---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001478242-22-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IQV"
cik: "0001478242"
company_name: "IQVIA HOLDINGS INC."
filed_at: "2022-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T23:11:07.576561+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IQVIA appoints Costa Panagos as President of R&DS, succeeding retiring Richard Staub III

## Summary
- Costa Panagos named President of Research & Development Solutions effective April 1, 2022.
- Panagos has 25+ years experience; previously President of R&D Operations and CEO of Q2 Solutions.
- Richard Staub III retires as President R&DS but remains Senior Advisor to the CEO for business development.
- Staub's transition follows a long-planned succession; he will serve on customer governance boards.
- Appointment is an internal promotion; Panagos joined IQVIA (then Quintiles) in 1999.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001478242-22-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IQV
- cik: 0001478242
- company_name: IQVIA HOLDINGS INC.
- filed_at: 2022-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478242/000147824222000045/0001478242-22-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478242/000147824222000045/iqv-20220310.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001478242-22-000045
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001478242-22-000045.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Costa Panagos was appointed as President of its Research & Development Solutions at IQVIA HOLDINGS INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President of its Research & Development Solutions
  source text: On March 14, 2022, IQVIA Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Costa Panagos as President of its Research & Development Solutions (“R&DS”) business unit, effective April 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478242/000147824222000045/0001478242-22-000045-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard Staub III retired as President, R&DS at IQVIA HOLDINGS INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President, R&DS
  source text: Richard Staub III, President, R&DS, will retire from his current role effective April 1, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478242/000147824222000045/0001478242-22-000045-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.