is Associate Director (Head of Compliance) of the Launch Center at Merck KGaA in Darmstadt. He studied pharmacy in Mainz and completed his doctorate at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. He is a pharmacist specialising in pharmaceutical analysis and pharmaceutical technology. In the past 9 years, he worked as QA-Manager in a global medicine and combination products company, as well as Manufacturing Manager in bulk tablet production. At the same time, he gave numerous basic lectures on GMP, quality, risk management, as well as on pharmaceutical and medical device regulations.