2008

IBA appoints COO

Andrea Fiumicelli was previously with Agfa where he was responsible for leading Agfa’s Healthcare IT world-wide research and development, sales and service organisation in Europe and some 20-plus international subsidiaries.  Prior to this, Andrea was instrumental in creating Agfa’s Health Care Imaging Division and Health Care IT Solutions Division.

Andrea Fiumicelli will be based at iSOFT’s European headquarters in Banbury, UK. He will have responsibility for iSOFT’s sales, development and support services now being delivered across five continents and 35 countries.

Andrea is well known as a change agent in the market, as evidenced by his active participation in supplier consolidation and in the successful execution of innovative commercial propositions.

“I am absolutely delighted to welcome Andrea to the iSOFT team,” said Gary Cohen, executive chairman and CEO of the IBA Health Group. “His drive, expertise and management acumen will be a great asset to us as we move through our planned growth programme. It is important as we drive growth across the group that we have people who understand and have operated in the international markets we now operate in.

“Our capacity to attract leading industry executives like Andrea is confirmation of the quality of our strategy and our leadership position in the market place,” concluded Mr Cohen.