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Simon est le fondateur, le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et le pr\u00e9sident ex\u00e9cutif de Sygnature Discovery. Apr\u00e8s avoir d\u00e9but\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re en tant que chimiste m\u00e9dical chez AstraZeneca, Simon s’est forg\u00e9 un parcours de 30 ans couvrant l’ensemble des programmes de d\u00e9couverte de m\u00e9dicaments et des fonctions de direction d’entreprise. Depuis la cr\u00e9ation de Sygnature Discovery en 2004, Simon a fait de l’entreprise un partenaire de premier plan dans le domaine des services sur mesure de d\u00e9couverte de m\u00e9dicaments, en instaurant une solide culture scientifique et en g\u00e9n\u00e9rant une croissance significative. Sous sa direction, Sygnature s\u2019est d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle mondiale, a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 des acquisitions strat\u00e9giques et s\u2019est forg\u00e9 une r\u00e9putation d\u2019excellence scientifique et d\u2019innovation, tout en conservant cette approche centr\u00e9e sur les personnes qui continue d\u2019\u00eatre le moteur de son succ\u00e8s. <\/p>\n\n

Simon est titulaire d’une licence (avec mention) en chimie et d’un doctorat en chimie organique de synth\u00e8se de l’universit\u00e9 de Nottingham ; il a men\u00e9 d’importants travaux de recherche postdoctorale \u00e0 l’universit\u00e9 de Pittsburgh. Il poss\u00e8de une vaste exp\u00e9rience de la recherche acquise chez AstraZeneca et OSI Pharmaceuticals, ainsi que chez Combi Pure Ltd., o\u00f9 il a occup\u00e9 les fonctions de directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et de directeur de la chimie. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":19491,"template":"","team_group":[642],"class_list":["post-19490","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team_group-executive-leadership-team"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSimon Hirst, Doctorat - Sygnature<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Simon Hirst, Doctorat - Sygnature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sygnaturediscovery.com\/fr\/people\/simon-hirst-docteur-en-sciences\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sygnature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-29T16:34:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sygnaturediscovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Simon-Hirst_CEO_UK-3.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"342\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimation du temps de lecture\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sygnaturediscovery.com\\\/fr\\\/people\\\/simon-hirst-docteur-en-sciences\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sygnaturediscovery.com\\\/fr\\\/people\\\/simon-hirst-docteur-en-sciences\\\/\",\"name\":\"Simon Hirst, Doctorat - 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