Sean McEwen MEng AbbVie

Sean McEwen is Senior Vice President for the Operations Quality Assurance (QA) and Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) functions for AbbVie. In his current role, Sean leads two teams that uphold key regulation and compliance efforts. Quality Assurance is responsible for ensuring that all products are consistently produced and controlled to the quality standards appropriate to their intended use and as required by the Market Authorization. The Quality Assurance team provides oversight for products, manufacturing processes and plants, quality systems, suppliers, third party manufacturers and global commercial and distribution. The organization plays a key role in developing and maintaining external relationships with industry peer groups and regulatory authorities worldwide. Sean joined the Global Pharmaceutical Operations function of Abbott Laboratories in 2004 and held several leadership positions at Abbott/AbbVie in Ireland and in the US including Plant Manager, Divisional Vice President of Regional Quality, Vice President of Biologics Manufacturing and Vice President of Science and Technology. Prior to joining Abbott, Sean spent 2 years at Fluor and 6 years in Merck. Sean graduated with a master’s in chemical engineering from the Queens University of Belfast in 1995 and is a Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering.