Georg Singewald

Roche / Genentech
Global Head of Quality & Compliance
Dr. Georg Singewald is SVP - Head of Global Engineering, MSAT & Sustainability at Roche/Genentech TechOps based in Basel, Switzerland. Georg’s career has spanned the globe providing him with operations, quality, and supply chain experience in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the US and exposing him to many different cultures. In his current role Georg is focusing on delivering multiple technology & innovation programs including modular Biomanufacturing, predictive Process & Product Robustness and instant Release. This tights into his responsibility of realizing sustainable scalability of assets and processes in Roche`s manufacturing network of the future.

Georg is an active ISPE member (and currently serving on the ISPE Board of Directors) having engaged in various ISPE Affiliates, Projects, and CoPs, organizing talent development and workforce of the future sessions, speaking at keynotes and chairing tracks at various international ISPE conferences. He was awarded “Friends of ISPE Singapore” in 2019 recognizing his continuous support to the APAC region. Georg holds an MPharm degree, a PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Innsbruck, and an Executive MBA in Supply Chain Management from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - ETH. He is also an approved EU Qualified Person.

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