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Ed Jordan is a dynamic keynote speaker and seasoned executive and leadership coach, with over 10 years' experience empowering leaders and organisations to reach their full potential. After 25 years as a TV and radio presenter, multi-platinum recording artist and film composer in South Africa, he joined the corporate sector in 2014 and gained significant experience in financial services, specifically in innovation, wealth and high net worth private banking. He’s worked in 16 countries across the African continent as well as London, Jersey and the Isle of Man.

Ed is now based in the UK and specialises in transformational leadership, executive development, and corporate communication coaching. He is is passionate about inspiring change and fostering growth by delivering engaging keynotes and customized coaching solutions that drive performance and success. 

Barbara Grossman has a passion for proofreading, quality control, and education. She is a biochemist by training and a medical writer, editor and teacher by profession, with 20+ years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Before starting her own medical writing and consultancy business (Hawkeye Medical Limited), she built up and managed the medical writing group at Covance, the contract research organisation, working in a wide range of therapeutic areas. She has given professional development training at educational institutions and organisations such as the DIA (Drug Information Association – Europe and USA), EMWA (European Medical Writers Association) and NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence), and has led many company-internal training courses.

Barbara is an honorary member of EMWA, was Treasurer 1998–2005, has been an EMWA workshop leader since 2001, served on EMWA’s Education Committee 2010–2018, was the Education Officer for 2 years until 2016, and was EMWA's President for 1 year until May 2020. In addition, she is an Associate Editor of Medical Writing, EMWA’s journal.

Jonathan is an Associate at DAC Beachcroft's London office. He specialises in coverage and wordings across a wide range of insurance and reinsurance products including cyber, war, terrorism, artificial intelligence, and professional and financial lines.

Bruce Davis runs his own training/consultancy company for science and risk based approaches to Engineering and Process Validation (PV), Quality by Design (QbD), Technology Transfer (TT), Quality Risk Management and other related topics. He has run many training events for companies both in the UK and internationally. He is past Chair of ISPE International Board of Directors. He led, co-lead or contributed to a number of their guidances for PV, QbD & TT and most recently has co-written one chapter on TT for ATMPs (i.e personalised medicines) . He is a professional engineer with many years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry and a wide international knowledge. He previously worked at AstraZeneca, where his responsibilities included managing international engineering and leading changes to qualification practices. He is an established trainer and likes to engage with participants, to try to ensure the training experience is related to their particular requirements, and to bring in the importance of science and risk based thinking.

Graeme Ladds, Director of PharSafer, has over 30 years’ experience working in the pharmaceutical industry. Having started his career at Ashbourne Pharmaceuticals in 1989 as Head of Drug Safety & Medical Information, he went on to become Head of Global Pharmacovigilance at Shire Pharmaceuticals. He then set up his consultancy and specialist CRO company, PharSafer Associates Ltd, where he has been involved in establishing pharmacovigilance in companies, performing audits across Europe and the USA, SOP writing, acting as QP for companies, and helping with regulatory inspections.

JoAnna Emery, Head of Pure Ideas and Group Formalities at Pure Ideas Ltd, is an experienced intellectual property specialist with over two decades of transatlantic expertise in various roles within the IP industry. She has worked in various industries from US defence, water, financial and the FMCG sector. During her career she has gained knowledge in all areas of intellectual property law as well as gaining experience in corporate transactions and social media. Inspiring, training and managing teams, she is a seasoned speaker at international conferences. JoAnna is a certified legal assistant specialist in intellectual property in the US and a Fellow of the Institute of Paralegals in the UK.

With over thirty years’ experience of working in and with the public, corporate, and charitable sectors, Claire has expertise in providing strategic, analytical, emotionally intelligent solutions that engender, inform, facilitate and embed growth through compassionate leadership.

Extending from post-doctoral studies on neurology, specifically the link between emotional intelligence and cognitive intelligence, Claire has written, presented, and worked at a national, European, and international level and has published several research papers and books.

In her previous time as a CEO of various charities, she has practical experience in the art of compassionate leadership and has developed a real passion for helping individuals and organisations to optimise their growth potential.

In addition to her work as a facilitator, delivering sessions and presenting, Claire also works as an independent consultant providing emotionally intelligent strategic solutions, embedding compassionate leadership and maximising growth.

In her spare time, Claire runs for mental health and wellbeing, including running marathons and ultra marathons.

Janette Benaddi is a business mentor, international speaker/trainer and consultant to the medical device industry. Janette has over 25 years’ experience of managing pre and post market clinical studies in both devices and pharmaceuticals. Janette has worked with several multinational organizations in various clinical, regulatory and marketing roles.

She has extensive experience of conducting clinical studies with medical device products as well as regulatory expertise for CE marking of devices. Specifically she has been involved in writing and reviewing hundreds of Clinical evaluation reports for the medical device industry, she has also provided training to Notified bodies in this subject.

Janette qualified as a registered nurse in 1984, she has a BSc in Management studies, a Diploma in Company Direction, and a Diploma in Management studies, holds a teaching certificate and is a Chartered Scientist and Chartered Director. Janette sits on several committees in the device community and industry and has been an instrumental advocate of improving and advancing medical device research in the UK. Janette has published several articles relating to medical device regulation and clinical studies.

Andrew Willis is an independent consultant providing expert advice and training on global regulatory solutions and pharmaceutical development. Previously, he worked for Catalent Pharma Solutions as VP Regulatory Affairs & Consulting Services, where he was head of a team of internal and external regulatory affairs consultants.

He qualified as a Chemist from the University of Glamorgan, after which he furthered his understanding of pharmaceutical development, working as a research chemist with Parke Davis. He had 10 years manufacturing and analytical experience prior to entering regulatory affairs as a Senior Executive Officer with responsibility for submission of European MAAs and project management of development programs. He has over 30 years’ pharmaceutical experience with extensive knowledge in the development and manufacture of sterile, solid oral, inhalation, topical and biotech pharmaceutical products. These experiences have allowed knowledge of many biotech products requirements with experiences of growth hormones and multiple cancer treatments, including development and clinical registration of the first genetically modified live bacterium for such treatment.
He has extensive experience of major European and US regulatory projects, in the clinical and marketing authorisation stages, and has significant experience in coordinating and managing meetings with European and US Health Authorities.

Dr David Bryon is an established keynote speaker and conference presenter with an impressive business background. Most notably, David was part of the senior management team that setup and ran the low-cost airline bmibaby in the early 2000’s. He served as both Commercial Director and then Managing Director, overseeing the growth of the airline to an annual turnover in excess of £200m carrying over 4.5m passengers. The airline was sold in 2012 to IAG (British Airways), along with the other divisions of the BMI Group.

David has subsequently been involved with other commercial projects and also works as a consultant supporting businesses on a range of areas including revenue management, ancillary revenue opportunities, and customer service performance. He also works as a business speaker, after-dinner speaker, and conference chair. He is represented by all the leading speaker agencies and has an impressive client list including ACCA, Accenture, Barclays Bank, BP, Sun MicroSystems, Chevron, The Football Association, Deutsche Bank, Robert Walters, Highways England, United Technologies (Otis and Chubb), and BT.

David has a degree and PhD in Earth Sciences from the University of Liverpool. He is based in Burton on Trent and is a Fellow of Burton & South Derbyshire College.