About Us

Management Team: Garth Tierney - Managing Director

Garth is a co-founder of Trident and has 20 years clinical research experience. Garth has a pharmacology background and he worked in basic research for several years before joining the pharma industry. During this time Garth published various papers and won the Whelan prize (awarded by ASCEPT).

After joining industry in 1988 Garth worked for Roche and Sterling Winthrop in clinical research positions of increasing responsibility until he joined Australian pharma company Faulding in 1993 as Clinical Research Manager.

Garth went on to both establish and head the South Australian Quintile’s operations until 1997. During this time Garth completed post graduate qualifications in business administration and later completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors course. In 1997 Garth left Quintiles to establish Trident Clinical Research.

During his 20 years in industry Garth has developed a broad therapeutic background, extensive project management skills, extensive line management and general management experience and expertise as a company director.

Since establishing Trident, Garth has overseen the small 3 person start-up develop into one of Australia’s most successful independent CROs employing 100 staff in 3 countries.