Speaker Biography
Gordon Farquharson
Gordon Farquharson, BSc (Hons), CEng is a Chartered Consulting Engineer with more than 30 years of experience in quality and safety critical processes and facilities used by industries such as healthcare, life science, micro-electronics, etc. He is Principal Consultant with Bovis Lend Lease Technology Division’s global operation. Farquharson has been responsible for the development of technical solutions in discovery, research, product/process development, primary manufacturing, and device and dosage form manufacturing. Standards and regulatory compliance in the sector are a significant interest and responsibility. He is Chairman of UK BSI and CEN Technical Committees for cleanroom standards, Convenor of the ISO working group that is revising ISO 14644-1 and 2. He has recently represented ISPE and CEN, working on the EMEA’s revision of Annex 1 of the EU GMP. He has also supported ISPE by writing WHO’s new Pharmaceutical Water GMP Guidance, and has been active developing and revising ISPE Baseline® Guides. Farquharson is a past chair of the ISPE European Education Committee and current member, a founder of the Sterile Products Processing COP, and was voted ISPE International Member of the Year in 2001 and UK Affiliate Member of the Year 2008 . He is a frequent speaker and trainer for ISPE worldwide.