Conference Speakers for 2025

Our Keynote Speakers

Tanya Agombar

Director and QP

QPQuandary

Prof. Zeeshan Ahmad

Pharmaceutical Technologies and Nanomedicine

De Montfort University

Dr Mohamed A Alhnan

Reader in Innovative Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine

King's College London

Amar Ali

Senior Analyst (Plastic Recycling & Sustainability)

Wood Mckenzie

Afolabi Aramide

Masters Student

Aston University

Rodrigo Arias

Technical Sales Manager Direct Business EMEA

DFE Pharma (IPEC)

Dr Atheer Awad

University of Hertfordshire

Mohamad Baassiri

PhD Researcher

University of Limerick

Dr Irfan Bashir

Pharmaceutical Engineer

Homogenising Systems UK

William Birch

Strategic Account Director

Space Catapult

Paul Bird

Senior Director QA Technical Operations

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies UK

Mark Birse

Vice President Technical, Strategic Compliance Consulting

Parexel

Dr Michael Black

Head of Sales Pharma

BENEO GmBH

Adrian Bone

EXCiPACT

Phil Butson

PQG

Stephen Byard

Principal Research Fellow

Quotient Sciences

Dr Caterina Cappuccini

Quality Control Manager

Neotron Pharma

Rachel Carmichael

Executive Director

NSF

Nick Carter

Director / Designated Person

Wessex Fine Chemicals Ltd

Charlotte Cartwright

Senior Compaction Scientist

Merlin Powder Characterisation

Victoria Cavalier-Hirth

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

aVaxziPen Limited, IMechE

John Cobb

GMP Microbiologist

PMT (GB)

Richard Coe

GDP Responsible Person

Protogen Consulting, IMechE

Lewis Corbett

Business Manager & Senior Consultant

EPiC

Grant Courtney

Principal Consultant

Be4ward

Florian Dahm

Global Key Account Manager, Pharma and Biotech

Draeger Safety

Dr Gilberto Dalmaso

Global Life Science Senior Advisor

GDM Pharma Consulting

Prof. Dennis Douroumis

Professor in Pharmaceutical Technology and Process Engineering

Delta Pharmaceutics

Noba Ebaid

Global Manager for Automation Partners

IPP Group

Dr Hannah Edmonds

Chief Engineer

MTC

Claire Edwards

Chair of Pharmaceutical Committee

IMechE

Brendan Fish

Director of Biologics and RNA Centre of Excellence

CPI (Centre for Process Innovation)

Matt Fisher

IHP

Tom Fripp

Director

AddParts

Michael Galvin

Managing Director

Enviroeye Engineering Ltd

Dr Vivek Garg

Research and Consultant Engineer

The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, University of Greenwich

Giby George

Managing Director

GMP Healthcare

Dr Muhammad Usman Ghori

Senior Research Fellow and Course Leader for the MSc Pharmaceutical Business Suite

University of Huddersfield

Rebecca Graham

IHP

George Grimsey Jones

Life Sciences Sustainability Specialist

Croda

Alex Hall

Founder

QPQuandry

Dean Halliday

Regional Sales Director

Schlafender Hase

Sam Harrison

Environmental Modeller

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Bahareh Hassanzadeh Moghadam

MSc Graduate

Aston University

Adam Hawthorne

United Affilliate Ltd Board Member

ISPE

Bob Hayes

Vice-Chair, Pharmaceuticals Technical Activities Committee

IMechE

Kateryna Holovnia

Global Head of Procurement

Dechra Ltd

Chris Howell

Consultant

Chris Howell Interims

Kevin Hughes

Regional Regulatory Affairs Director

Colorcon (IPEC)

Christopher Hurst

Director Operational Engineering Solutions Ltd

IMechE

Aswin James

Director of Technical Services

GMP Healthcare

Sabine Jarvis

QA Consultant

Beyond Quality Consultancy

Gethin Jones

Managing Director

Clean Air Monitoring Solutions

Prof. Deepak Kalaskar

Professor of Bioengineering

UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science

Norman Keane

Technical Director

BBIA (Bio-based & Biodegradable Industries Association)

Prof. Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy

Professor of Formulation Science

University of Reading

Dr Andrew King

Senior Director HSE, Sustainability and QC IT Systems

AstraZeneca

David Kipling

Chief Executive Officer

On-Site Energy Ltd

Dr Marcus Knöll

Director Business Development Pharmaceutical Solutions

Huettlin Syntegon

Sarawut Künzl

Business Development Manager

Schott Pharma

Prof. Dimitrios Lamprou

Queens University Belfast

Calum Love

Sustainability Technical Lead

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions

Dr Geoff Mackey

UK Country Manager

Plastics Europe

Kirk Malone

Chief Executive

Britest

Justin Mason-Home

Director/Owner

HPAPI Project Services Limited

Dr Tom McDonald

Reader in Sustainable Materials

University of Manchester

Dr Sally-Ann McDowell

Co-Chair

ICR

Stephen McIndoe

President and Principal Consultant

Be4ward

Ian McKeown

EXCiPACT

Shilpa Mistry

Head of Pharma, UK and Ireland

Harke Pharma

Haseena Sophia Mooncey

Director

CHR Life Sciences

Di Morris

Vice Chair

PHSS, and PHR Pharma Limited (UK)

Jack O’Grady

Senior Programme Manager

Impact Laboratories

Dominic Parry

Managing Director

Inspired Pharma Training Ltd

Mukesh Patel

Founder and Director

CommQP Ltd

Dr Bhavnita Patel

Sector Development Manager

MTC

Robert Peeling

Technical Services Director

Britest, ETERNAL

Vicki Pike

Operations Manager & Senior Consultant

EPiC Auditors

Prof. Kendal Pitt

Honorary Professor

Leicester School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University

Edward Platt

Responsible Care Lead

Chemical Business Association

Matt Popkin

Executive Director, CMC Excellence

GSK

John Preston

Regulatory and Development Director

Healthcare Distribution Association

Humayra Tasnim Rahman

Research Student

Aston University

Reham Shalaan

QC Pharmacist

Agraria Pharma GmbH

Prof Alan Smith

Director

Biopolymer Research Centre, University of Huddersfield

Karen Stevenson

Global Supply Chain Engineering Compliance Manager - Standards

GSK, IMechE

Dr Ann Stevenson

Circular Economy Lead

Resource Futures

Jasmine Stewart

AstraZeneca Quality Control Sustainability - HSE Program Manager

AstraZeneca

Zhiru Tang

Standardisation Lead - GSK

IMechE

Dr Jason Teckoe

Technical Director

Colorcon

Miriam Turner

Product Environmental Specialist

AstraZeneca

Arvind Vijayabhaskar

Senior Consultant

SeerPharmaUK

Dr Driton Vllasaliu

Reader in Biotherapeutic Delivery

King's College London

David Waddington

Executive Director

NSF

Neil Wayman

Secretary

PQG

Dominik Werner

CEO

EvoPhase

Mark Wheeler

Commercial Director

Guardtech Group

Allan Whiston

Quality Practitioner (CQP)

QA Resolutions

Andy Worsick

Sales Manager - UK & Ireland, Particle Measuring Systems

Society for Contamination Control

Joe Yarwood

Principal

Chartwell Consulting

Brian Anderton

Director

Trans-Bridge Freight Services

Peter Coombs

GDP Consultant and Director

GDP Consortium

Sean Curley

Principal Pharmaceutical Officer

Department of Health, Northern Ireland

Regina Dawkins

Director/Practice Area Lead - Quality Management and Compliance

Pharmalex UK

Savanna Edmiston

Quality Consultant/RP/RPi/QP

Orion GXP

Claire Glenister

GDP Consultant and Director

GDP Consortium

Robert Hardy

CEO and Founder

EORI UK

Andy Hughes

Senior Director Life Sciences, UK & NL

AIT Worldwide

Hitesh Kothari

Managing Director

Codesplice Ltd

Lori Laing

RP

Reckitt

Nicole Lyons

Consultant RP/RPi

Pharma Companion Limited

Dominic Parry

Managing Director

Inspired Pharma Training Ltd

Richard Peck

Managing Director

OnAsset Intelligence

Dave Rushton

Founder

Paradigm Shift Consulting Limited

Peter Smith

Managing Director

Life Couriers UK

Mathias Vinter

Senior Manager, Services / Business Development, Global Customs

DSV

Dr Chris Watson

Senior GDP Inspector

MHRA

Tanya Agombar

Director and QP

QPQuandary

Prof. Zeeshan Ahmad

Pharmaceutical Technologies and Nanomedicine

De Montfort University

Dr Mohamed A Alhnan

Reader in Innovative Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine

King's College London

Amar Ali

Senior Analyst (Plastic Recycling & Sustainability)

Wood Mckenzie

Afolabi Aramide

Masters Student

Aston University

Rodrigo Arias

Technical Sales Manager Direct Business EMEA

DFE Pharma (IPEC)

Dr Atheer Awad

University of Hertfordshire

Mohamad Baassiri

PhD Researcher

University of Limerick

Dr Irfan Bashir

Pharmaceutical Engineer

Homogenising Systems UK

William Birch

Strategic Account Director

Space Catapult

Paul Bird

Senior Director QA Technical Operations

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies UK

Mark Birse

Vice President Technical, Strategic Compliance Consulting

Parexel

Dr Michael Black

Head of Sales Pharma

BENEO GmBH

Adrian Bone

EXCiPACT

Phil Butson

PQG

Stephen Byard

Principal Research Fellow

Quotient Sciences

Dr Caterina Cappuccini

Quality Control Manager

Neotron Pharma

Rachel Carmichael

Executive Director

NSF

Nick Carter

Director / Designated Person

Wessex Fine Chemicals Ltd

Charlotte Cartwright

Senior Compaction Scientist

Merlin Powder Characterisation

Victoria Cavalier-Hirth

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

aVaxziPen Limited, IMechE

John Cobb

GMP Microbiologist

PMT (GB)

Richard Coe

GDP Responsible Person

Protogen Consulting, IMechE

Lewis Corbett

Business Manager & Senior Consultant

EPiC

Grant Courtney

Principal Consultant

Be4ward

Florian Dahm

Global Key Account Manager, Pharma and Biotech

Draeger Safety

Dr Gilberto Dalmaso

Global Life Science Senior Advisor

GDM Pharma Consulting

Prof. Dennis Douroumis

Professor in Pharmaceutical Technology and Process Engineering

Delta Pharmaceutics

Noba Ebaid

Global Manager for Automation Partners

IPP Group

Dr Hannah Edmonds

Chief Engineer

MTC

Claire Edwards

Chair of Pharmaceutical Committee

IMechE

Brendan Fish

Director of Biologics and RNA Centre of Excellence

CPI (Centre for Process Innovation)

Matt Fisher

IHP

Tom Fripp

Director

AddParts

Michael Galvin

Managing Director

Enviroeye Engineering Ltd

Dr Vivek Garg

Research and Consultant Engineer

The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, University of Greenwich

Giby George

Managing Director

GMP Healthcare

Dr Muhammad Usman Ghori

Senior Research Fellow and Course Leader for the MSc Pharmaceutical Business Suite

University of Huddersfield

Rebecca Graham

IHP

George Grimsey Jones

Life Sciences Sustainability Specialist

Croda

Alex Hall

Founder

QPQuandry

Dean Halliday

Regional Sales Director

Schlafender Hase

Sam Harrison

Environmental Modeller

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Bahareh Hassanzadeh Moghadam

MSc Graduate

Aston University

Adam Hawthorne

United Affilliate Ltd Board Member

ISPE

Bob Hayes

Vice-Chair, Pharmaceuticals Technical Activities Committee

IMechE

Kateryna Holovnia

Global Head of Procurement

Dechra Ltd

Chris Howell

Consultant

Chris Howell Interims

Kevin Hughes

Regional Regulatory Affairs Director

Colorcon (IPEC)

Christopher Hurst

Director Operational Engineering Solutions Ltd

IMechE

Aswin James

Director of Technical Services

GMP Healthcare

Sabine Jarvis

QA Consultant

Beyond Quality Consultancy

Gethin Jones

Managing Director

Clean Air Monitoring Solutions

Prof. Deepak Kalaskar

Professor of Bioengineering

UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science

Norman Keane

Technical Director

BBIA (Bio-based & Biodegradable Industries Association)

Prof. Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy

Professor of Formulation Science

University of Reading

Dr Andrew King

Senior Director HSE, Sustainability and QC IT Systems

AstraZeneca

David Kipling

Chief Executive Officer

On-Site Energy Ltd

Dr Marcus Knöll

Director Business Development Pharmaceutical Solutions

Huettlin Syntegon

Sarawut Künzl

Business Development Manager

Schott Pharma

Prof. Dimitrios Lamprou

Queens University Belfast

Calum Love

Sustainability Technical Lead

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions

Dr Geoff Mackey

UK Country Manager

Plastics Europe

Kirk Malone

Chief Executive

Britest

Justin Mason-Home

Director/Owner

HPAPI Project Services Limited

Dr Tom McDonald

Reader in Sustainable Materials

University of Manchester

Dr Sally-Ann McDowell

Co-Chair

ICR

Stephen McIndoe

President and Principal Consultant

Be4ward

Ian McKeown

EXCiPACT

Shilpa Mistry

Head of Pharma, UK and Ireland

Harke Pharma

Haseena Sophia Mooncey

Director

CHR Life Sciences

Di Morris

Vice Chair

PHSS, and PHR Pharma Limited (UK)

Jack O’Grady

Senior Programme Manager

Impact Laboratories

Dominic Parry

Managing Director

Inspired Pharma Training Ltd

Mukesh Patel

Founder and Director

CommQP Ltd

Dr Bhavnita Patel

Sector Development Manager

MTC

Robert Peeling

Technical Services Director

Britest, ETERNAL

Vicki Pike

Operations Manager & Senior Consultant

EPiC Auditors

Prof. Kendal Pitt

Honorary Professor

Leicester School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University

Edward Platt

Responsible Care Lead

Chemical Business Association

Matt Popkin

Executive Director, CMC Excellence

GSK

John Preston

Regulatory and Development Director

Healthcare Distribution Association

Humayra Tasnim Rahman

Research Student

Aston University

Reham Shalaan

QC Pharmacist

Agraria Pharma GmbH

Prof Alan Smith

Director

Biopolymer Research Centre, University of Huddersfield

Karen Stevenson

Global Supply Chain Engineering Compliance Manager - Standards

GSK, IMechE

Dr Ann Stevenson

Circular Economy Lead

Resource Futures

Jasmine Stewart

AstraZeneca Quality Control Sustainability - HSE Program Manager

AstraZeneca

Zhiru Tang

Standardisation Lead - GSK

IMechE

Dr Jason Teckoe

Technical Director

Colorcon

Miriam Turner

Product Environmental Specialist

AstraZeneca

Arvind Vijayabhaskar

Senior Consultant

SeerPharmaUK

Dr Driton Vllasaliu

Reader in Biotherapeutic Delivery

King's College London

David Waddington

Executive Director

NSF

Neil Wayman

Secretary

PQG

Dominik Werner

CEO

EvoPhase

Mark Wheeler

Commercial Director

Guardtech Group

Allan Whiston

Quality Practitioner (CQP)

QA Resolutions

Andy Worsick

Sales Manager - UK & Ireland, Particle Measuring Systems

Society for Contamination Control

Joe Yarwood

Principal

Chartwell Consulting

Brian Anderton

Director

Trans-Bridge Freight Services

Peter Coombs

GDP Consultant and Director

GDP Consortium

Sean Curley

Principal Pharmaceutical Officer

Department of Health, Northern Ireland

Regina Dawkins

Director/Practice Area Lead - Quality Management and Compliance

Pharmalex UK

Savanna Edmiston

Quality Consultant/RP/RPi/QP

Orion GXP

Claire Glenister

GDP Consultant and Director

GDP Consortium

Robert Hardy

CEO and Founder

EORI UK

Andy Hughes

Senior Director Life Sciences, UK & NL

AIT Worldwide

Hitesh Kothari

Managing Director

Codesplice Ltd

Lori Laing

RP

Reckitt

Nicole Lyons

Consultant RP/RPi

Pharma Companion Limited

Dominic Parry

Managing Director

Inspired Pharma Training Ltd

Richard Peck

Managing Director

OnAsset Intelligence

Dave Rushton

Founder

Paradigm Shift Consulting Limited

Peter Smith

Managing Director

Life Couriers UK

Mathias Vinter

Senior Manager, Services / Business Development, Global Customs

DSV

Dr Chris Watson

Senior GDP Inspector

MHRA