Business Wire

MI-MMS-HOLDINGS

17.7.2024 12:06:28 CEST | Business Wire | Press release

Share
Industry Veteran Ben Dudley Joins MMS as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) to Drive Continued Growth for the Data-focused Clinical Research Organization

MMS, a data-focused clinical research organization (CRO), announced today that Ben Dudley has been appointed as the company’s new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Based in the UK, Ben Dudley brings more than 25 years of life sciences expertise on the CRO and Sponsor side, holding previous operational and commercial leadership roles at Parexel, Covance, and AstraZeneca.

As CCO at MMS, Ben will focus on:

  • Strategic growth planning, working closely with other members of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to refine the vision, strategy, and goals for continued growth and expansion of MMS globally.
  • Commercial leadership, understanding sponsor needs and guiding customer relationship management across global accounts; and
  • Marketing strategy, overseeing campaigns that showcase the value-add of MMS service offerings, which will impact our customer successes as well as have a positive impact on patient health.

“We were deliberate in our choice of a CCO who brings scientific strength, agility, and leadership to help continue to move MMS forward, and Ben’s experience is a great fit,” said Dr. Uma Sharma, CEO of MMS. “Ben’s passion for our industry, his commercial expertise, and proven leadership give us added momentum to drive our strategic vision, foster key partnerships, and significantly enhance our market presence.”

Data excellence is the need of the hour and what MMS brings to the industry.

"I am thrilled to join MMS at such an exciting time in the company's evolution," said Ben Dudley. "The company holds a significant place in the global CRO landscape, and I have witnessed the strength of their expertise over the years. I relish the opportunity to be part of the leadership of an organization with unique capabilities and culture as we continue the next stage of growth and delivery for our customers.”

This year, MMS celebrates 18 years globally, recently being named a Great Place to Work in all major regions of the world. MMS is known globally for data-focused CRO services, including:

  • Bundled Biometrics solutions, starting with the IND, effectively managing all data collection, analysis, and integrating non-traditional data and submission analyses.
  • Regulatory submissions, beginning with global regulatory strategy for multiple markets followed by execution of successful marketing applications (data, writing, and publishing/submission) with a flawless track record and industry leadership with over 50 submissions completed in the past five years.
  • Other key areas, including Regulatory and Medical Writing from IND to Phase 3, Quality and Compliance (complete GxP globally), Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance, Clinical Trial Transparency, and more.

View the entire MMS Executive Leadership Team (ELT) at https://www.mmsholdings.com/executive-leadership/

About MMS

MMS Holdings (MMS) is an award-winning, data-focused clinical research organization (CRO) that supports the pharmaceutical and biotech industries with a proven, scientific approach to complex trial data and regulatory submission challenges. Strong industry experience, an 18-year track record, AI technology-enabled services, and a data-driven approach to drug development make MMS a valuable CRO partner. With a global footprint across four continents, MMS maintains an industry-leading customer satisfaction rating.

For more information, visit www.mmsholdings.com

To view this piece of content from cts.businesswire.com, please give your consent at the top of this page.

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240717384423/en/

About Business Wire

Business Wire
Business Wire
101 California Street, 20th Floor
CA 94111 San Francisco

http://businesswire.com
DK

Subscribe to releases from Business Wire

Subscribe to all the latest releases from Business Wire by registering your e-mail address below. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Latest releases from Business Wire

Kinaxis Appoints Herb Yeh as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer20.7.2026 13:01:00 CEST | Press release

Seasoned corporate finance veteran brings more than 25 years of experience working with enterprise software companies through growth, M&A, and strategic transformation Kinaxis® Inc. (TSX:KXS), a global leader in supply chain planning and orchestration, today announced the appointment of Herb Yeh as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, effective July 27, 2026. In this role, Yeh will oversee the global finance organization and corporate strategy operations at Kinaxis, leading all Finance, Accounting, Investor Relations, Corporate Strategy, and Corporate Development. He will work closely with the executive leadership team and Board of Directors to support disciplined execution, long-term growth, and shareholder value creation. "Herb has spent his career working with boards and management teams at their most critical inflection points in enterprise software, and we are thrilled to have him join Kinaxis," said Razat Gaurav, Chief Executive Officer of Kinaxis. "He has followed

IFF Announces Agreement to Sell Its Portfolio of Botanical Extracts, Vitamins & Minerals and Food Enhancement Activities to SuanNutra, a Portfolio Company of Carbyne Equity Partners.20.7.2026 12:45:00 CEST | Press release

IFF (NYSE: IFF) — a global leader in flavors, fragrances, and health and biosciences — today announced that it has entered into an agreement with SuanNutra, a Carbyne Equity Partners portfolio company and global provider of science-backed branded and functional ingredients, to sell its portfolio of botanical extracts, vitamins and minerals, and food enhancement activities, including its range of natural colors and antioxidants and certain localized flavor activities in Peru. The portfolio serves a broad range of food, beverage and nutritional end markets through a comprehensive selection of customized solutions. “These businesses are highly respected, and we are confident they will continue to thrive under the ownership of SuanNutra and Carbyne,” said Erik Fyrwald, CEO IFF. “This transaction is another step in optimizing our portfolio and reinforces our focus on our core innovation-led businesses — Taste, Scent and Health & Biosciences — where we see the greatest opportunities to drive

NIQ Appoints Irina Stoian as Chief AI Commercial Officer20.7.2026 12:45:00 CEST | Press release

New executive role strengthens NIQ’s AI strategy and advances the company’s position as a trusted intelligence infrastructure powering AI-driven commerce NIQ today announced that Irina Stoian has joined the company as Chief AI Commercial Officer, a newly created role designed to accelerate NIQ’s enterprise AI commercial strategy and help clients turn the company’s AI capabilities into business impact and growth. Stoian will help align Product, Technology, Commercial, Partnerships, and Marketing around a unified AI growth strategy. Her remit includes shaping commercial AI offerings, strategic partnerships, pricing and business models, and deeper integration of NIQ capabilities into client workflows. The appointment builds on NIQ’s broader AI strategy, which positions the company as a trusted intelligence infrastructure powering AI-driven commerce. Across its AI portfolio, including ConnectAI, NIQ Optiq™, and NIQ Cadence™, NIQ is expanding how clients access trusted data, intelligence, a

Wolters Kluwer Named Top Vendor Law Firm SaaS Solution Provider in the DACH Region for 202720.7.2026 09:00:00 CEST | Press release

Recognition highlights leadership position of Kleos in cloud-native legal practice management, earning the highest scores for customer satisfaction, value for money and customer recommendation among law firms in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Wolters Kluwer’s Legal & Regulatory has been recognized as a top vendor for Law Firm SaaS Solutions in the DACH region for 2027, according to the latest Vendor Selection Matrix™ by Research in Action. Kleos, the company's cloud-native legal practice management platform, achieved a shared first-place position in the ranking and received the highest scores for customer satisfaction, value for money and customer recommendation among surveyed law firms in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The recognition builds on the platform's earlier pan-European leadership position and reinforces Kleos' standing as one of Europe's leading legal practice management solutions. "We are proud to be recognized as a leading provider of Law Firm SaaS Solutions in the

IQM and Deutsche Bahn Demonstrate Quantum Algorithm for Railway Scheduling on Real Operational Data20.7.2026 08:00:00 CEST | Press release

A hybrid quantum-classical algorithm, executed end to end on IQM hardware, produced feasible schedules with Deutsche Bahn, the German rail operator, using a real operational dataset of 190 trips across five German cities. The approach runs on today’s hardware and is designed to improve automatically as quantum processors scale, offering enterprises a model for extracting value now, ahead of fault-tolerant computing. The collaboration reflects IQM’s push into enterprise adoption. The company has sold 24 quantum computers worldwide and listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and Nasdaq Helsinki in July 2026 under the ticker IQMX. IQM Quantum Computers (Nasdaq: IQMX), a global leader in full-stack superconducting quantum computers, today published the results of a research collaboration with Deutsche Bahn, Europe’s largest rail operator, exploring how quantum computing can improve railway scheduling. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.busines

In our pressroom you can read all our latest releases, find our press contacts, images, documents and other relevant information about us.

Visit our pressroom
World GlobeA line styled icon from Orion Icon Library.HiddenA line styled icon from Orion Icon Library.Eye