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United Kingdom

United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Spearheaded a 6x increase in engagement with lab sustainability initiatives, resulting in savings of over £200k and 200 tCO2e.Established and launched a brand new sustainability initiative for office spaces, engaging over 50% of departments in its inaugural year, strengthening the sustainability impact across the organisation. Enhanced public speaking skills through hosting departmental and university wide events, securing greater engagement on sustainability initiatives. Created effective solutions for tracking progress of lab sustainability initiatives to be presented to senior leadership and key external partners.

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Supported multifunctional teams (including MPD, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Control, Product Research, Safety) to effectively lead analytical strategy and provide gap analysis, resulting in on-time project delivery across EiMEA, AMA and LATAM regions. Led in the design and execution of analytical method validations, verifications and transfers in line with ICH guidelines, local Pharmacopoeia standards and in accordance with internal SOP requirements.Recruited and mentored analytical chemists for project support, overseeing day-to-day activities and acting as the first point of contact for personal development and technical troubleshooting. Established and chaired the department’s focus groups to bring teams together to reach consensus on the best practices and principles of shared equipment use in the labs, which resulted in reduced down times on equipment and fewer maintenance callouts. Organised resources in the stability team to ensure that critical work was prioritised whilst supervising any ad-hoc requests ensuring all experiments were successfully achieved. Transformed the sustainability performance in Measurement Science Laboratories by coordinating the successful implementation of the My Green Lab Certification Programme resulting in a gold award. Established a new networking initiative for ‘band one’ employees on site, cultivating inter-personal relationships and promoting a sense of community.

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Advanced efforts of analytical method development through Quality by Design principles, to increase robustness of the final method and dramatically reduce time spent on method development.Mastered various analytical techniques including but not limited to HPLC, UPLC, Dissolution, GC-FID, KF, Disintegration and other physical testing techniques with experience using Chromeleon and Empower chromatography systems.Headed up purchasing and ownership of the new Disintegration Bath ensure lab HSE requirements and training was in place.

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Executed lab work in line with site and lab HSE requirements including the following and approval of CoSHH assessments whilst working in compliance with the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) including the reporting of experiments in Electronic Laboratory Notebooks.Analysed various Personal Health Care finished product forms including tablets, syrups, capsules, creams, liquids and powder, as well as raw materials and intermediates.

Egham, England, United Kingdom

Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom

Weybridge

Master'S Degree, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Committee Positions: Mens Press Officer - University of Nottingham Boat Club (2017-18), Recruitment Officer.

Education record

Activities and Societies: 2014-15 - Head Boy, 2013 and 2015 Sportsman of the Year