Who we are

Board of Directors

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  Christian Hill

  Chief Executive Officer

  

  Christian Hill

  Chief Executive Officer

  Christian is a seasoned Market Access professional with over 20 years of experience in the International Biotech and Pharmaceutical industry. He has been involved in over 50 HTAs across Europe and has built up a strong network of key influencers including EU and national agencies. Prior to co-founding MAP in 2012, he led market access teams and submissions at InterMune, Gilead, Pfizer and Genzyme on a very broad range of products and disease areas from chronic disease to ultra-orphan indications.

  Christian is a member of the Board of EUCOPE (European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs); he is also a member of the Steering Group of EMIG (Ethical Medicines Industry Group) in the UK and Ireland.
  

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  Dawn Hill

  Chief Operating Officer

  

  Dawn Hill

  Chief Operating Officer

  MAP was founded by Dawn who has worked in national and local government departments ranging from Business, Agriculture, Education and Finance for over twenty years.

  This experience was primarily focused on business and administration processes and, importantly for MAP BioPharma, the simplification and efficiency of these processes.

  Dawn therefore founded MAP BioPharma Limited and combines business and administration expertise with contacts in the Health Service, Biotech and Pharmaceutical sectors to deliver valuable resources to support Market Access for medicines in the UK and Ireland.

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  Ian Keith

  Operations Director

  

  Ian Keith

  Operations Director

  Ian is a qualified accountant and senior board member at MAP. He brings over 15 years’ experience in board level positions within the property and agrochemical sectors, including Managing Director, CFO and Operations Director positions. Ian also has experience in mergers, acquisitions and raising financing via the banking sectors and private institutions.

  Ian understands the challenges of rapidly growing business, having worked across multiple sectors and sizes of organisations. An experienced manager and motivator, he prides himself in getting the most out of teams and delivering fast, effective results.

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  Andy Swarbrick

  Chairman

  

  Andy Swarbrick

  Chairman

  Andy brings with him 30 years of experience as a partner at Deloitte in Cambridge. He has a strong commercial background and an array of skills in financial management, strategic planning, HR and marketing both from an advisory perspective and from a career spent in various management roles within Deloitte. Pragmatic but with great attention to detail, an enquiring mind and a “can do” approach, he has much experience of building relationships and alliances, strong political skills and very significant experience in the owner manager/entrepreneurial and charity sectors. His various roles within the Deloitte Cambridge office ranged from Staff Partner, to Head of Business Development, to Head of Audit and to Senior Partner. He was for many years a Trustee of the Deloitte staff pension fund.

  His other current roles include Chairman of an executive search business and Non Exec Director of a regional law firm. For over 30 years he has been a trustee of an employee trust that owns a laboratory supply business. He also works with a number of charitable organisations, being a Trustee/Director of the Cambridge Arts Theatre and until very recently the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity. He is also Chairman of the Cambridge Music Festival and a member of the Advisory Council of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Business Development

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  Sarah Coates

  Marketing Manager

  

  Sarah Coates

  Marketing Manager

  With 20 years’ experience of working in senior marketing and communications roles, Sarah has developed high-impact strategic communications within diverse environments, including non-profit, start-up, and corporate organisations. Passionate about the client experience, understanding the complete client journey and tailoring marketing campaigns and messages to drive business results.

  Sarah has worked in sales and marketing in a range of senior positions including Cambridge University Press, in both their academic and education publishing divisions. More recently Sarah worked for My Inhouse Lawyer, setting up their lead generation programme and CRM. She also enjoyed supporting a local children’s charity Blue Smile as a marketing consultant at a critical phase of their growth.

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  Nicola Herridge

  MAP Online Relationship Manager

  

  Nicola Herridge

  MAP Online Relationship Manager

  Nicola's experience comes from working as a Bank Manager within the retail finance industry; Nicola comes to MAP having spent a little over 21 years with one of the largest retail banks in Britain. Nicola has managed teams to build and deepen relationships while delivering excellent customer service, and holds a level 3 Certificate in Retail Banking and Conduct of Business from the Institute of Financial Services.

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  Andrew Dec

  Events and Marketing Consultant

  

  Andrew Dec

  Events and Marketing Consultant

  With 25 years’ commercial marketing experience and a strong track record of delivering complex campaigns, Andy’s work is characterised by attention to detail, strong project management and a thorough understanding of the marketing mix.

  Andy brings a unique combination of skills to MAP, spanning both the public and private sector. He regularly leads high performance teams to deliver mission critical events, conferences and integrated marketing initiatives.

  He is adept at strategic analysis, report presentation and market research techniques. The projects Andy runs are always underpinned by robust systems and processes.

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  Rebecca Elliott

  Marketing Communications Associate

  

  Rebecca Elliott

  Marketing Communications Associate

  After graduating university in 2019 with a degree in Advertising and Marketing, Rebecca started her career in the life sciences industry. She worked as an Events Marketing Executive for just over a year, managing the marketing campaigns for multiple life science events covering topics from decentralised clinical trials to digital therapeutics. With expertise including Digital, events and email marketing as well as lead generation, Rebecca joins MAP to continue her marketing career in the life sciences industry.

MAP Online

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  Adam Charlton

  Associate Director of Technology

  

  Adam Charlton

  Associate Director of Technology

  Adam joined MAP in January 2019 as IT Manager, focusing on Systems Development. Adam contributes over 15 years experience in cross platform software development, system architecture and implementation to the MAP team. Previously, Adam was a member of the Apple Consultants Network, and is an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator.

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  Simon Jackson

  Technology Consultant

  

  Simon Jackson

  Technology Consultant

  Simon joins MAP as an experienced technology professional bringing a passion for design and creativity, technical support and implementation. His work at MAP focuses on the development of MAP Online and internal systems whilst offering day-to-day support.

  Simon brings experience developed over the last decade of his career working for Apple as a leading key account manager within the UK. Here he was responsible for heading up testing on numerous Apple projects such as the Apple Store App, iPhone upgrade program and internal applications as a Quality Assurance, User Acceptance Testing Lead in California, USA.

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  Claire Dipple

  MAP Online Editor

  

  Claire Dipple

  MAP Online Editor

  Claire joins MAP with over 12 years of editorial experience working on a wide range of content. Claire began her career in journals at the Society for Endocrinology, before moving to Cambridge University Press as a Development Editor. Here she worked closely with authors writing science and technology higher education textbooks, helping them structure and communicate their ideas in accessible and engaging ways. After six years at Cambridge University Press, Claire began a successful freelancing career, working on a range of projects including textbooks for schools, digital learning resources and online courses. Keen to work as part of a team again, Claire joined MAP as Online Editor in April 2020, where she works closely with the MAP Online team to ensure content is consistent, accessible and accurate.

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  Natasha Elmore

  Associate Consultant MAP Online

  

  Natasha Elmore

  Associate Consultant MAP Online

  Natasha has had a career spanning over 12 years in health services research before transitioning to market access. Her background in is psychology, with a BSc in psychology and an accredited Master’s degree in Health Psychology.
  Prior to joining MAP, Natasha was an Analyst in the Innovation, Health and Science team, at RAND Europe, based in Cambridge, UK, where she worked on various projects related to health and healthcare with the ultimate aim of changing policy.
  Before this, Natasha was a Research Associate at the Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, at the University of Cambridge for eight years, where the majority of her work focussed on improving patient experience, with a particular focus on primary care.
  Natasha’s role at MAP consists of researching and developing content for MAP Online and supporting MAP Online members and clients. Natasha brings key research skills, attention to detail, as well as an understanding of the UK health system.

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  Chris Shah

  Associate Consultant, MAP Online

  

  Chris Shah

  Associate Consultant, MAP Online

  Chris joined the MAP Online team in October 2020 as an Associate Consultant. His role involves monitoring global policy developments, supporting the consulting team and updating, validating and creating content. Prior to joining MAP, Chris graduated from the University of Oxford with a BA in Modern Languages. He has experience teaching English in Misiones, Argentina and as a legal intern in Lisbon, Portugal.

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  Ellie Davies

  Associate Consultant, MAP Online

  

  Ellie Davies

  Associate Consultant, MAP Online

  Ellie joined the MAP Online team in October 2020 to research, develop and validate content. Prior to this, she produced influential health policy conferences on topics such as the future of NHS funding, commissioning and medicine regulation, with leading stakeholders, policymakers and Parliamentarians. Ellie has a Master’s degree from King’s College London and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Exeter. She also is a qualified dispenser with experience working in community pharmacy.

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  Oliver Hulisz

  Web Design and Development

  

  Oliver Hulisz

  Web Design and Development

  Oliver Hulisz is head of web design and development at MAP. He has developed more than 50 websites for a range of companies and specialises in WordPress.

  Oliver provides day to day maintenance and updates for the continuously improving and evolving MAP websites as well as ensuring that our technical approach to delivering maximum value to our online clients is always fresh and making the most of the latest available developments. His company 72dpi netzbüro is based in Essen, Germany.

Market Access

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  Brian Gavin

  Managing Director, Ireland

  

  Brian Gavin

  Managing Director, Ireland

  Brian Gavin has over twenty-five years’ experience in the healthcare sector across a range of senior management positions both in Ireland and internationally. Most of his industry experience was with GlaxoSmithKline where he held a number of senior management positions including Global Commercial Strategy Manager for Seretide, Commercial Director for GSK Ireland and subsequently Corporate Affairs Director with the company.

  Since 2009, Brian has provided consultancy services to a broad range of pharmaceutical companies including Almirall, Janssen, Biogen IDEC, Reckitt Benckiser, Mundipharma, Takeda, Bausch & Lomb, Bayer and InterMune.

  He has extensive experience in the submission of HTA’s to the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics and has completed desk and field based research across a broad range of therapy areas. Developed over a number of years Brian has a comprehensive network of contacts across a broad spectrum of stakeholders in the Irish healthcare environment.

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  Simon Pannett

  Head of Market Access and Pricing Strategy

  

  Simon Pannett

  Head of Market Access and Pricing Strategy

  Simon has over 25 years’ experience in market access from a range of pharmaceutical companies including Servier and Janssen (J&J), Medtech (Coloplast), Digital HealthTech (Patients Know Best) and consulting companies (Intraquad). Simon has experience working across a broad range of products and disease areas from chronic disease such as diabetes through to HIV, Vaccines, Oncology and also Medical devices and health technology products. Throughout his career he has developed and implemented market access projects at global, national and local levels, including developing market access strategies, innovative approaches and evidence for global product launches, developing value propositions, HTA strategy and submissions, payer engagement and patient support programmes. Simon has a real passion for helping companies understand the context into which they are launching medicines so that they tailor their value propositions and messaging in ways that resonates with NHS decision makers.

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  Penny Reeves

  Head of Medical Writing

  

  Penny Reeves

  Head of Medical Writing

  Penny has over 25 years’ experience in scientific and clinical communications consultancy within the pharmaceutical industry, leading medical writing teams in producing a range of clinical and value communications dossiers, objection handlers, symposium presentations and website content. As a consultant she has worked for Market Access and Medical Affairs functions across a range of disease areas, including rare diseases, neurology and oncology. Penny brings to MAP a wealth of experience in client engagement and programme management, together with an unwavering commitment to editorial excellence and the creation of high-quality, relevant, focused deliverables

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  Lizzy Balman PhD

  Senior Scientific Consultant

  

  Lizzy Balman PhD

  Senior Scientific Consultant

  Lizzy has over 12 years’ experience in market access consulting for the pharmaceutical industry and has in-depth experience of health technology appraisals in the UK and Ireland, where she inputs into the strategy, clinical writing, systematic literature reviews, evidence interpretation and alignment of clinical evidence and health economic modelling. She also has a critical understanding of appraisal processes and timelines, and has managed numerous successful submissions through to final recommendations. Lizzy has worked extensively in rare diseases, has a keen interest in genetic disorders, and has worked across diverse therapeutic areas. Lizzy has a PhD in Immunology.

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  Priscila Mazzola PhD

  Senior Medical Writer

  

  Priscila Mazzola PhD

  Senior Medical Writer

  Priscila holds a PhD in Neuroscience and Biochemistry from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, where she studied new therapies for patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) and other inborn errors of metabolism. Having published more than 10 peer-reviewed papers and given speeches at medical conferences around the world, she is passionate about science communication. In the past five years, she has focussed on medical communications and advertising, strategically compiling and presenting clinical data in compelling e-detail aids, briefing documents, leave pieces, websites, objection handlers, to name a few, while following the ABPI code of practice. At MAP BioPharma, she conducts clinical research interviews and assessments and supports HTA submissions in the UK and worldwide. Her experience spans several disease areas, including rare diseases, rheumatology, neurology, gastroenterology and oncology.

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  Jessica Summers

  Clinical Consultant

  

  Jessica Summers

  Clinical Consultant

  Jessica joined MAP in October 2018 as an Associate Consultant. Prior to this she had assisted in the production of numerous systematic literature reviews (SLRs) on a broad range of disease areas, including SLRs required for health technology appraisals (HTAs) for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Before working in the field of medical communications, she worked for Public Health England in the Microbiology Laboratory and achieved a degree in Natural Sciences from the Open University.

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  Aryan Asaadi

  Consultant Health Economics and Outcomes Research

  

  Aryan Asaadi

  Consultant Health Economics and Outcomes Research

  Aryan graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Business Management with a majoring in management consultancy at the Lancaster University Management School. Prior to his career in biopharmaceuticals, Aryan spent two years working in logistics consultancy in Doha, Qatar specialising in healthcare and medical devices. Aryan has also worked in business development roles across tech and maritime sectors in the UK and in the Netherlands. Prior to joining MAP, Aryan worked at a contract research organisation as a pricing and proposals manager working closely with biopharmaceutical clients. He is currently studying an MSc in Health Economics and Policy at the University of Birmingham which made a career in market access and HEOR a natural career move.

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  Simran Heer

  Associate Consultant, Health Economics and Outcomes Research

  

  Simran Heer

  Associate Consultant, Health Economics and Outcomes Research

  Simran joined MAP in November 2020 as an Associate Consultant in Health Economics and Outcomes Research. Her role involves supporting NICE HTA submissions, model validation and client support. Simran graduated from the University of Birmingham, with a MSc in Health Economics and Health Policy, after obtaining a degree BSc (Hons) in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Prior to joining MAP Simran has regulatory affairs and quality control experience and is a qualified dispenser having worked in numerous roles within community pharmacy.

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  Nya El-Kordie

  Associate Consultant Market Access

  

  Nya El-Kordie

  Associate Consultant Market Access

  Nya is a qualified pharmacist, with experience in hospital and community pharmacy. Working in pharmacy has enabled her to be part of an interdisciplinary team and has broadened her knowledge in various different therapeutic areas. In addition, Nya has worked as a junior formulation development scientist, gaining experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Throughout her studies and career, Nya has been involved in research, including laboratory and clinical audit research. Nya presented the clinical audit research findings to other healthcare professionals and suggested strategies for service improvements. Nya is very motivated in applying her pharmacy knowledge to market access projects to help patients gain access to medicines on a much larger scale.

Policy & Public Affairs

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  Sarah Walker

  Senior Consultant Policy and Public Affairs

  

  Sarah Walker

  Senior Consultant Policy and Public Affairs

  Sarah has over twenty-five years’ experience working in policy and public affairs roles. She worked for a Member of Parliament and for a political publication, before joining a leading public affairs consultancy with a specialist unit dedicated to the health sector. She has worked on both corporate and disease specific public affairs programmes for clients including Merck Sharp & Dohme, Sandoz and the London and Thames Valley Pharmaceutical Group which included some of the UK’s largest pharmaceutical companies. Outside healthcare she has experience of developing strategic public affairs programmes for leading companies including Marks & Spencer and Tate & Lyle. Since joining MAP BioPharma her work has included a significant number of projects in the rare disease arena and she has a detailed knowledge of the key stakeholders in this sector. Sarah has a strong network of contacts and a detailed understanding of the workings of Parliament and the development of policy.

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  Emma Pritchard

  Consultant, Policy and Public Affairs

  

  Emma Pritchard

  Consultant, Policy and Public Affairs

  Emma spent 18 months on Roche’s graduate public affairs programme before joining MAP in October 2020, working across different therapy areas and on above portfolio projects. Prior to this, Emma worked in higher education policy and in the communications team at a mental health charity. Emma monitors and analyses policy developments to make recommendations for improvement and has implemented engagement programmes with key stakeholders. Since joining MAP, Emma has developed responses to a range of consultations for a number of different clients and supported in the delivery of workshops and other projects.

Legal

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  Angelika Gornikowska

  Legal Counsel

  

  Angelika Gornikowska

  Legal Counsel

  Angelika graduated from the University of Wroclaw with a Masters’ Degree in Law. Since her studies, Angelika has gained experience in international corporate and commercial law, and subsequently completed a Graduate Diploma in Law course in Cambridge. Angelika has joined MAP to provide support in contract law, as well as help MAP clients and members gain legal input into challenging situations, particularly in the context of regulatory and strategic issues. She also leads the development of MAP Online Legal section with Market Access-related insights in the areas such as intellectual property, data protection, Brexit, ABPI Code of Practice and EU competition law. Angelika also regularly participates in conferences and meeting groups where she helps realise MAP’s vision to accelerate patient access to medicines, medical devices and diagnostics.

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  Jasmine Chana

  Paralegal

  

  Jasmine Chana

  Paralegal

  Jasmine holds a Bachelor of Law (LLB) and has completed her Legal Practice Course (LPC) with a Master of Science (MSc) in Law, Business and Management. Jasmine has previous experience working at the Executive Director’s legal office at the United Nations Headquarters (UN-HABITAT) in Kenya and has also worked in private practice in the UK legal industry focusing on corporate, commercial and data protection law.

  Jasmine has previously been selected to attend international leadership conferences in Washington D.C. and New York City exposing her to the management of international affairs and diplomacy which she applies to her job at MAP through the development and enhancement of legal processes alongside contractual drafting and negotiating. At MAP, Jasmine provides extensive legal support to both colleagues and clients during consultancy projects as well as through the development of MAP Online legal content.

Operations

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  Dawn Hill

  Chief Operating Officer

  

  Dawn Hill

  Chief Operating Officer

  MAP was founded by Dawn who has worked in national and local government departments ranging from Business, Agriculture, Education and Finance for over twenty years.

  This experience was primarily focused on business and administration processes and, importantly for MAP BioPharma, the simplification and efficiency of these processes.

  Dawn therefore founded MAP BioPharma Limited and combines business and administration expertise with contacts in the Health Service, Biotech and Pharmaceutical sectors to deliver valuable resources to support Market Access for medicines in the UK and Ireland.

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  Ian Keith

  Operations Director

  

  Ian Keith

  Operations Director

  Ian is a qualified accountant and senior board member at MAP. He brings over 15 years’ experience in board level positions within the property and agrochemical sectors, including Managing Director, CFO and Operations Director positions. Ian also has experience in mergers, acquisitions and raising financing via the banking sectors and private institutions.

  Ian understands the challenges of rapidly growing business, having worked across multiple sectors and sizes of organisations. An experienced manager and motivator, he prides himself in getting the most out of teams and delivering fast, effective results.

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  Laura Carter

  Personal Assistant to CEO and COO

  

  Laura Carter

  Personal Assistant to CEO and COO

  Laura brings to MAP 16 years administration experience and has been in the Pharmaceutical industry for 4 years. Prior to that she was in the Ministry of Defence for 10 years in a variety of roles including information technology. She holds a National Vocational Qualification in Business Administration and an Executive PA Diploma.
  

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  Lynne Stoten

  Financial Controller

  

  Lynne Stoten

  Financial Controller

  Lynne is a member of ACCA and holds a BA Hons Degree in Business Economics from Anglian Ruskin University. Lynne has 20 years’ experience working in the finance departments of technology companies which began their lives as start-up businesses, established to develop new technology born from Cambridge University. Lynne has established financial systems and processes which have ensured continuity of the finance function through their transitional program towards to a successful exit strategy and beyond. Lynne joined MAP in June 2017, assisting Dawn Hill, MAP’s Chief Financial Officer, to grow the strong and efficient finance functions within MAP.

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  Amanda Wright

  Finance Assistant

  

  Amanda Wright

  Finance Assistant

  Amanda is qualified up to level 3 of the AAT qualification, also holding NVQs in Business Administration levels 2 and 3, and Information Technology level 2. She has over 20 years' experience working within an accounting function, holding various positions. Ten years of this were spent in the bursary of a Cambridge college, and she also has experience working within a financial and insurance services company. Most recently Amanda worked for a Japanese pharmaceutical company within their finance department.

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  Dovile Varanauskaite

  HR Coordinator

  

  Dovile Varanauskaite

  HR Coordinator

  Dovile joined MAP's HR team in December 2019 to lead on recruitment and other activities. Dovile studied a degree in Business Economics, but quickly started working in HR sector and didn't want to leave. She went on to start a degree in HR, to build her expertise for a career as an HR professional. In her spare time she likes to spend time with her dog, family and friends.

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  Adam Charlton

  Associate Director of Technology

  

  Adam Charlton

  Associate Director of Technology

  Adam joined MAP in January 2019 as IT Manager, focusing on Systems Development. Adam contributes over 15 years experience in cross platform software development, system architecture and implementation to the MAP team. Previously, Adam was a member of the Apple Consultants Network, and is an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator.

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  Simon Jackson

  Technology Consultant

  

  Simon Jackson

  Technology Consultant

  Simon joins MAP as an experienced technology professional bringing a passion for design and creativity, technical support and implementation. His work at MAP focuses on the development of MAP Online and internal systems whilst offering day-to-day support.

  Simon brings experience developed over the last decade of his career working for Apple as a leading key account manager within the UK. Here he was responsible for heading up testing on numerous Apple projects such as the Apple Store App, iPhone upgrade program and internal applications as a Quality Assurance, User Acceptance Testing Lead in California, USA.

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  Sasha Andreou

  Support Associate

  

  Sasha Andreou

  Support Associate

  Sasha joined MAP in December 2019, bringing with her 7 years of customer service experience in many different sectors. Sasha assists the MAP Online team with developing the platform, as well as continuing working in the facilities and operations departments. She has brought this previous experience with her to provide professionalism with clients and staff, as well as being front of house for the company. Prior to joining MAP, Sasha studied Video Games Design and Development at Cambridge Regional College before changing career direction.

Philanthropy

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  We support Help for Hope which promotes equal opportunities for all children.

  It was founded by a group of like minded life science professionals, one of whom recently helped us on a personal level. We were touched by their ethical approach whereby all admin costs for the charity are paid for by their own businesses.

  This means that 100% of our donations directly support specific projects to help underpriviledged children, providing them with opportunities to become agents of a better future. Link: help-for-hope.org