PDA Singapore Chapter

Chapter Officers

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  Andiyanto Sutandar

  Consulting Director

  President

  NNIT Singapore

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  Andiyanto Sutandar is a Consulting Director at NNIT. Andi leads the consultancy operation of NNIT in Singapore where the consulting team delivers business transformational solutions to the pharmaceutical industry through industry best practice implementation, business process optimisation and digitalization. Prior to his management role, Andi has delivered services in CQV, CSV, MES, technology transfer, deviation and non-conformance management, supply chain optimization and project management. Andi has been a volunteer with PDA Singapore Chapter since 2015 and is a recipient of 2020 PDA Distinguished Service Award.

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  Samuel Tan

  Head of Operations & Strategy

  President-Elect

  Novartis Singapore

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  As the Head of Operations & Strategy, Samuel oversees Digital Transformation, Operational Excellence and Project Management Office for Novartis biologics plant in Singapore. He has more than 14 years of experience working in biopharmaceutical industry, specifically in vaccines and monoclonal antibodies large scale manufacturing.

  Samuel is passionate about reaching out to students and early career professionals to promote career opportunities in the biopharmaceutical industry. He serves as the board member of PDA Singapore Chapter since 2022. He is the recipient of 2022 PDA Distinguished Service Award.

  Samuel graduated with a PhD in Bioengineering from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

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  Somasundaram Gopalakrishnan

  Senior Consultant

  Secretary

  Merck

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  Somasundaram Gopalakrishnan (Som), is Senior Consultant for Asia Pacific in Merck Life Sciences under the Process Solutions division based in Singapore. He does consultation with customers in areas of Aseptic Processing, Quality Risk Management (QRM) and various other BioPharmaceutical applications area. Previously, Som was heading the Technology Management for Merck for South Asia & Oceania handling a team of Technology Managers who would work with customers in Product Adoption and training customers in best practices.

  Som has worked in different functions within Merck and Millipore for the last 20 years in Tech Service, BioReliance Filter Validation Lab, Commercial role and Business Development areas. Outside of Merck, Som worked for QA/QC for Pharmaceutical company & taught students Microbiology

  Som has Master’s degree in Food & Industrial Microbiology & Master‘s Degree in Business Management.

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  Li Wei Chan

  Manager, Microbiology

  Treasurer

  MSD International GmbH

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  Li Wei is a microbiologist with experience in cleanroom, utilities, product testing and microbial controls in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industry (sterile & non-sterile manufacturing facilities). He is currently responsible for developing microbial control strategies, developing microbiological test methods, managing environmental monitoring program and managing laboratory compliance to corporate and pharmacopoeial standards. He also supports regulatory inspections e.g. FDA, PMDA, HSA, customer inspections, conduct internal inspections and managing QC audit program. Li Wei received his Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology) from Monash University, and is a certified GSK quality auditor.