Global CRO Icon has appointed Dr. Neil McCullough executive vice president of quality and compliance and corporate training. McCullough will provide strategic direction for quality management, quality assurance and corporate training across all Icon lines of business, ensuring Icon continues to deliver high-quality solutions to clients that are fully compliant with the evolving global regulations guiding the biopharmaceutical industry.

McCullough has 22 years of experience leading global quality functions for pharmaceutical and clinical research organizations. Previously, he led the global quality and compliance division of PPD, and before that he spent nine years  as a member of the Pfizer global medical quality assurance leadership team. He also worked as a quality consultant to GlaxoSmithKline's division of manufacturing.