Our Leadership
Our senior leaders guide the expert teams that help bring life-changing therapies and diagnostics to life. Meet the experts driving our success.
At the heart of Cerba Research is a leadership team united by a shared commitment to scientific excellence, operational precision, and meaningful partnership.
Drawing on decades of experience across global clinical research and diagnostics, they provide leadership across strategy, quality, operations, commercial delivery, and people development.
Together, they drive our mission to empower innovative clinical trials and accelerate breakthrough therapies for patients worldwide.
Learn more about our senior leadership team below.
Maria Fotiu
Managing Director
Maria joined Cerba Research in 2024 as Managing Director where she has been instrumental in steering the organization toward a clearer identity as a specialty laboratory clinical service provider, leveraging its advanced scientific capabilities and global laboratory expertise.
Our global network
Cerba HealthCare has been a leader in European clinical pathology for more than 50 years. Today, its global network encompasses 1,160 laboratories and 130 technical platforms, employing over 9,000 professionals, including 1,000 medical pathologists.
Through this extensive infrastructure, Cerba HealthCare serves more than 50 countries across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, along with our central laboratory services to support clinical trials and the development of innovative therapies across the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
Together, we’ll shape the future of your clinical development.
As your partner, Cerba Research empowers you to advance new, life‑changing therapies for patients worldwide through scientific excellence, operational precision, and a truly global reach.
Where expertise meets impact
Our people are the driving force behind our scientific depth, operational excellence, and specialty laboratory expertise. Beyond our leadership team, we are powered by a diverse community of scientists, technologists, project leaders, and operational specialists who bring our mission to life every day.
Their knowledge, passion, and commitment shape the quality of our work and the impact we make on clinical development.
Discover the people, capabilities, and expertise that set us apart.
