OUTSTANDING PEOPLE SKILLS

“Maria is a passionate, meticulous and quietly driven project manager with outstanding people skills. She has a unique ability to understand and keep in mind the "big picture" (developing a medicine that makes a meaningful impact on the lives of patients) no matter how mired in detail the current project demand may be. As a team leader, she translates this larger purpose into an infectious drive toward excellence on the part of fellow team members. Humor and wit round out her technical excellence in project management”

Judith Jaeger

- President and Principal Scienist at CognitionMetrics, LCC

A CLEAR VISION

“I have had the pleasure of working for Maria for more than 5 years. During that time Maria has consistently demonstrated a clear vision of what needs to be achieved to bring new compounds through the clinical development cycle. She brings a pragmatic approach to the business of clinical development and has shown an important understanding of the occasional need for innovation”

John Harrison

- Associate Professor at VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience

GOOD LEADERSHIP

“Maria has a good leadership capability and open minded with her excellent scientific background. Her scope is not limitted only EU/US but also Japan/Asia drug development. Several years ago, she led the workstream to optimise evaluation of cognitive function in Asia. There were a lot of challenges with regard to cultural and liguistic diversities. The outcome was recognised as AstraZeneca Asia R&D VP Award”

Mitsou Watabe PhD

- Director at Covance