Archives: Speakers

Ditte Zerlang Andersen joined the Danish Medicines Agency (DKMA) in 2015 as a clinical trial assessor. She now leads strategic projects in our national and EU regulatory landscape as a senior strategy project lead. Ditte recently led the work of the EU ‘COMBINE’ project analysing the interface between clinical trials and the device and in vitro diagnostic area. Prior joining DKMA, Ditte worked 5 years in the pharmaceutical industry and have a PhD in neuroscience.

Director CMC since 2023.
Education and experience: Sebastian Bauer holds a PhD in chemistry (analytical biochemistry) at University of Constance, Germany (1995-1999). After a PostDoc (Vaccine research at Karolinska Insitute) he has been working in pharmaceutical industry for the last 22 years. Initially (2001-2011) in different positions in biologics pharmaceutical development (Biovitrum/Sobi). Later (2011-2023) in different positions (Project manager, Head of Development in a Recipharm/SHL JV and recently as PMO director)  in the CDMO industry for Recipharm.

After 26 years spent in the French Navy at sea on various frigates, aircraft-carriers, and nuclear attack submarines as Executive Officer, Michel Cochennec joined the Headquarter and specified the future combat information system and Barracuda submarines Class.

​Then he joined CMA CGM for creating its Fleet Navigation Center and Operation Department, monitoring around 500 owned and chartered vessels.

​Michel joined Ascenz Marorka in 2022, and is now in charge to develop the Weather Routing system and mariners teams, and specifies other modules relative to Shipping activities.​

Former Officer on board crude oil & LNG carriers, Hugo Guérin was a Dock Master for ship repair yard and was responsible for vessel’s docking in Marseille’s dry-dock facilities including largest Mediterranean 465m dry-dock. Then he joined Ascenz Marorka in 2023, a GTT company that provides Smart Shipping solutions, as a Lead Analyst Officer at the Real-Time Fleet Performance Monitoring Centre.​

Serena Lim is the smart ship advisor and customer success manager of Ascenz Marorka. Her background is in offshore engineering with a doctorate in marine hydrodynamics. Prior to joining the GTT Group, she spend 10 year in the academia learning, teaching and research in the marine field with Newcastle University.​

Darren has been helping organisations with their CX Strategy and Voice of the Customer programmes for the last 14 years. With a particular interest in ensuring insights lead to actual action, he works with organisations to ensure VoC delivers real ROI and customers experience genuinely improved experiences as a result.

Dr David Gibboni has been part of the clinical research community for 15 years, with experience on the vendor side of outsourcing selling services to pharma clients, and on the sponsor side as a senior manager for an oncology-focused global pharma company. His consulting business, DJGibboni Consulting LLC, offers sales. business development, and outsourcing consultation for vendors in the clinical research arena, tapping his vast network of industry connections.