Industry experts delivering optimal solutions
Our management team combines a focus on quality leadership with hands-on expertise in all our services. Members of the team each have more than a decade of experience as leaders in the pharmaceutical or CRO sectors. This experience is backed up by practical knowledge, giving our team a unique understanding of the challenges you face. Working together in close collaboration, we will drive the superior clinical outcomes that accelerate your product development.
Ola Gudmundsen
Ola Gudmundsen has an MSc in human physiology and holds a PhD from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Oslo. Before founding LINK Medical, he served as Project Manager at Parexel and as a post-graduate fellow at the Department of Cell Biology, University of Oslo.
Marianne Holst
EVP Regulatory & Safety Operations
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Marianne is a Registered Nurse from Copenhagen and has more than 30 years of experience in clinical research, joining LINK Medical in 2011. For more than 10 years she worked in the pharmaceutical industry as CRA, Project Manager, and Line Manager within various indications. For the last 19 years, she has worked in CROs where she held the positions of Head of Clinical Research and General Manager respectively.
Laila Agerholm
Executive Vice President QA & Compliance
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Laila is a registered nurse and holds a PGCert in Quality Management in Scientific Research and Development from Cranfield University. With a solid background in both the pharmaceutical and CRO business over the last 30 years, she provides top-level expertise in clinical research and development. Her core competencies have been acquired through 20 years of experience in developing, structuring, optimizing, and managing clinical quality systems.
Lena Lindeberg
VP Commercial Operations
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Lena’s background is in pharmacology and biochemistry. She holds a degree in Pharmaceutical Bioscience and has a master’s degree in pharmaceutical science from Uppsala University. Lena has a long history and hands-on experience in line management and clinical development within the CRO industry. She has worked in Project Management, Clinical Research Associates & Monitoring of clinical trials and medical device trials. Today she is responsible for Sales and Strategic Business Development at LINK Medical and enjoys bringing the team together and supporting their individual goals to grow.
Marte Fjelle
Vice President of Human Resources
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Marte has over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, in sales, marketing, and HR. She joined LINK Medical in 2019, after 9 years as HR Director in AbbVie. She is educated in HR and is a registered nurse. At LINK Medical, the focus is to establish HR at a strategic level, making sure that people processes are an integrated part of the daily business across the countries we operate within. The overall goal is to continuously attract, develop, and retain skilled employees, who deliver value and become strategic partners to key stakeholders and customers.
Johanna Sundberg
EVP Clinical Development
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Johanna holds a Ph.D. in toxicology and has over 20 years of experience in research and the CRO industry, working extensively within phase I-II studies and associated project management. Johanna has been part of the Uppsala team since September 2015 with different management roles including Director of Project management. Prior to that, she transferred from Quintiles where she held the position of Director, Clinical Project Management. Today Johanna is the VP of Clinical Operations where she supports Nordic teams as an international leader.
Jo Anders Rønneberg
Director, Biometrics
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Jo Anders holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine and has over 17 years of experience in research and the CRO industry. With extensive operational experience in running clinical trials, he has been part of LINK Medical since March 2011 and is an experienced biometrics and clinical operations, leader.
