Anna Zourabian-Scalese

Anna is the Chief Quality Officer at Parexel, responsible for defining and driving Parexel's global quality framework covering Quality Management System Oversight, Technology Quality Oversight, Quality Assurance, Data Protection & Privacy, Regulatory Intelligence, and Sponsor Audits & Regulatory Inspections, and for driving quality excellence and compliance across the organization's global operations.

With more than 25 years in clinical research, Anna’s career is equally grounded in operational and technology delivery as well as quality leadership. Before assuming her current role, she served as Executive Vice President, Global Head of Quality, Parexel and previously Vice President, Quality Management. Prior to joining Parexel, Anna held progressive leadership roles at Perceptive Inc., a provider of eClinical solutions, spanning Medical Imaging operations, Medical Imaging Technology and eClinical platform solutions. This grounding in clinical operations and technology gives her a perspective that bridges compliance rigor with a practical understanding of global trials conduct and delivery.

Anna holds a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Tufts University and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from State Engineering University of Armenia.