Senior Management Team

Nicolas Tsiakkas, M.D., Scientific Director

Nicolas Tsiakkas has been an active member of the pharmaceutical industry for over 30 years, gaining deep knowledge and expertise across a wide range of pharmacovigilance, clinical development and quality assurance activities.

Following his qualification as a physician at the Medical School of Wuerzburg in Germany and his specialization in ophthalmology, he started his career in 1989 with Schering-Plough, Greece, holding the position of Medical Director. He then moved to Rhone-Poulenc Rorer as the Regional Medical Director and Pharmacovigilance Manager, being responsible for the company’s research programme from Phase II through to Phase IV studies in Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia. Following the merger of Rhone-Poulenc Rorer with Hoechst-Marion-Rοussel, he served as a Medical Director and Pharmacovigilance Manager with Aventis Pharma, Greece, between 2000 and 2005.

In 2005, he founded Medwork, which, under his leadership, has grown from a company focusing primarily on clinical research to a leading Vigilance service provider in Europe.

Nicolas is the Head of the Pharmacovigilance Working Group of the European CRO Federation (EUCROF). Since 2019, he is also a member of the organizing committee for the DIA EU-QPPV annual meetings.