George clinical appoints James Cheong as CEO

February 13, 2020 / AP / -- James Cheong has been appointed chief executive officer of George clinical, an international clinical research organization driven by science Cheong was hired as coo in early 2019, witnessing significant growth in the company's business, leadership team and international footprint Cheong will replace Glenn Kerkhof, who will continue to be the company's executive chairman Glenn Kerkhof, executive chairman of George clinical, said: "since joining our team in January last year, James has played an important role in promoting the growth and organizational development of George clinical He has demonstrated a wealth of knowledge, good interpersonal relationship and excellent business experience, so that our customers and employees can benefit together I know that we will continue to benefit from his leadership and vision as we build our global operations base and deliver scientific and operational excellence to our customers " With more than 20 years of rich industry experience and management experience, Cheong brought valuable leadership to the expanded management team during George clinical's expansion last year As coo, Cheong's Singapore office leads the company's global operations and manages the company's executive branch Before joining George clinical, Cheong was the clinical operations director of Boehringer Ingelheim in China During his tenure, he was responsible for clinical operations in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, including trial monitoring and management, supplier, knowledge and quality management, and medical writing Prior to Boehringer Ingelheim, Cheong served as vice president of clinical development in the Asia Pacific region of epsinternational and held different Asian executive positions in a number of large clinical research organizations around the world "In the past year, George clinical has opened new offices in Asia and Europe, won the honor of outstanding employer in Hong Kong, expanded our experimental capacity in Taiwan and signed a breakthrough agreement, so it can develop first-class clinical research capacity in China," Cheong said I am honored to lead a clinical research organization with world-class scientific leadership We will continue to improve the health of millions of people around the world through our excellent team " George clinical is an international leading clinical research organization established in the Asia Pacific region, driven by scientific expertise and excellent operation George clinical has 20 years of experience and more than 300 employees, covering 38 regions in the United States, Asia Pacific and Europe, providing comprehensive clinical trial services for biopharmaceutical, medical equipment and diagnostic customers, including all trial stages, registration and post market trial services 37