Daniel Murray Email and Phone Number

Having joined Olympus in September 2021, I play an active role within the Regional Senior Leadership Team. Within my function, I have dedicated responsibility for the following: Regional Social Value, CSR, HS&E, Sustainability, Facilities & Security, the wider Regional Building Portfolio, and Indirect Procurement. Some of my responsibilities are below. Compliance and Control – Social Value, General Quality and Compliance Support – Focusing on ensuring Social Value, Sustainability, HSE (Region wide - ISO 18001 and ISO 45001) and RA/QA processes align meeting regulatory and commercial expectations. Implementation of a client specific certificate to ISO 27001 through the BSi.• Site and field safety – Ensuring region wide safety systems, this ranges from general production control processes through to client-based installations within a clinical setting. Environmental improvement – Focusing on sustainability and meeting NHS green targets, building robust systems around reporting, control, and reduction of waste streams. Implementation of various sustainability and CSR programmes – Moving away from traditional off-setting into green energy, waste and packaging reduction and modification of operating shift models to reduce cost. Cost saving initiatives – Through my time at Olympus, I have led a number of major cost-saving exercises, resulting in a year-on-year average of 40% indirect spend cost deflation. Through a rigorous procurement tender process, we successfully onboarded a new travel management company, fleet provider and outsourced payroll provider with zero business interruption thus effectively supporting our support employees.Advice and guidance on Quality Systems (from Japan) to ensure they meet EU / US regulatory expectations.

Appointed as the Global Healthcare, Quality and Compliance Senior Manager, my responsibilities quickly expanded with the management of clients requiring regulatory compliance, this included active packaging, qualification, system / process validation, aerospace, food, petrochemical and automotive standard compliance. During 2017, my role expanded again to cover all quality operations covering both FM and CL, acting as the global quality group lead. During this period, I directed a project to design and develop a global modular quality system, meeting range of national and international standards encompassing all (1057) operations within CEVA. With the completion of this project, I was appointed Global Quality Director and then began development of a centralised global quality group. Some of my responsibilities are below:Managing compliance projects for new customer introductions, including 3M (Singapore), Medtronic (Panama and US/Mexico), and FMD / Brexit sampling and Art 23. (France, Spain, Poland, Ireland)Defining and delivering the businesses global compliance approach, architecture, and ongoing monitoring systems, as well as acting as a client facing sales resourceMaintaining company standards in – ISO 9001/ ISO 14001 / ISO 45001 / GDP / AS 9120B / ISO 13485 / ISO 27001Top Performer Team Development – building a global quality team outwardly focused on supporting the customer through cost effective compliance and robust system control.

As the Quality Director for the major manufacturing facility within Siemens “Point of Care” (POC) healthcare business (70% of all POC products are produced within this facility), my role was to direct this facility and the wider business towards US FDA sustainability. This required the restructuring of the quality function, development of global processes to ensure ISO/FDA compliance and consolidation of the supplier base. I also functioned as the Project Manager for a 7m Euro development project. This project including the redesign / refurbishment of the main manufacturing area, design, construction, installation, commissioning, and process validation for a third reagent reactor (including the associated packaging/assembly equipment).

Acting as a global focal point (Legal Manufacturer) for all quality product issues within the airways franchise. This included quality planning and product risk mitigation management. Some of my responsibilities are below: Leading audits including initial site qualification (Czech), ISO routine surveillance (UK/EU), US FDA “Standard QSIT” and “Full Cause” audits (US, UK, Mexico) for both Notified Bodies and the FDA.Developing and managing the quality management system for a major vertical integration project (global technology transfer), while implementing a management system into a new “green field” centralised European manufacturing facility within the Czech Republic.Managing a quality team with responsibility for manufacturing facilities within the US, Mexico, China, and Europe.Developing quality plans and global policies and procedures for use by various Smiths Medical affiliate manufacturing and distribution centres during new site start-ups.Ensuring the management of the European inspection team, based within the European distribution centre (Nijmegen, Holland)

Alongside my business partner, we operated the Progressive Moulding and Assembly Group, which consisted of Osterley Injection Moulders (Injection Moulding), Apollo Tooling (Precision Tool Makers) and Smooth Fasteners (Carbide and high precision grinding). We produced a variety of sub-contract “Class I” medical devices.My main responsibilities revolved around maintaining our quality and regulatory status, sales, and new business generation.

I was responsible for Avent’s global regulatory strategy; this included the quality management of a variety of “Medical Devices” (CE Type, 510K) and Electrical Consumer products (CE Type, BEAB, CCQ, Tick Mark) within both Europe and the U.S.