Chris Adcock is President Healthcare, GS1 Global Office. Mr Adcock has held a series of senior management positions in Europe for The Gillette Company, a global market leader in several consumer product categories. His most recent position was as General Manager of the Nordic Region for The Gillette Company. Mr Adcock's career to date has included extensive experience in international markets, working within Europe, East Africa and the Middle East. Since September 2004 Mr. Adcock has led the global activities of EPCglobal during a period of rapid development and international expansion as companies around the world have worked to take advantage of this exciting and new enabling technology. Between 2001 and 2004 he held the position of Chairman of the AIM Trade and Industry Committee (AIM is the association of branded goods manufacturers in Europe). Mr. Adcock holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Cranfield University in the United Kingdom.
Dr Karsten Benzing heads the Supply Chain Processes group in the corporate centre of Boehringer Ingelheim. The group is responsible for developing and implementing world-wide supply chain concepts, comprising all value chain steps from chemicals synthesis to distribution. Prior to joining Boehringer, Karsten was a management consultant with McKinsey & Co. in Frankfurt, focusing on SCM, purchasing, organisation and strategy. He holds a PhD in biology.
Jean-Marc BOBEE is Director, Anti-counterfeiting Strategy at Sanofi Aventis, Industrial Affairs. In this capacity, he is in charge of the definition and implementation of the industrial anti-counterfeiting strategy of Sanofi Aventis. This includes identification and evaluation of new anti-counterfeiting technologies in the domain of packaging tamper evidence, authentication, codification, track & trace ... as well as coordination of the corresponding development projects. Jean-Marc is Doctor of Pharmacy by education and holds a Master Degree in Industrial Pharmacy from Paris University. He has 25 years extensive experience in international products development (galenics, analytics & technology transfer) and management of Industrial Operations interfaces (risk assessment & strategy). Since june 2007, Jean-Marc is also chairman of the EFPIA project on codification and identification of pharmaceuticals in Europe.
Laurent Boer is Vice President Global Supply Chain at UCB Pharma since 2007. In this role he is responsible for all Production Supply Management, Demand Chain management and Clinical Supply Chain. This includes all new product launches, product transportation and logistics. Previously he was Director Global Operations at Biogen Idec in Cambridge, Massachusetts. There he was specifically responsible for global Planning and Logistics. Before assuming the role in Cambridge he was responsible for International Operations (Planning, Logistics and Label/Packaging) in The Netherlands.
From 1992 until 2002 Laurent Boer worked at United Parcel Service. He started at the Dutch organization and worked as Industrial Engineer in the European and US organization. In the various functions he played a pivotal role in the automation strategy for UPS and opened several buildings with fully automated sort capacities.
Before joining UPS he worked 3 years at a consultancy firm in Applied Quantitative modeling.
Laurent Boer holds a Masters degree in Business Econometrics (Erasmus University Rotterdam) as well as professional degrees in Logistics and Project Management.
Pharmacist (State University Ghent 1976) Since 1979 public pharmacist in the centre of Antwerp (Belgium). Since 1989 Secretary-General of APB (Belgian Pharmacists Association) and editor-in-chief of a.o. the Apothekersblad
Co-founder of FARMA (the bi-annual trade fair for pharmacists), President of IPhEB (Institute for Pharmaco-Epidemiology of Belgium), Member of the board of MWS (Medical Web Services: MediPlanet & PharmaPlanet, internet services for doctors and pharmacists), Co-founder of the WHO EuroPharmForum (federation of European professional associations developing pharmaceutical care services) and Co-founder of the Recip-e project (a multi-disciplinary platform for electronic medical prescriptions)
Vice-President of the Comité de l’Assurance at the INAMI (national institute for health insurance). Vice-President of the board of e-Health (Belgian platform for IT services in health).
Nigel has worked for multinational companies throughout his career. Currently Interim Head Global Quality for Norgine M&S responsible for Quality. He has worked in all GxP environments and has developed many best practice systems. Working for Akzo, Astra Zeneca, Merck & Co, DHL Lifesciences, Roche, Norgine. He has managed successful MHRA, FDA, Dutch, Brazillian and other audits. He is an expert auditor and leader in inspection readiness. Has several year experience in business development quality within the lifescience logistics field setting internal strategic pathways and providing logistic strategies for major pharmaceutical customers in distribution, clinical trials and 3/4pl.
Dirk De Naeyer is currently responsible for the supply chain of Johnson&Johnson chemical API production in Belgium, holding operational responsibility of several supply chain and logistics departments, and connecting with the Global Planning of the Global Pharmaceutical Supply Group (GPSG). He previously was responsible for strategic planning for chemical API manufacturing in Johnson&Johnson, as a member of the global API manufacturing board. He joined Johnson&Johnson in 2005, after a career in management consulting, advising industrial clients in areas such as operational improvement, lean manufacturing, supply chain management and business development; He holds an MBA from the Booth School of Business in Chicago.
Worked in AZ for 22 years (through ICI, Zeneca and then AstraZeneca) joining originally as a Chemical Engineer and have worked across all parts of the supply chain. In my early career I held a variety of Engineering and Production Management roles which included working in France More recent roles have including Global Supply Chain Manager, Engineering Manager for an API site undergoing major expansion, establishing a new logistics department on one of AZ's largest manufacturing sites and then subsequently leading it plus the Packaging Manufacturing during a major Lean transformation. Present role is the Business Lead for the roll-out of SAP APO across the business.
Philippe Francois is currently the Supply Chain vice president for Baxter healthcare for the Europe Middle East and Africa region He holds a master degree in engineering and an MBA and started his career in the automotive industry in France where he acquired a solid experience in Just in time techniques. He joined the healthcare industry where he has been working for the last 15 years and acquire an international experience in Europe and Asia where he had various managerial positions in the supply chain field for American and European multinationals. He is a certified black belt and has been using extensively business process improvement methodologies to shape product supply chain and drive business value for healthcare professionals. He is looking forward to share and exchange experience and ideas during the Logipharm conferences to position the supply chain as a strategic function within the pharma industry.
Dr. Christoph Feldmann is responsible for the strategic planning and projects in distribution in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. An important part of this role is the European wide coordination of all operational aspects within the conception, planning and implementation of innovative distribution models and network optimisations, such as the Pfizer Direct-to-Pharmacy (DTP) initiative. Christoph holds a PhD in business administration and one of his major focus areas is projects in the area of distribution, supply chain and operations as well as commercial channel management.
Oliver Glemser has over 15 years of Supply Chain, Procurement and Logistics experience. Before joining Ferring as Director Supply Chain Development in 2008 he was leading several Advanced Planning System implementations at FMCG and Automotive, was setting up the entire Logistics for a new factory in St. Petersburg, Russia and was responsible for the implementation of new Procurement technology such as Spend Analysis, eSourcing and eRequisition at a large consumer goods company based in Switzerland. Oliver is German and has an Engineering degree from the Technical University of Berlin.
Daniel Graf is head of Global Supply Chain at Solvay Pharmaceuticals. His main task is to integrate the organizational units along the supply chain to fullfil the customer demands, to improve competition (efficacy) and to efficiently use the resources and to optimize the processes involved in transforming raw materials into finished products and move them from suppliers to customers. He leads Solvay Pharmaceuticals’ operational Demand and Supply Management teams and the Process Management team whose main task is to design the supply chain for new respectively changed businesses and to ensure operational excellence for the existing processes. Daniel holds a MBA degree from the University of Basel. He has 16 years experience in operational logistics and Supply Chain Management gained indifferent pharmaceutical and chemical companies in the area of Basel.
Current:
I joined Actavis in 2006 as Logistics Manager CEE & Asia, became Director Global Logistics & Distribution later in 2006 and I am now VP Logistics & Contract Supply. My current responsibilities are Supply Management from CMOs, Group Trading Structure, Freight, Warehousing, and Distribution.
History:
I previously held a variety of Supply Chain and Operations positions with, IVAX Pharmaceuticals, Wyeth, Abbott and Diageo.
Education:
I have a Degree in Industrial Engineering from University College Galway, Ireland and an MBA from the University of Limerick, Ireland.
With over thirteen years of increasing leadership functions in global supply chain management for small and large (both mammalian and microbial) molecules and in global strategic sourcing, Christele brings a diversified background of cross-functional accomplishments throughout the globe. She has worked in Germany, England, France, Canada, the United States and now in Italy, where she is responsible for the Supply Chain of a complex FDA-approved manufacturing site delivering API and drug products, both oral and sterile, to 80 markets including Japan.
Whether it is to manage new product launches, line extensions or a portfolio of mature brands, on an established manufacturing site, a site under construction or a headquarters organization, she constantly operates with a Continuous Improvement mindset in order to perpetually renew her contagious passion for the healthcare industry: delivering the right medicine in the right quantity at the right time in the right place at the best costs.
As Head Global Supply Chain Management, Jim is responsible for all SCM activities within the manufacturing sites, the supply hubs, as well as Transport, Warehousing and Distribution to our third party customers. At Mylan, Jim is leading the globalization, and integration of the old supply chain set-up, into a highly performing organization that focuses on delivering high quality, affordable generic pharmaceutical products to patients throughout the world.
Jim began his career with Roche Products more than 35 years ago at their Vitamin Manufacturing site in Dalry, Scotland. In the early 90s, he moved to their Switzerland headquarters to assist in the re-shaping and implementation of a new logistics strategy for Europe. This resulted in a move to Alsace France where he established the first European Customer Services department. In 1996, Jim moved to the Roche Pharma division, to establish a new Global API Master Scheduling group following the acquisition of Syntex and Boehringer Mannheim. Before ending his Roche career, he ultimately became the main link between Marketing and Manufacturing, as Head of Global Sales & Operations Planning.
Fred Baumann leads global industry strategy for the Life Sciences vertical at JDA Software. Fred has been instrumental in driving JDA’s collaborative trading community strategies and launching the company’s CPFR and S&OP offerings including the collaborative forecasting and replenishment programs deployed at three of the top five drug retailers in the United States.
Fred’s previous career experience includes an application-training role at IBM and eight years experience with The Pillsbury Company where he served as a Value Chain Manager. Fred was responsible for starting the collaborative inventory program with Wal-Mart for Pillsbury and executed other numerous value chain strategies.
Fred received his undergraduate degree at Georgia State University and an MBA with distinction from the University of Arkansas, Sam M. Walton School of Business where he had a core focus in supply chain management. Fred is an executive board member of the Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) VICS industry subcommittee and was a named contributor to the 1998, 2004, and 2007 published CPFR guidelines.
I am currently working as Manager, supply chain for Russia & CIS countries and working on setting up the replenishment to consumption system in Russia-CIS to enable pull based distribution & production. I am responsible for delivery & sales planning, inventory management & logistics for Russia-CIS. A graduate in economics from Delhi University, I joined Dr. Reddy's after completing MBA in International business from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi, India. My first year in Dr. Reddy's was spent on working on a project with Accenture consulting to revamp Dr. Reddy's global supply chain to make it more responsive & cost efficient. Subsequently, I joined the newly formed demand planning team & was responsible for short term sales forecasting for operational planning, long term forecasting for capacity planning, distribution planning & for conducting the S&OP to align & prioritize demand & supply. Major projects undertaken include SAP implementation in Russia & setting up bonded warehouse in Ukraine.
Inal Kose received his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from Istanbul Marmara University in 2005. After the graduation, in his military service he worked as Responsible Pharmacist in Turkish Air Forces. From 2006 until mid 2007, he worked for Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine Hospital as Responsible Pharmacist where he worked in the area of hospital and clinical pharmacy. Since 2007, he has been working for Sandoz Turkey - a Novartis company - as FDF Warehouse Specialist / Responsible Manager, in Supply Chain Operations in Technical Operations team. Inal has responsibility for leading local market warehousing & distribution activities of finished goods, doctor samples and promotional materials in front of official health associations and other health authorities. He is also leading the implementation of Turkish Pharmaceutical Track & Trace System in warehouse & distribution areas in Sandoz Turkey. He is a member of Turkish Pharmacists Association.
Jorn Mayntzhusen, MBA, GDBA (Log.), Head of Supply Chain Planning and Costing, H. Lundbeck A/S. 7 years experience as Head of Customer Centre - Supply, responsible for warehousing, global shipping and forecasting. Over the last couple of years Jorn has been working on fast track launches of new products (from receiving MA till the product hits the market); building up a compliant transport temperature setup and portfolio optimisation. In his current assignement Jorn is working on integrating Lundbecks knowledge on production costing into the planning procedures.
Ann Merchant received her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in 1987 from the School of Languages and Linguistics. She received her Masters in Business Administration from Henley Management College in 1993. Ann began her career at Pfizer in Munich, Germany as Assistant Controller.
She joined Amgen in 1994. Firstly she worked at Amgen GmbH as a Finance Manager. In 2000, Ann transferred to Amgen headquarters Thousand Oaks. In 2007 Ann has taken up responsibilities as Vice-President Supply Chain International of Amgen international Commercial Operations organization in Breda, The Netherlands.
Christian Riediger, Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany Christian Riediger is an engineer in electro-technics. He was project manager at KVP Pharma & Veterinary Products, responsible for the implementation of the Datamatrix coding according the IFAH directive. He is now working in the supply chain management of Bayer- Schering Pharma and head of the global BayerHealthCare 2D Matrix Code core team for mass serialization.
Pim van der Aar has over 25 years experience in Operations and Logistics Management, with the last 20 years in the Biotech sector. After having been responsible for the European Supply Chain at Chiron he moved to Amgen to become instrumental, as Executive Director Operations, in the growth and expansion of Amgen's European Operation in Breda, The Netherlands. He currently is a partner with Advanced Interim Management, a new interim management/consultancy organization solely focussed on supply chain management in the pharma, life science and chemical sector.
Birk Vanderweeen, Head of Distribution Europe Middle East and Africa, AstraZeneca. Industrial Pharmacist by education, started my career in manufacturing. In 1993. Joined Zeneca as a Production Manager in the Belgian plant and, after the merger between Astra and Zeneca, became Site Manager for the BeNelux Packing and Distribution Centre. Since 2008, I am Director in the EMEA regional supply organisation, responsible for logistics and distribution in the EMEA Region.
Robert brings 24+ Years of Sales, Marketing and Business Development experience in Pharmaceutical and International Life Sciences Companies such as Eli Lilly, Wyeth / American Cyanamid, Schering-Plough Corporation,
Kendle Inc. ( a Contract Research Organization ) and Varian Scientific Instruments.
Since joining Oracle in 2006, Robert is active as EMEA Business Development Director Life Sciences, focusing on Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing solutions, with a specific interest in prevention of Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals, Authentication, Tracking & Tracing as well as e-Prescribing, Patient Compliance and Pharmacovigilance.