Sam Halbert

01 Oct 2025

EPHMRA - Introducing your Board for 2025-2026

We are delighted to announce your board members effective from 1st October 2025, who will be working on your behalf to ensure EPHMRA continues to deliver value to its members.

 

President: Karsten Trautmann, Head GSI Center of Excellence, Merck KGaA

 

Industry Members (2025 - 2026)

 

Ana Maria Aguirre-Arteta, Global POP* Governance Senior Director, Novartis 

 

Hilary Fischer, Executive Director, Global Business Insights & Analytics, Organon

 

Lauren Halliwell, EU Insights Lead - Global Rare Disease Hub, UCB 

 

Paul Warner, Head of Business Operations for Rare and Pipeline, CSL Vifor

 

Xander Raymakers, International Market Research, Eli Lilly Nederland BV

 

Agency Members (2025 - 2027)

 

Amr Khalil, Managing Director, Ripple International

 

Paula Coyle, Research Director, Beyond Blue

 

Marcel Slavenburg, Senior Director, SKIM

 

Elizabeth Kehler, MD, Adelphi Research

 

Stephen Potts, Director, Purdie Pascoe

 

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Vijay Chand, AstraZeneca and Mike Pepp, Beyond Blue for their time commitment as they now leave the Board at the end of this month.