Speakers

Speakers from Authorities, Inspectorates amd Associations

Dr Emer Cooke, European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency

Brendan Cuddy, European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Lead Scientific Officer at European Medicines Agency

Rick Friedman, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Deputy Director, Manufacturing Quality at FDA

Dr Rainer Gnibl, Government of Upper Bavaria, Germany
GMP Inspector for the District Government and the EMA, Advisory Board member of EQPA

Mag.pharm. Andreas Kraßnigg, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Austria
Head Pharmaceutical Inspections and member of Annex 16 Drafting Group, Chair of the PIC/S Sub-Committee on Expert Circles and Advisory Board member of EQPA

Speakers from Industry

Jyotsna Agnihotry, Flavine, Germany
Head of Quality Operations

Cheryl Chia, Lotus Phoenix Consulting, Netherlands
Consultant for GMP and GDP compliance in the pharmaceutical supply chain and member of the EQPA Board of Directors

David Cockburn, European Qualified Person Association (EQPA and ECA), UK
Member of the EQPA Board of Directors and the ECA Executive Board. Former Chair of the EMA GMP/GDP IWG

Dr Carsten Coors, Vetter Development Services Austria
Qualified Person

Dr Susanne Ding, Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany
Qualified Person for Investigational Medicinal Products and member of the EQPA Board of Directors

Rebecca Haywood, Pfizer, UK
Qualified Person

Cecilie Hejlskov, Syntese, Denmark
Operational Excellence Manager

Dr Arnoud Herremans, Y47 Consultancy, The Netherlands
Owner and Lean Kaizen Consultant

Katrien Himpens, J&J Innovative Medicines, Belgium
Qualified Person IMP, Senior Director QA Clinical Supply Chain

Dr Afshin Hosseiny, ECA, France
Qualified Person, former Director of Global Quality, GSK. Chair of the ECA Executive Board

Dr Monika Hupfauf, Nomos Attorneys-at Law, Austria
Lawyer with focus on the development of pharmaceuticals and medical products up to and including market entry

Patryk Jegorow, Takeda, Ireland
Qualified Person and Head of Quality Compliance and Systems Biologics Operating Unit

Canice Kearney, Takeda, Ireland
Qualified Person and Head of Quality, Biologics External Supply

Dr Ulrich Kissel, EQPA, Germany
Qualified Person and Chairman of the EQPA Board of Directors

Aidan Madden, FivePharma, Ireland
CEO

Sue Mann, Sue Mann Consultancy Ltd., UK
Qualified Person and QP Assessor working on behalf of the MHRA, representing the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Madeleine Molster, Sagiure Legal, The Netherlands
Attorney at Law for International Employment Law, Contract Law and Governance. Member of the People's Committee, American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands (AmCham)

Dr Umberto M. Musazzi, University of Milan, Italy
Fixed-term Research Fellow B, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Sonsee Neu, Stress Counseling, Germany
Certified Mindful Life and NLP Coach Practitioner. Former actress

Gillian Renouf, Royal Pharmaceutical Society QP Assessment Panel, UK
Chair of the RPS QP Assessment Panel, Country Quality Head UK, Ireland and Nordics at Novartis

Niina Taylor, Pfizer, UK and Ireland
Qualified Person and Director Quality Assurance

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