Barry Balfe is the Chief Executive Officer of ICON. Barry has held the CEO seat since September 2025, and was previously Pharmacovigilance at IQVIA.
Current company
ICON
ICON is an Irish clinical research organization company.
pharmaceutical industryHeadquartered in DublinFounded 1990Nasdaq: ICLR
Source: WikipediaBarry Balfe joined ICON plc in January 2003 and has been CEO since September 2025. Before ICON, Barry was Pharmacovigilance at IQVIA from January 2001 until January 2003.
Career
Sources: LinkedIn profile
Education
Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Stanford Executive Program, BusinessDublin City University, BSc, ChemistryLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London, Cert., Pharmacoepidaemiology and PharmacovigilanceSource
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Vice president level and above, most senior firstBarry Balfe is the Chief Executive Officer of ICON. Barry has held the CEO seat since September 2025, and was previously Pharmacovigilance at IQVIA.
Barry Balfe has been CEO of ICON since September 2025, according to LinkedIn profile.
Barry Balfe was Pharmacovigilance at IQVIA from January 2001 until January 2003, according to LinkedIn profile.
Barry Balfe has been CEO of ICON for 1 year, since September 2025.
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