People
At Opinion Health we combine a strong pharmaceutical and healthcare expertise with sound research and analytical knowledge.
Michael Collyer — Chairman
Michael brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in nutrition and health to the company. Michael is currently the Chairman of The British Specialist Nutrition Association, a Governor of and Honorary Treasurer The British Nutrition Foundation, A Director of Osem UK and Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology.
Andrew Wigmore — Director — Partner
With over 20 year experience in healthcare business, communications and public policy, Andrew advises on business strategy and works closely with key clients. He also has an active role in maintaining relationships with some of our network patient associations as well as acting as a trustee for HRH Prince Harry charity for sick children – WellChild, The Dyscovery Centre, Steve Redgrave Charitable Trust and advisor to Factor 50, a skin cancer association.
Michele Poliziani — Executive Director & Head of Operations – Partner
With a strong academic and business background, Michele has over 15 years’ multi-country and multi-sector research experience gained at university level worldwide as Research Fellow and as analyst for companies including Jupiter Research. On top of his research role, Michele’s focus is on overall business strategy, performance, execution and clients relationships.
David Bayton — Head of Research
David has a background in languages and more than 25 years of international healthcare market experience. He has held senior positions with several market research agencies including NOP, Research International, GfK and The Planning Shop international. He has worked with most of the main pharmaceutical companies across a broad range of therapy areas and has extensive experience of working with both healthcare practitioners, managers, patients and healthcare consumers.
Dr Amanda Kirby — Medical Consultant
A GP with extensive experience of the health industry in the commercial, government and voluntary sectors, Dr Kirby is also the founder of The Dyscovery Centre, a specialist centre for developmental disorders at different ages from child to adulthood and also has a specific interest in DCD/Dyspraxia and overlapping difficulties. Dr. Kirby is part of our medical expert network.
Ben Cope — Operations Manager
Ben, a qualified software engineer with 10 year experience in technology and over 5 years in market research, is the technical lead for our research solutions. With experience in every stage of the project life cycle, Ben heads our project operations, overseeing programming & data analysis.
Pierre Salvy — Project Manager
Pierre has extensive project management experience planning and managing projects in top financial companies, the pharmaceutical industry and research and science sectors. Previous roles include the position of Project Manager at GMI, global research and panel provider, leading local as well as regional project teams in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Pierre is a certified project manager by the Project Management Institute.
Jegamohan Vicneswararajah – Research Executive
Jegamohan joins Opinion Health as Research Executive having recently graduated with a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Reading. His degree course focused on pure mathematics, statistical methods and number theory. Jegamohan works across different research areas with particular focus on design, data processing, interpretation and preparing client presentations.
Daisy Liu – Research Executive
With a PhD and a background in human eye movement control, Daisy has worked on academic research projects for and in collaboration with various institutions including the University of York, the University of Manchester and the University of Cambridge. As a research executive at Opinion Health, Daisy is directly involved in all key aspects of both quantitative and qualitative research project cycle.