Tony Heslop
29-30 April 2025
Coventry Building Society Arena
Archives: Speakers
James Hart
James Hart is the Technical Services manager for the Pharma Solutions group at BASF, James has worked at BASF for 8 years supporting customers, across the UK and Ireland, with their application of BASFs wide range of excipients and is the first point of contact for any questions. James has nearly 20 years of experience… Read more »
Vivek Warriar
Vivek Warriar, a doctoral researcher, brings more than five years of academic expertise at the forefront of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). His research record includes publications in top-tier venues, showcasing his proficiency in integrating AI/ML methodologies with user research and design innovation. Complementing his academic achievements, Vivek possesses seven years of industry… Read more »
Stuart Richardson
Stuart has a decade of pharmaceutical industry expertise at GSK, in both operational and supply chain roles. Currently he leads one of GSK’s largest value streams at the Ware manufacturing facility in Hertfordshire, producing the innovative Ellipta platform of medicines. Stuart joined GSK following a successful career as a commissioned Army Officer, including operational tours… Read more »
Dr Charles Lochenie
After a PhD (Bayreuth, Germany) and Postdoc (Strasbourg, France) researching magnetic and/or fluorescent molecular switches for bio-medical applications, Charles joined the Translational Healthcare Technologies Group at the University of Edinburgh in 2020 as GMP Chemist, and since 2023 is the Translational Chemistry Manager. His role includes the synthetic process development, formulation, GMP manufacture, development/validation of… Read more »
Brian Anderton
Starting out in the Transport Industry in his early teens with a Saturday job washing trucks for a local haulage company, Brian has a lifelong passion for the logistics sector. In 1991 he joined a start up company called Trans-Bridge Freight Services Ltd specializing in Groupage movements from GB to Ireland. Now in its 34th… Read more »
Dr Hamid Moradlou
Hamid is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at WMG, University of Warwick. He is the Course Director for the part-time Supply Chain Leadership programme, an executive development degree tailor-made to the needs of partner companies in the pharmaceutical sector, including GSK and AstraZeneca. Hamid’s research focuses on investigating the resilience of supply chains… Read more »
Dr Sam Atkinson
Board-level executive with 16 years’ employment at the UK MHRA and, latterly, with accountability for regulatory activities across the UK supply chain, including Inspectorate (all GxPs), enforcement, licensing, clinical trials, pharmacopoeia and premarket medical devices Expert at crisis management, dealing with national- and international-scale incident management; executive lead for the MHRA’s task force in response… Read more »
Colleen Harrisson-Dodds
Director of Operations and SaaS, Colleen Harrisson-Dodds developed Boaz based on International Health Partner’s (IHP) twenty-year experience in medical product donations. Colleen is experienced in ensuring efficient and effective pharmaceutical aid delivery to NGO partners across the world by managing the supply chain of donated healthcare products. Partnering with the pharmaceutical industry, NGOs, and developers;… Read more »
Rab Leckie
With over 15 years in the pharmaceutical sector, I’ve developed my expertise in managing manufacturing and technical teams, ensuring compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). My roles have involved overseeing the commercialization of drug products and designing automation infrastructure. Currently, as Manager of Operational Technology at the Medicine Manufacturing Innovation Centre, I focus on compliance… Read more »