Nicholas Davies
Verta Life Sciences
Managing Partner, Co-Chair Operations, Management COP
Nick C. Davies is the Founder and Managing Partner of Verta Life Sciences with 30+ years of results with global pharmaceutical manufacturing leaders.
His expertise lies in pharmaceutical and biotech development, manufacturing and supply, new product introduction, technology transfer, rationalization, outsourcing and strategic sourcing, global supply chain start-ups, new facility design and start-up, complex global change program leadership, multi-million-dollar project management, change management and new product launches.
Accomplished in registering and launching new products, establishing and starting up new manufacturing facilities, technology transfer, rationalizing global manufacturing operations, closure and sale of manufacturing facilities. Successful in developing business cases, winning approval for multi-million-dollar investment projects, turning around stockouts and supply shortages issues, and creating effective strategies to combat illegal product trade activities.
He has been responsible for the annual supply of over $5 billion worth of pharmaceutical products globally, and has led multiple new product introductions,
Nick has lived in 6 different countries (UK, Thailand, South Korea, USA, Canada, and Switzerland) and conducted business in more than 26 countries, including China, India, Thailand, Korea, Singapore, Kenya, Brazil, and Argentina.
He travels globally, helping clients develop and launch new pharmaceutical products and managing multi-million-dollar projects and programs.
He has partnered with Senior Leaders on major corporate activities such as Mergers & Acquisitions, corporate turnarounds, joint venture start-ups, corporate reorganizations and new product launches.
Nick has a M.Sc. in Design of Production Systems from Loughborough University of Technology, UK, and a B.Sc. in Engineering Science from the University of Warwick, UK.
He is a Fédération Européenne d’Association Nationales d’Ingénieus European Engineer, and an Engineering Council of the U.K Chartered Engineer, and has a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
Nick is a Member of; the Institute of Measurement and Control, the Institute of Engineering and Technology, and the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers, where he is the past chair of ISPE’s Operations Management Community of Practice, and the Supply Chain and Packagaing Community of Practice
Nick lives in Raleigh NC USA.
His expertise lies in pharmaceutical and biotech development, manufacturing and supply, new product introduction, technology transfer, rationalization, outsourcing and strategic sourcing, global supply chain start-ups, new facility design and start-up, complex global change program leadership, multi-million-dollar project management, change management and new product launches.
Accomplished in registering and launching new products, establishing and starting up new manufacturing facilities, technology transfer, rationalizing global manufacturing operations, closure and sale of manufacturing facilities. Successful in developing business cases, winning approval for multi-million-dollar investment projects, turning around stockouts and supply shortages issues, and creating effective strategies to combat illegal product trade activities.
He has been responsible for the annual supply of over $5 billion worth of pharmaceutical products globally, and has led multiple new product introductions,
Nick has lived in 6 different countries (UK, Thailand, South Korea, USA, Canada, and Switzerland) and conducted business in more than 26 countries, including China, India, Thailand, Korea, Singapore, Kenya, Brazil, and Argentina.
He travels globally, helping clients develop and launch new pharmaceutical products and managing multi-million-dollar projects and programs.
He has partnered with Senior Leaders on major corporate activities such as Mergers & Acquisitions, corporate turnarounds, joint venture start-ups, corporate reorganizations and new product launches.
Nick has a M.Sc. in Design of Production Systems from Loughborough University of Technology, UK, and a B.Sc. in Engineering Science from the University of Warwick, UK.
He is a Fédération Européenne d’Association Nationales d’Ingénieus European Engineer, and an Engineering Council of the U.K Chartered Engineer, and has a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
Nick is a Member of; the Institute of Measurement and Control, the Institute of Engineering and Technology, and the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers, where he is the past chair of ISPE’s Operations Management Community of Practice, and the Supply Chain and Packagaing Community of Practice
Nick lives in Raleigh NC USA.