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Board of Directors

The current ACRO Chair, Chair-Elect and immediate Past-Chair constitute the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. All Regular Members of ACRO maintain a seat on the Board.

Officers

Josef von Rickenbach (Bio) 
ACRO Chairman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
PAREXEL

Ciaran Murray (Bio) 
ACRO Vice Chairman
Chief Executive Officer
ICON plc

Jeffrey McMullen (Bio) 
ACRO Immediate Past Chair
Vice Chairman
inVentiv Health

James F. Winschel, Jr.
ACRO Treasurer
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerO
PAREXEL

Diarmaid Cunnigham (Bio) 
ACRO Secretary
General Counsel and Company Secretary
ICON plc

Board Members

Joe Herring (Bio) 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Covance

Jamie Macdonald (Bio) 
Chief Executive Officer
INC Research

David Simmons (Bio) 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
PPD

Derek Winstanly, MBCHB (Bio) 
Chief Customer and Governance Officer
Quintiles Transnational Corp. 

Directors Emeritus

Fred Eshelman, Pharm.D.
Executive Chairman
PPD

Dennis Gillings, Ph.D.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Qualities Transnational

 

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