Appointments in Healthcare, May 2021

Marc-Antoine Fortin has been hired by Ashfield, part of UDG Healthcare plc as Health communicator in St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu. He had formerly worked at Dare Foods Limited.

Michel Yakop has joined Sanofi as a Head of Global Capex Procurement - Vaccines in Toronto. Previously, he had been employed as a Deputy Director - Capex Procurement - B100 Procurement Leader.

Janhavi Haldankar has been appointed as a Global safety Scientist / Medical Reviewer at Cognizant in Toronto. She was employed as a Global Safety Scientist at Advanced Clinical until recently.

Amina Derkaoui is taking up the duties of Healthcare Relationship Specialist at Ashfield, part of UDG Healthcare plc in Milton. She had been employed as a Senior Medical Sales Representative at Novo Nordisk before that.

Daniel McKennitt joined Canadian Red Cross as a Public Health Specialist in Edmonton. He had been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Alberta.

After being employed as a School Secretary at Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, Zahabia Faizy is taking on the responsibilities of Medical Administrator at DriverCheck Inc. in Toronto.

Mohamed Zaki moved from Al Moultaka to join Halton Region in Toronto as a Vaccine Clinic Support.

John Sanares has taken up the duties of Operations Manager at Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada in Brampton. Until now, he worked as Airport Operations Centre Controller at Greater Toronto Airports Authority.

Dawn Pearce is leaving the position of Oncology Account Specialist in Ipsen. She is going to be Therapeutic Specialist, breast oncology at AstraZeneca in Montreal.

Amyn Sayani has taken on the responsibilities of Head, Medical Evidence at AstraZeneca in Toronto. He had previously occupied the position of Vice President, R&D and Medical at The Green Organic Dutchman.