Our Team
Our vision is to transform the Life Sciences industry with technology-enabled solutions, Quality Compliance and Consulting services.
We are passionate about our work and get inspiration from the challenges – we love taking on complex projects that give us an opportunity to innovate.
It gives us great satisfaction to know that we owe our success to the talents of our Team, and to the exceptional engagement we have with our Clients and Partners.
Our Executive Team
Paolo Morelli
CEO
Paolo is a passionate entrepreneur who has over 24 years of experience in the Life Sciences industry.
He is involved as a scientific advisor in multiple technology innovation start-ups and contributed to a number of leading industry associations.
Paolo’s goal is to continue investing in new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things and digital health.
He is committed to contributing to the transformation of clinical trials through technology to support the delivery of treatments to patients faster, safer, and smarter.
Giorgio Jones
CFO & HR Director
Giorgio brings nearly 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry to this role with over 25 years spent in the CRO sector, covering key roles in Finance and HR.
Giorgio qualified in 1998 as a Chartered Management Accountant and is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Personnel and Development.
He has served on a number of SME Boards during the last 20 years.
Umran Turker
Chief Commercial Officer
Umran has over 20 years of experience in Information Technologies and Business Transformation, helping companies to build digital strategies that unleash the power of technology to achieve high-value business performance.
As a senior executive and advisor, she has led numerous digital transformation and IT projects in large enterprise companies operating in Telecommunications, Oil and Gas, Energy, Automotive, Life Science and Retail industries.
Umran holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (Turkey) and a degree in Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy).
Silvia Gabanti
Managing Director of Arithmos
Silvia Gabanti has an impressive 18-year track record in the industry. She began her career in the CRO environment as pharmacovigilance and clinical research specialist. Experienced project manager and business analyst, for the last three years before becoming Managing Director of Arithmos, she held the position of Head of Life Sciences.
A frequent speaker at the national and international industry events, Silvia is passionate about reorganising and streamlining processes and implementing reliable and cost-effective solutions to improve quality, enhance departments efficiencies and increase customer satisfaction.
Antonella Ursini
Managing Director of seQure, a business unit of Arithmos
Antonella has over 25 years of experience in Pharmaceutical R&D with leadership and management experience of global, multi-disciplinary teams, across all phases of drug development.
She has a background in organic and pharmaceutical chemistry and technology.
After graduation, she joined GLAXO and worked on synthesis of new molecules. She moved then to Preclinical Development, at GW then GSK, with responsibility for Business and Projects Operations, including Quality and Operational Excellence.
Prior to starting with seQure in 2017, she held positions at Aptuit as Head of Quality and Compliance, ensuring compliant GLP and GMP Quality Systems for Verona and Oxford.
Stefania De Santis
Director of Pharmacovigilance of seQure, a business unit of Arithmos
Stefania De Santis is a qualified EU QPPV and is seQure’s Director of Pharmacovigilance; as such she is responsible for strategic planning and workflow development as well as guaranteeing the quality of our pharmacovigilance services.
Stefania has more than 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical sector where she has been involved in various departments, but mainly in Pharmacovigilance, throughout her career. Before joining seQure, she was dedicated to the field of pharmacovigilance as Head of Corporate Drug Safety and qualified Deputy EU QPPV for a major pharmaceutical company since 1992.
Stefania has extensive experience in all pharmacovigilance operations, in both pre-registration and post-marketing settings, case processing, PSUR and DSUR preparation, ICSR/SUSAR management and electronic transmission to the EMA, signal detection and management, safety database validation, safety variations, RMPs development, SDEA/Safety Management Plans and liaising with regulatory authorities.
She is certified by the EMA for the use of Eudravigilance and EXVMPD (Medicinal Product Dictionary).
Tom Richardson
General Manager of The CQA Company, an Arithmos company
Tom has over 15 years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry covering Data Management, Clinical Operations and Quality Assurance.
He has worked in CROs and Pharmaceutical companies and brings with him a diverse range of therapeutic area knowledge.
Since the start of 2020, Tom has been the general manager of The CQA Company leading the team through an exciting period of growth in terms of personnel and delivering high quality resources for clients.
Maurizio Giraudo
Managing Director of the Consulting Business Unit of Arithmos
With a law degree from La Sapienza University in Rome, Maurizio Giraudo is a management consulting professional with over 20 years of experience in Life Sciences from commercial excellence and digital transformation to R&D, regulatory affairs and manufacturing for global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies.
His career also boasts consulting experience with Accenture and EY, with a combined 14 years as a senior consultant and manager in the Life Sciences divisions.