Charlie Wakeham

WakeUp To Quality
Director
Charlie Wakeham is the Global Chair of ISPE GAMP and through her company WakeUp to Quality offers expert consultancy in computerized systems validation, data integrity and data governance, and quality management systems. Charlie’s 25+ years in the Life Sciences industry includes roles in process engineering, project management and systems R&D at Pall Life Sciences (now Cytiva) in the UK, as the APAC GxP Compliance Manager setting up and managing validation services across Asia Pacific for Waters Corporation, and as the Global Head of Quality and Compliance at Magentus in Australia. Charlie has been a passionate ISPE GAMP® volunteer since the early 2000s and has served on many ISPE and GAMP committees in that time. She is the founder and Chair of ISPE GAMP South Asia Community of Practice, a leader of the GAMP CSA Special Interest Group, and a Director of the ISPE Australasia Affiliate Board. She has contributed to or led the creation of nine published GAMP guides, including the Second Edition of GAMP 5 published in 2022. Charlie was awarded the Max Seales Yonker ISPE Member of the Year in 2019 for her volunteer activities within GAMP and for her training of Health Authority inspectors across Asia Pacific.