Jean-Pierre Paccioni
Past President
Jean-Pierre Paccioni holds a degree in Pharmacy, as well as a master’s degree in organic chemistry with specialisation in natural products from the Faculty of Science of Orsay University. Having worked as a researcher in nautral products synthesis at the Institute of Chemistry of the CNRS from 1974 to 1977, he then joined Laboratoires Merck, Sharpe & Dohme-Chibret in 1978, marking the start of a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry. Between 1984 and 2002 he worked successively for Novo Nordisk, New England Nuclear, Dupont de Nemours, and Pharmacia SAS. In 2002 he joined the GlaxoSmithKline group as a Responsible Pharmacist and Director of Pharmaceutical Affairs, a position he holds to this day. Jean-Pierre Paccioni was president of the Central Council of Section B of the French Ordre National des Pharmaciens from 1994 to 2015, and is currently the vice-president of the National Council of the Ordre. He served as President between 1998 and 2002, and between 2013 and 2016, and as Treasurer between 2002 and 2013.

Luigi Martini
Past President
Luigi Martini is Professor of Pharmaceutical Innovation at King’s College London and Director of Rainbow Medical Engineering. He holds a Degree in Pharmacy and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, both from the University of Manchester, as well as an MBA with distinction from the University of Liverpool, specialising in SME business failures and success. He has occupied many roles in industry, having joined GlaxoSmithKline in 1996, where he performed a variety of roles, from solid dosage form development, to drug delivery and implementation of technological platforms. The pinnacle of his industrial career, prior to joining academia, saw him fill the post of Senior Director of Preclinical and Pharmaceutical Development for Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific. Prof Martini was also made Visiting Professor at John Moores Liverpool University School of Pharmacy in 2006 and an Affiliate Professor of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Malta in 2012, and designated a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in 2008. In 2011, he was appointed a member of the REF2014 sub-panel for Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing and Allied Healthcare professionals. Prof Martini is the holder of 10 patents and has published widely in the fields of drug delivery, formulation and innovative technologies. He served as President between 2007 and 2013.

Jane Nicholson
Past President
Jane Nicholson is a Chelsea pharmacy graduate, with experience in formulation development at Beecham Research Laboratories and in regulatory affairs, both as Regulatory Affairs Manager at Bristol-Myers Squibb and as a member of the UK MHRA’s Ministerial Advisory Board. She is the past President of both IPSF (International Pharmaceutical Students Federation) and the Industrial Pharmacists Section, Vice-President of the Fédération Internationale Pharmaceutique and, until 2007, also the President of the European Industrial Pharmacists Group. She is currently a member of the British Industrial Pharmacists’ Group Committee, and a designated Fellow of both the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and The Organisation for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs. She served as President between 2002 and 2006.