Claes, who is Swedish, relocated to France after having graduated from the Aranäs College in Economics. He then spent 8 years with the Scandi Bureau in assisting Scandinavian companies to establish and set up their French subsidiaries.

In 2006, Claes joined Euromedica’s Paris office as Interim Office Manager, later taking on the role as Researcher/Knowledge Management across Euromedica offices. He has played a vital role in aligning best practices and guaranteeing quality data for optimum efficiency in research. Claes became Head of Research for the Paris office in 2011 and is today heading up Euromedica’s Global Research team as it expands into the USA and Asia.