Mark Richard

Biography

Mark has over thirty years experience in the pharmaceutical industry with positions in companies in New Zealand, England, Singapore and Australia. Mark has had roles encompassing; developing innovative solutions and applying them to improve profitability of processes. He has worked in research and development, process improvement, equipment installation, commissioning and validation, pharmaceutical facility engineering and operations management. The most senior of these positions has been Project Design Manager for S2F and at ANSTO as Operations Manager and Facility Engineering Manager. He has managed teams responsible for the design, scale-up and commercialisation of pharmaceutical and chemical products and facilities for a number of companies. He has set up the validation systems for Pfizer in Sydney, Pharmaxis and S2F. These systems have been successfully used to commission and validate facilities, HVAC and manufacturing equipment for inspection by regulatory authorities from Australia and the US. He has managed the procurement of facility and engineering design projects including sterile manufacturing facilities ranging in value to $35million. He has had management roles have spanned a broad range of disciplines from the highly technical to operational staff management. Currently he is Validation Manager for AstraZeneca.

Research Interest

research and development, process improvement, equipment installation, commissioning and validation, pharmaceutical facility engineering and operations management.