is a graduate engineer and has been working in quality assurance in accordance with ISO 9001, GMP and GDP (since 2013) for over 20 years. He is Head of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs at Pierre Fabre Pharma GmbH for the DACH region. His previous position as Global GDP Compliance Manager at Bayer AG and his almost 30 years of experience as a GxP trainer in a wide range of projects make him an experienced and practice-oriented GxP expert. As a long-standing auditor he has extensive experience and knowledge of how QM systems really work and which requirements are realistic and feasible for a QM system.