People on the Move

Here are the latest moves and promotions of employees from the DCAT Member Company community. To submit a request to be included in People on the Move, click here.

From the December 8, 2023 issue of DCAT Value Chain Insights:

  • Dr. Günter Stempfer has recently been appointed Site Head of Rentschler Biopharma SE’s facility in Laupheim, Germany. 
  • Maggie Chen has recently been appointed as Senior Vice President and Site Head of the Patriot Park mammalian cGMP manufacturing facility in Durham, North Carolina, at KBI Biopharma, Inc.
  • Julie Pentz has recently been appointed as Chief Procurement Officer at Organon.
  • Claudio Russolo has recently been appointed as Chief Operating Officer, Drug Substance at Cambrex.
  • Matt Bio has recently been appointed as Chief Scientific Officer at Cambrex.
  • Nihar Medh has recently been appointed as Sr Vice President & Global Supply Chain Head at Piramal Pharma Solutions.

From the September 29, 2023 issue of DCAT Value Chain Insights:

  • Joe Leticia has recently been appointed as VP Business Development at Abzena.
  • Jayesh Parmar has recently been appointed as Sales Manager BioPharma at DFE Pharma.
  • Amar Karandikar has recently been appointed as Senior VP Business Development at Aragen.
  • Mario Leone has recently been appointed as Qualified Person & Quality Unit Director at Icrom srl.
  • Aline Sassi has recently been appointed as General Manager at Icrom srl.

From the August 11, 2023 issue of DCAT Value Chain Insights:

  • Mike Riley has recently been appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Veranova.
  • Sanjeev Majoo has recently been appointed as Chief Procurement Officer at AbbVie.
  • Jeffery Hampton has recently been appointed as President & Chief Operating Officer at Piramal Pharma Solutions.
  • Ashley Lindstrom has recently been appointed as Head of Business Development, US West at Piramal Pharma Solutions.
  • Gavin Murdoch has recently been appointed as Vice President, Commercial Strategy at Abzena.
  • Sanjay Joseph has recently been appointed as Vice President, Head Sales & Marketing, Global API at Cipla.
  • Tony Fraij has recently been appointed as Chief Operating Officer at KBI Biopharma.
  • Shaguna Seth has recently been appointed as Chief of Staff and Global PMO Leader at KBI Biopharma.
  • Katie Edgar has recently been appointed as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Alliance Management at KBI Biopharma.

From the July 14, 2023 issue of DCAT Value Chain Insights:  

  • Matthew LeClair has recently been appointed as Vice President, Manufacturing Operations at Scorpius BioManufacturing. 
  • Gary Welch has recently been appointed as Interim President at Scorpius BioManufacturing. 
  • Joe Payne has recently been appointed as Vice President, Quality and Regulatory Affairs at Scorpius BioManufacturing. 
  • Alexandra Bergners has recently been appointed as Business and Sales Development Intern at NJ Laboratories. 
  • Brandon Fincher has recently been appointed as President, Early-Stage Development & Testing at Cambrex
  • Michelle Hall has recently been appointed as Vice President of Marketing at Mikart
  • Allison Vavala has recently been appointed as Senior Director, Business Development at Flamma
  • Allyson Costa has recently been appointed as Head of Sales, North America at BASF
  • Marion Kuhn has recently been appointed as Vice President, Global Business at BASF
  • Jay Benson has recently been appointed as Chief Manufacturing and Supply Chain Officer at Civica Rx.  
  • Dominik Kugelstadt has recently been appointed as Head of Clinical and Commercial Manufacturing at Rentschler Biopharma. 
  • Maurizio Sartorato has recently been appointed as Vice President of the Biotech Division at Olon.

From the June 9, 2023 issue of DCAT Value Chain Insights:

  • Joe Principe has recently been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer at Abzena.
  • Bert Barbosa has recently been appointed as President and COO at Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services.
  • Brian Blagg has recently been appointed as Executive Vice President, Operations, at Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services.
  • Satoshi Katayama has recently been appointed as Vice President, Business Transformation at Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services.