Andrea Kurz F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

Andrea Kurz is Senior Director External Advocacy Europe and Middle East at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd in Basel, Switzerland. She has 20+ years’ experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry and held various positions in Regulatory Affairs and Quality & Compliance. Andrea is a pharmacist by education and graduated from the Ruprecht - Karls - Universität Heidelberg in Germany. With focus on Europe and Middle East Andrea leads External Advocacy, Policy and Strategy activities in Quality and Compliance. She actively leads or participates in committees in trade and individual member associations related to strategic initiatives, regulations, and conferences. At Roche she co-leads a team that has been instrumental in Roche’s ICMRA PQ KMS journey. As a former GMP Compliance Auditor and a Quality Assurance Regulatory Liaison she gained excellent knowledge of Regulatory CMC and cGMP regulations. As an experienced People Manager and Matrix Leader she has built and led global and cross-functional teams and has established knowledge networks and stakeholder collaborations.