Meet the Team

Senior Directors:

Our team of Senior Directors each have over 15 years market access experience and have led Global, Regional and Affiliate launches. Each Senior Director will work in partnership with you bringing their knowledge of launching products across various disease areas to help identify your objectives and guide you in creating your strategy and execution plan.

Nick Melling

Senior Director,
Market Access Europe

Nick has spent more than 27 years in the Pharmaceutical Industry, predominantly in a Market Access leadership capacity at country, regional and global levels.

Ed Stockton

Senior Director,
Market Access Strategy

Ed has spent 23 years within Market Access in the Pharmaceutical Industry in both brand and leadership roles at a country, regional and global level.

Pricing, Reimbursement & Access Directors:

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Each PRA Director is a highly experienced project manager with more than 10 years experience of working in the Pharmaceutical Industry, the majority of which has been within market access. Our PRA Directors deliver high quality project content and insight through the analysis of primary and secondary market access research.

Shannon Lee

Director - Market Access

Shannon has more than 12 years of experience in Market Access through previous roles at major pharmaceutical companies.

Shannon’s main areas of expertise include reimbursement strategy for HTA and Payer submissions, new product planning for pipeline assets, and creating tailored scientific information for healthcare professionals, payers and patients.

Luca Dellamano

Director – Market Access

Luca has more than 15 years of experience delivering primary and secondary research at European and international level for Strategic Pricing and Market Access projects.

Luca holds an Executive Master’s Degree in Regulatory Affairs and Market Access; a postgraduate Certificate in Health Technology Assessment; and a Master’s Degree in Health Economics and Pharmacoeconomics.

Nicole Drake Boven

Director – Primary Research

Nicole has over 18 years of pharmaceutical market research experience, including pricing and market access.

As well as leading the primary research elements of projects, Nicole ensures project teams are compliant with market research policies and training requirements.

Strategic Advisors:

FingerPost’s Strategic Advisors are all experts from pharmaceutical company, academic or agency backgrounds. They are experts in healthcare system policy and reform and typically specialise in a single market or grouped markets e.g. Nordics. They provide advice for the challenges faced by our clients, validate research outcomes and provide recommendations on a market-by-market basis. Please contact us for more information about our market-specific Strategic Advisors.

Market Access Consultants:

Our team of Market Access Consultants have a strong understanding of health economics, health policy, payer market research, pricing and market access within specific markets. They are based in-market, interview payers in their preferred language, and have built their own payer networks within the healthcare systems they focus on. They play a pivotal role in country market research activities. Please contact us for more information about the Market Access Consultants that we work with.

Leadership Team:

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The Leadership Team is led by Catherine Bacon, Founder and Managing Director of Fingerpost. The multidisciplinary team brings together a range of skills and experiences from the life sciences industry, as well as executive level experience and capabilities from other industries.

Catherine Bacon

CEO

Catherine has an MSc in Neuroscience and more than 15 years of experience in market access. Her experience working with a range of different life science companies has inspired her to develop market access solutions that address the challenges faced by pharmaceutical companies with small portfolios.

Victoria Wooldridge

Chief Operating Officer

Victoria has over 12 years’ experience working within a commercial recruitment capacity, primarily within the field of Market Access and HEOR. Victoria is the main point of contact at FingerPost for contracting, network management and compliance.

Jennie Thomson

Finance Director

Jennie is a Chartered Accountant with 18 years of experience advising Entrepreneurial Businesses. Jennie oversees all aspects of financial management and inputs into the overall commercial strategy of the business.

Steven Hartley ACA

Non-Executive Director

Steve is a Chartered Accountant with experience on the Board of listed and private companies. Steve supports and advises the FingerPost Leadership team to help secure the long-term, sustainable success of FingerPost.