Who We Are

Country Leaders
Wilfrid Girard (France)
Nicolette Brink (UK)
In process (Spain)
In process (Germany)

Clinical Applications & Training Manager
Jean-Claude Hoenen

Clinical Studies Leader
Paule Ollivier

Project Manager
Sona Dedinova

Medical Communication
Zara Barlas

Patient Education/PR Account Manager
Claudia Orrell

Sales Team
The medeuronet Sales Team manages a tight portfolio of innovative products and is tailored to meet the specific needs of each client and its product.

Kristine A. Morrill
Partner

Kris is a co-founding partner in medeuronet and the founder of KAM Communications, a marketing and communications agency specializing in start-up medical device companies. Prior to KAM Communications, Kris spent more than 6 years as head of communications for Bausch & Lomb, first with the global surgical division and then with the EMEA region. Kris brings more than 18 years of experience in the medical market, and a rich network of relationships. She is a graduate of Minnesota State University at Mankato.
Email: kmorrill@medeuronet.com

Wilfrid Girard
Partner & France leader

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Wilfrid co-founded medeuronet in 2008 focusing on driving medical innovation success in Europe. He has over 14 years of international experience in business management and marketing in consumer goods, OTC products and medical devices. Following his MBA at Cornell, he started his international career at Bausch & Lomb across key business franchises like ReNu (USA) and Ray-Ban (Benelux, UK) and then joined the newly acquired surgical division of B&L as marketing director of the refractive business. In 2003, he joined Advanced Medical Optics EMEA (AMO) to manage the cataract/retina equipment business unit.
Email: wgirard@medeuronet.com

Stig Visti Andersen
Partner

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Stig has nearly 20 years’ experience managing life science businesses across Europe. He is a partner in medeuronet. Before joining medeuronet Stig was the Vice-president of European Operations for an ophthalmic start-up, Glaukos Corporation. Prior to that Stig was co-founder of a company specialising in consultancy in strategy and financing for medical-technology start-ups. He started his career in Eli Lilly where he spent 12 years; Stig’s last assignment for Lilly was as Managing Director Europe for the Interventional Cardiology business. Stig has both his Bachelor and his Master of Science (Economics) from the Aarhus Business School in Denmark.
Email: svandersen@medeuronet.com

Jean-Claude Hoenen
Clinical Applications & Training Manager

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Jean-Claude has more than 20 years of experience in the medical device field starting in the logistic field before moving to sales and clinical application support with Allergan and then AMO (Abbott Medical Optics). Jean-Claude was one of the first to train cataract surgeons on the use of phacoemulsification - the ultrasound technology used to remove the cataract, as well as foldable intraocular lenses(IOLs). He is a founding member of the European Phako Expert Team and has trained surgeons throughout Europe and the Middle East. Jean-Claude joined the medeuronet team in 2009 and is responsible for new technology clinical application and training.

Paule Ollivier
Clinical Studies

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Paule has more than 20 years of experience in clinical project management in ophthalmology, oncology, dermatology and neurology. Prior to joining the medeuronet team in 2009, Paule was responsible for organising clinical studies at Allergan and Advanced Medical Optics (AMO) respectively, exercising a multitude of skills in clinical study management, study site coordination, investigator selection, submissions to ethics committees and health authorities, and study monitoring, quality follow-up, and editorial.

Nicolette Brink
Marketing Leader & UK Leader

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Nicolette is Marketing Leader for medeuronet. She qualified as an Optometrist in 1993 in South Africa with a special interest in complex contact lens fittings. In 1996 she was awarded an Honours Degree in Business Administration from the Stellenbosch University Business School, and completed her MBA in 1997. Soon after, Nicolette relocated to London and joined Bausch & Lomb as a Product Manager in the contact lens marketing department, managing many product launches across Europe. From 2001 until 2009, Nicolette was the European Marketing Manager for Refractive Surgery at B+L EMEA.

Sona Dedinova
Project Manager

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Sona joined medeuronet in 2009 as a project manager and is responsible for the development business systems and business process database. She has more than seven years of international experience in diverse areas including customer service, business development, channel sales and marketing. Sona started her career in 2001 at IBM Czech Republic where she was responsible for marketing of IBM Software. In 2008, she decided to broaden her project management skills by joining IBM Services to lead projects in university and banking sector.

Zara Barlas
Medical Communication

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Zara joined medeuronet and KAMCommunications in 2007 as a part-time writer before moving to her current account manager position. Zara has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Contemporary History from City University and Queen Mary, University of London and is currently working toward a Master of Arts degree in Asian History. For several years she has been involved in writing, journalism and communication skills for various media corporations internationally in the spheres of politics, business, healthcare and science, including work with the BBC World Service, CNBC and the Wellcome Trust.

Claudia Orrell
Patient Education/PR Account Manager

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Claudia has over 13 years of experience in consumer communications across a variety of sectors and media, including projects for the Department of Health, the Welsh Development Agency, American Express and Harvey Nichols. Her expertise includes project and account management of print, online and multimedia projects, PR, and writing and editorial work. Most recently she completed a maternity role covering the Head of Editorial at Teachers TV. Prior to that, she was Account Director at Redwood, one of the UK's leading custom publishers, managing a large portfolio of publications for clients such as American Express, Early Learning Centre and Apple. She holds an advanced diploma in Marketing Communications from the CAM Foundation, as well as BA Joint Hons degree in French and German from University of Bristol.