Zam Thahir

Zam Thahir has assumed the role of co-chair of the ISPE European Affiliates Council. Zam is currently the Associate Director for Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences at Mace Consult. He is also the current Chair of ISPE United Kingdom Affiliate and serves on a variety of ISPE Communities of Practice (CoPs), including the Critical Utilities COP, Pharma 4.0™ CoP, Sustainability COP and more. Zam is a Chartered Process Chemical Engineer with the Institute of Chemical Engineers and holds an MEng degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge. He is the lead engineer on critical utilities for capital projects. Zam has extensive experience in process engineering and process validation in both pharma operations and design, in both secondary and primary manufacturing and in various dosage forms and modalities including steriles, OSDs, powders and medical devices. Key skills include process optimization, critical and clean Utilities, technology transfer (NPI), statistical process control, deviation investigations, process validation, and equipment qualification. Previous employers include IPS, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Boston Scientific, and Cambrex Corporation