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People in the News: Richard Lingard

Jan 25, 2014
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Dotmatics has hired Richard Lingard to serve as head of commercial operations. In this role, Lingard will oversee the expansion and running of the company's commercial and customer-facing teams.

Prior to joining Dotmatics, Lingard was a director at Thomson Reuters running the company's sales organization in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over two decades.

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