• Martin has over 30 years experience in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. He has held senior management positions in QA, Manufacturing, QC and supply chain auditing and has conducted audits and education programs for many hundreds of companies in over 25 countries.
• A microbiologist, by profession, Martin has considerable experience in the Manufacture, Quality Assurance and Testing of aseptic products. He is also qualified to act as a 'Qualified Person' within the EU.
• He holds a Masters Degree in Medical Microbiology, a BSc in Medical Science and a Post Graduate Diploma in Quality Management Systems.
• He is also an Honouree Lecturer at the School of Pharmacy, University of Strathclyde, Scotland.
• Martin has been involved in the design, qualification and operation of over 15 plants manufacturing sterile products.
• Passionate about 'Continuous Quality Improvement' in the pharmaceutical industry, Martin believes that most pharma companies are 20-30 years behind industries like automobiles and microelectronics. He is currently working with many companies to help them close this gap!
• Areas of recognised expertise include:
  • Crisis management: Helping companies survive severe regulatory action (Consent Decrees and Warning Letters)
  • Quality systems: How to simplify and improve operational effectiveness
  • Quality leadership: Healping you to get the best from your people
  • Human Error: Causes and prevention
  • Error reduction and process improvement
  • The design and implementation of efficient and simple Change Management systems
  • Deviation and CAPA systems that drive continuous improvement
  • Trouble shooting and problem solving to 'root cause'
  • Training and education effectiveness: Martin is a qualified practitioner of accelerated learning teaching methods
  • Batch record review and product release procedures: How
  • Developing performance measures
• He is respected for his expertise in helping companies simplify and dramatically improve their Quality Systems by removing non value adding operations and improving compliance at minimal cost.
• Martin is married with two very expensive children, and lives with his family in the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors National Park, UK. He 'relaxes' by running Marathons and competing in Iron Man Triathlons...albeit very slowly!

Martin's contact details: [email protected]

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