PDA Singapore Chapter

President

Bruce Loxley
GSK Vaccines

Bruce performs regional and global auditing of GSK Vaccines and third party provider sites and functions focusing on Asia-Pac. He is responsible for Audit Risk Assessment preparation, Audit Planning, Execution and Reporting (including CAPA agreement) both as Lead and Co-auditor. Bruce has 29 years in the Pharma and Vaccines businesses, variety of roles in Validation and Compliance in both Drug Substance and Drug Product Manufacturing in UK, France and Singapore.

President-Elect

Emily Cheah 
Charles River Laboratories

A registered pharmacist, Dr. Emily Cheah is currently the Managing Director of Charles River Laboratories Singapore (Microbial Solutions). Emily oversees strategic technical operations and market development in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia; and is involved in implementation of new technology / services at the Singapore site. She also conducts numerous trainings for the Industry. She received her PhD (Pharm. Technology) from the National University of Singapore and is currently pursuing her EMBA.

Secretary

Andiyanto Sutandar
HGP Asia

Dr. Andiyanto Sutandar is a Manager in the NNIT Group Life Sciences Divisions of HGP Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore, and manages PT Halfmann Goetsch Partner, Indonesia, operations. Andi leads HGP’s Manufacturing Science and Technology service unit. He has broad and in-depth experience in qualification and process validation, technology transfer, NPI, risk management, deviation and NC management, supply chain management, manufacturing workflow optimization, and project management in the pharmaceutical industry. Additionally, Andi has expertise in infection control risk management and design and management of high containment facilities for the research of infectious diseases.

Treasurer

Christina Chen
Commissioning Agents Internationsl (CAI)

Christina is the Director of Operations at CAI (Southeast Asia). She has 18 years of C&Q and cGMP experience in equipment operation and validation of various equipment, manufacturing facilities, cleaning processes and process validation with various clients across Asia. Additionally, Christina has extensive experience in project planning, process design and is experienced with technology transfer from R&D to Bio Manufacturing equipment, and in conducting GMP compliance audits within Asia.

Member-at-Large

Richard Chai
STERIS Corporation

As a Technical Service Manager with STERIS Corporation based in Singapore, Richard has been providing technical training to customers in topics related to cleaning and bioburden control for cleanrooms, including disinfectant validation, as well as cleaning and cleaning validation for product contact surfaces. He is also a frequent industry speaker at ISPE events in various countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and India. Also presented in various industry events in China, Korea and Japan.

Prior to joining STERIS, Richard had 13 years of manufacturing and validation experience working in dry powder inhaler plant, biotech sterile fill and finish plant, and medical device and biopharmaceutical facilities. He has in-depth understanding of the requirements of cleaning and disinfection in cleanrooms, as well as best practices in bioburden control and sterilization process. Richard has also worked 3 years as a validation consultant providing validation support to various pharmaceutical customers in the area of equipment validation, cleaning validation for product contact surfaces, disinfectant validation, as well as cleaning procedures for both product and non-product contact surfaces.

Member-at-Large

Shi Ming Chau
Johnson & Johnson

Shi Ming has over 23 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry. He is director of External Quality for Janssen Supply Chain in Asia Pacific responsible for External manufacturers quality management in Asia Pacific countries like China, Korea, Taiwan and Japan etc. Prior to joining Janssen, Shi Ming is with Scinopharm Taiwan where he was the head of quality management overseeing the quality control, quality assurance and compliance functions for the company’s facilities in Taiwan as well as in China. Prior to Schinopharm Taiwan, Shi Ming spent over 16 years working for Schering-Plough Singapore then Merck (MSD) Singapore in the areas of quality control, quality assurance, technical services for technology transfer and cleaning validation as well as served and technical lead for regional business operation function for third party management in Asia Pacific region.