romille Cruz
Senior Medical Director
Anton Koneev
Senior Manager Budget Development and Pricing Strategies
Sadiq Lutfi
Director of Regulatory Affairs
Laura Gardner
Associate Project Director
"Simbec Orion offers a variety of interesting projects and opportunities which allow personal and professional growth. Also, the talented and highly experienced colleagues are always available to provide feedback and support when needed. The communication with colleagues, and also superiors is very open, friendly, and respectful.
Simbec-Orion is somewhere that invests in and supports its employees to progress and develop. My journey from a Placement Student, to Trainee Research Scientist, to now a line manager as Laboratory Supervisor is evidence of Simbec-Orion’s commitment. It’s a fast-paced and vast learning environment where no day is the same as the next. I highly recommend Simbec-Orion as a great place to work.
Lots of reasons! If you enjoy a fast paced environment with exposure to lots of different drugs and client development plans, there are so many exciting and interesting drugs we are working on – often at the forefront of drug development.
Simbec-Orion has a supportive working environment, clear goals and career paths, flexible working options, excellent company values and working culture.
There are multiple reasons I enjoy working at Simbec-Orion, first and foremost being participation in such pivotal, rewarding and intellectually stimulating work. The company’s emphasis on career growth has provided me with multiple opportunities for development and career paths to follow within the organisation.
Simbec-Orion has helped facilitate growth from the moment I sought it out. I was pointed in the right direction and was provided with the right level of support when needed, in addition with the right level of autonomy and independence.
Undoubtedly, the best thing about working at Simbec-Orion is the team and colleagues that we work with. Working at Simbec-Orion is more like working with a family or best friends. Work is certainly not a chore and is something I look forward to every day. In the last 12 years, there has not been a single day where I have woken up and thought, ‘Ow, No! I have work today!’.
I worked in many national and international research teams before joining Simbec-Orion, as my first place to work in a Clinical Research Organisation. I enjoy most the possibility of learning quickly because of the people who made me feel involved in many aspects of clinical trials and different studies from the beginning of my career path in this field.
I have been given the opportunity to work across the multiple teams within the business, allowing me to gain a wide understanding of the work we carry out. I’ve been supported through internal and external training programs.
I enjoy most the scale of the impact that I can have on the successful delivery of a clinical trial. Being a mid-sized CRO, there are large teams contributing towards each project. However, each employee is empowered to impart their ideas and talents to optimise the work that we do for our clients.