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10 clinical trial agreements experts
These ten professionals have negotiated or led clinical trial contracting at drug and biotech sponsors and at academic medical and research institutions, with titles such as director of site contracts. A reader can learn how clinical trial agreements and site budgets are put in place.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andrew Manson
LinkedInExperience: Director - Site Contract and Budget Global Head · Astellas Pharma
Director - Site Contract and Budget Global Head at Astellas Pharma since 2025, with an Associate Director role at Astellas Pharma US listed since 2021. The profile describes managing the contracts and budget teams for sponsored trials, with time spent on legal operations for clinical development, process improvement and legal escalation.
Annet Hagwood
LinkedInExperience: Director, Site Contracts · Regeneron
Director, Site Contracts at Regeneron since 2023. The profile describes a background in managing and directing global site contracting departments within clinical research, along with legal contracting experience in private law firms and corporate legal departments.
George Kourtsounis
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Clinical Contracting · SystImmune
Senior Director Clinical Contracting at SystImmune since 2025. Former Senior Director, Site Budgets & Contracts - Hematology & Oncology Team Lead at Regeneron (2023–2025), and former Senior Director, Clinical Trial Contracts & Grants (2021–2024) and Director, Clinical Trial Contracts & Grants (2018–2021) at Bristol Myers Squibb. The profile describes leading a team that implements end to end contracts and payment solutions supporting global clinical trials.
Jenn Hill
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Clinical Site Contracts & Payments · Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Senior Director, Clinical Site Contracts & Payments at Vertex Pharmaceuticals since 2026. Former Director, Clinical Site Contracting (2023–2026) and Director, Clinical Site Contracting and Payments (2021–2023) at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. The profile describes leading clinical site contracting and payment strategy to support multinational clinical development programs.
Jim Thompson
LinkedInExperience: Director, Clinical Research Contracting · Fox Chase Cancer Center
Director, Clinical Research Contracting at Fox Chase Cancer Center since 2021. Former Manager, Clinical Trials Contracting at Fox Chase Cancer Center (2007–2021) and Senior Consulting Medical Education Grants Manager at AstraZeneca (2005–2007). The profile cites experience in the medical device and pharmaceutical industry.
Krishna Shah
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director of Site Budgets and Contracts · Regeneron
Sr Director of Site Budgets and Contracts at Regeneron since 2025. Former Director, Site Contracts (2024–2025) and Associate Director, Clinical Trial Contracts and Grants (2020–2024) at Bristol Myers Squibb, and Budget Manager, Office of Research and Project Administration at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2015–2020).
Rita Morrison
LinkedInExperience: Senior Research Agreements Manager · Duke University School of Medicine
Senior Research Agreements Manager at Duke University School of Medicine since 2019, a role the profile describes as drafting, reviewing, negotiating and approving agreements related to Duke industry-funded clinical trials. Former Contracts Associate ll at Duke Clinical Research Institute (2015–2019).
Sean Perry
LinkedInExperience: Director Global Clinical Contracts · Gilead Sciences
Director Global Clinical Contracts at Gilead Sciences since 2025, a role the profile describes as leading a global team that delivers contract and budget negotiations supporting clinical trials. Former Director Global ISR & Collaborative Contracts at Gilead Sciences (2022–2025) and Director of Research Contracts at Northwestern University (2019–2020).
Stephanie Stone
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Contracting, Research Management · Mass General Brigham
Former Director Of Contracting, Research Management at Mass General Brigham (2018–2025) and Executive Director there since 2025. The profile describes leading the Research Management contracting teams that handle agreements across government, non-profit and industry sponsors, including clinical trial agreements and clinical research support agreements. Former Associate Director - Contracting at Partners HealthCare (2017–2018).
Susie Patel
LinkedInExperience: Director, Site Contracts, Budgets, & Payments · Deciphera Pharmaceuticals
Director, Site Contracts, Budgets, & Payments at Deciphera Pharmaceuticals since 2024. Former Manager, Global Site Contracts & Budgets at Parexel (2018–2024) and Senior Site Contracts Management at Janssen, Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson (2014–2018).
Choose the right perspective
Decide which side of the table you need, since a sponsor's contracting lead and a research institution's agreements office see the same negotiation from opposite sides. Also decide whether your question is mainly about contract terms, site budgets or site payments, and pick someone whose titles match that focus.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which clinical trial agreement terms cause the longest negotiation delays, and how do you resolve them?
- 02How do you build a site budget that a research site will accept without long rounds of back and forth?
- 03How do you shorten the time from site selection to a signed clinical trial agreement?
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