LONDON, March 31, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Medefield, the leading global physician and related HCP fieldwork services provider, announces two senior appointments to lead its global expansion, establishing offices in Lyon and Hamburg.

Anne-Beatrice Clidassou is appointed Managing Director of our office in Lyon, France. Anne-Beatrice has over 12 years of experience in healthcare market research. She previously led A+A Fieldshop, specialising in providing data collection services and brings with her a wealth of knowledge in healthcare market research.

Gerald Wackert is appointed Managing Director of our office in Hamburg, Germany. Gerald has over 25 years of experience in healthcare market research in both client and supplier roles. He joins from the role of Business Unit Director, TNS Healthcare. Prior to that he was Head of Business Development, Pharma Healthcare at Maritz Research Europe.

Asif Javed, Group President commented, These new offices under the leadership of Gerald and Anne-Beatrice will enable Medefield to offer additional options for customers to experience our industry leading client service, whilst also strengthening our capability to offer services such as MedeQual and traditional fieldwork. We're fortunate to have two such outstanding research professionals join the Medefield team.

About Medefield

Medefield is the world's leading provider of global physician and related HCP fieldwork services. Our global respondent community delivers unrivaled physician recruiting capabilities - direct relationships with over a half million physicians in over 100 countries. The Medefield team of more than 100 professionals is committed to the relentless pursuit of improving on our industry-leading client satisfaction. Our services include recruiting and data collection for online quantitative, MedeQual and traditional qualitative healthcare research.

SOURCE: Medefield

CONTACT: For more information about Medefield in France, please contactAnne-Beatrice Clidassou at AB.Clidassou@medefield.com or+33(0)472-15-78-60. For more information about Medefield in Germany, pleasecontact Gerald Wackert at gerald.wackert@medefield.com or+49(0)173-4685-112. You can also visit us at http://www.medefield.com formore information on Medefield.