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Parexel International CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Jamie MacDonald is the Parexel International's CEO. Parexel International has 18,900 employees, of which 31 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Parexel International executive team is 42% female and 58% male.
  • 66% of the management team is White.
  • 9% of Parexel International management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Jamie MacDonald

CEO

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Jamie Macdonald is Chief Executive Officer of Parexel. He has nearly 25 years of experience in leading global biopharmaceutical services companies.

Prior to joining Parexel, Mr. Macdonald served as CEO of INC Research, now known as Syneos Health, from January 2013 through September 2016, where he led the company through a successful Initial Public Offering in 2014.

Mr. Macdonald also served as INC’s Chief Operating Officer from July 2011 through December 2012, and previously held several leadership positions in the biopharmaceutical services industry, including Senior Vice President and Head of Global Project Management at Quintiles, now known as IQVIA. Prior to this, he held various senior operational and finance roles at Quintiles. He has previously served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) and as its Chairman in 2015.

Mr. Macdonald’s recent experience also includes serving as Chairman of the Board for Certara, a drug development consultancy with solutions spanning discovery, preclinical and clinical drug development, from 2017 to 2018.

Mr. Macdonald began his career in the pharmaceutical industry with Syntex Corporation (acquired by Roche Holdings, Inc.). A native of Scotland, he holds a B.A. in Economics from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland and is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA).

Josef von Rickenbach

Founder

John Bell

Chief Quality Officer

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John Bell is a Chief Quality Officer at Parexel and is based in North Carolina.

Maryjo Zaborowski

SVP & CIO

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MaryJo Zaborowski is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Parexel. She brings more than 20 years of executive technology leadership experience in the delivery of biomedical research and clinical development services for multiple Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to joining Parexel, Ms. Zaborowski directed end-to-end information and technology services for Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ research and development enterprise as Vice President and Chief Information Officer of R&D. Her previous experience also includes roles as Vice President and Information Officer of R&D at Eli Lilly; Senior Vice President, Enterprise Research and Analytics at Ingenix (UnitedHealth Group), and Senior Vice President, Global Head of R&D Informatics and Palo Alto Chief Information Officer at Roche Pharmaceuticals.

Across these roles, Ms. Zaborowski executed transformative technology innovation and established data science strongholds that enabled new business models and drove competitive advantage for each organization. Her strategy for Parexel includes the application of AI, automation, big data and biosensor technologies to enhance efficiencies, maximize productivity and accelerate drug development timelines.

Ms. Zaborowski holds a Bachelor's degree in Genetics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Peyton Howell

Chief Commercial & Strategy Officer

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Ms. Howell leads manufacturer relationships and global sourcing for AmerisourceBergen -- her team is focused on the commercialization and support of brand, generic, specialty and consumer products. She brings to this role her consulting experience as a national authority on health care policy issues across sites of care and strategic impact for health care providers and manufacturers. She was a founder of Lash Group and served as President of Lash Group after it was acquired by AmerisourceBergen leading its growth from a boutique consulting firm to the leading provider of market access and reimbursement services in the country. She has led the acquisition and integration of several other consulting and manufacturer services businesses into AmerisourceBergen including Xcenda and TheraCom. She is a national speaker on health care policy trends and implications for the health care industry and has over 20 years of progressive leadership and management experience.

Gregory Rush (Greg)

Chief Financial Officer

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Greg Rush is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Parexel and brings to the Company more than 25 years of experience leading global financial operations within the CRO and service industries.

Prior to joining Parexel, Mr. Rush served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Syneos Health, Inc. (formerly known as INC Research Holdings, Inc.) from August 2013 to February 2018. In that role, Mr. Rush oversaw the Company’s global financial operations, including Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Budgeting, M&A and Financial Planning, as well as all Information Technology functions.

Previously, Mr. Rush was Senior Vice President and CFO of Tekelec, a leading high-tech solutions and service provider that was acquired by Oracle. Mr. Rush also held positions of increasing responsibility at Siebel Systems, Quintiles Transnational Holdings, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young. In his roles, Mr. Rush has had repeated success in developing innovative financial management strategies, strong capital structures, high levels of operational support and sound corporate governance. He has experience in both private and public capital markets, completing more than 50 debt and equity financing transactions, including private equity transactions, initial public offerings (IPOs) and secondary offerings.

Mr. Rush is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Michael Crowley

Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel

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Mr. Crowley is Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Secretary of Parexel. In this capacity, he is responsible for the Company's worldwide legal, risk management, ethics & compliance and corporate governance.

Mr. Crowley brings to Parexel extensive commercial and corporate legal experience. He has provided counsel on a wide range of matters including commercial contracting, strategic alliances, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, compliance and ethics and intellectual property. Since joining Parexel in 2009, Mr. Crowley has held several key positions in the Legal & Risk Management organization, including most recently overseeing legal support for the Company’s commercial contracting and clinical operations organizations. Prior to joining Parexel, Mr. Crowley was Vice President and General Counsel at Netezza Corporation, a publicly-traded technology company. Mr. Crowley was previously with CA, Inc. and Concord Communications, Inc.

Mr. Crowley received his J.D. degree from Northeastern University School of Law. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Miami and a Master of Arts degree in European History from the University of Rhode Island.

Bill Chase

Board Member

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Eric Liu

Partner and Co-Head of Global Healthcare Sector Team

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Jo Natauri

Board Member

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Jamie MacDonald

CEO

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Jamie Macdonald is Chief Executive Officer of Parexel. He has nearly 25 years of experience in leading global biopharmaceutical services companies.

Prior to joining Parexel, Mr. Macdonald served as CEO of INC Research, now known as Syneos Health, from January 2013 through September 2016, where he led the company through a successful Initial Public Offering in 2014.

Mr. Macdonald also served as INC’s Chief Operating Officer from July 2011 through December 2012, and previously held several leadership positions in the biopharmaceutical services industry, including Senior Vice President and Head of Global Project Management at Quintiles, now known as IQVIA. Prior to this, he held various senior operational and finance roles at Quintiles. He has previously served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) and as its Chairman in 2015.

Mr. Macdonald’s recent experience also includes serving as Chairman of the Board for Certara, a drug development consultancy with solutions spanning discovery, preclinical and clinical drug development, from 2017 to 2018.

Mr. Macdonald began his career in the pharmaceutical industry with Syntex Corporation (acquired by Roche Holdings, Inc.). A native of Scotland, he holds a B.A. in Economics from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland and is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA).

Bill Chase

Board Member

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Eric Liu

Partner and Co-Head of Global Healthcare Sector Team

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Jo Natauri

Board Member

Kristin Johnsen

Board Member

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Sheri McCoy

Board Member

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Maykin Ho

Board Member

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Patrick Fortune

Board Member

Eduard Holdener

Board Member

Goran Ando

Board Member

Parexel International leadership demographics

Parexel International gender distribution in management team

  • The Parexel International executive team is 42% female and 58% male.
  • Parexel International is 60% female and 40% male company-wide.
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Male
58%
Company-wide: 40%
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Female
42%
Company-wide: 60%

Parexel International executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Parexel International executive officers is White.
  • 66% of the management team is White.
  • 12% of Parexel International's management is Asian.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 57% of employees are White.
  • 15% of employees are Asian.
  • 13% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
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What employees say about the executives at Parexel International

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2.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2022
Pros of working at Parexel International

The people you work with are great.

Cons of working at Parexel International

Terrible management that wants an unreasonable amount out of a short staffed team. Unorganized, inefficient processes.

Parexel International benefits

Summer hours were nice, however was forced to work an extra hour at the end of the day instead of having a choice to come in an hour early.

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2020
Pros of working at Parexel International

The people, great teamwork!

Cons of working at Parexel International

Corporate politics, extreme long hours due to lack of resources.

Parexel International benefits

Working remote, flexible hours.

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2019
Pros of working at Parexel International

Not more stress and burden

Cons of working at Parexel International

Managers think they are boss and shows bossism and treats employees like slaves

Parexel International benefits

Norhing

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on May 2019
Pros of working at Parexel International

My team was knowledgeable and we built a good working relationship

Cons of working at Parexel International

N/A

Parexel International benefits

No perks because i was a contractor

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2019
Pros of working at Parexel International

End to End work in Data management, which allows me to gain complete process knowledge and executing projects in smooth way while complying SOP's

Cons of working at Parexel International

Low salary and no additional benefits, no bonus at all

Parexel International benefits

Free food and transport, flexible shifts and working hours and Work from Home option is always available whenever you want to managen work life balance

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