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Paul Rice and Simon Walker join M3 (EU) as the company announces strong double-digit growth…

May 30, 2011 |  

M3, the global healthcare technology company with brands including Doctors.net.uk, medeConnect, M3 Global Research, Rotamaster and The Vidal Group has announced two significant appointments in Paul Rice who joins as Chief Operating Officer, and Simon Walker who takes on a Business Director role. This news comes as M3 Inc. releases its 2016 full-year results, with year-on-year revenue growing by 21%, and continued strong growth in key markets across Europe, US, Japan, China, Korea and India, and with membership of M3’s 100% verified physician communities now at over 4 million members.

Paul Rice has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer for M3’s rapidly expanding operations in Europe. Paul will lead the further development of M3’s services and the next phase of the company’s rapid growth in Europe. He brings more than 25 years of industry experience which includes senior roles at Merck and Walgreens Boots Alliance.Dr Tim Ringrose, CEO of M3 EU Ltd, commented “M3’s capabilities are becoming firmly established in key European markets and I’m delighted to welcome Paul to M3 as we continue to drive M3’s growth in key markets and expand the services we provide to healthcare”.

Simon Walker joins M3 (EU) as a Business Director, working across M3’s portfolio of promotional and medical education solutions in the UK and globally. Having initially trained as a journalist, Simon has had a successful career in medical publishing. After twenty years with BMJ (British Medical Journal), he set up a consultancy, TallSim Limited and has worked with organisations such as Kanga Healthcare and RCNi. He is also a committee member of Pharmaceutical Marketing Society.

About M3: M3 operates in Asia, the US and Europe with more than 4 million physician doctor members globally via M3.com, MDLinx, Medigate, M3 Medical and Doctors.net.uk. 5th on Forbes’ Most Innovative Growth Companies 2016, M3 provides pharmaceutical marketing, research services and career placement services for physicians.

For more information on the acquisition of Rotamaster by M3 please contact Hannah Brown on +44 (0)7747 273879 or hannah.brown@eu.m3.com. For more information on M3 visit http://eu.m3.com/

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