Career Diaries by Elemed

The secret to bringing Quality into leadership discussions | Paul Belgrove, former VP QA/RA Independent Consultant for EMEA at BD

January 17, 2023 Elena Kyria Episode 24
Career Diaries by Elemed
The secret to bringing Quality into leadership discussions | Paul Belgrove, former VP QA/RA Independent Consultant for EMEA at BD
Show Notes

Key takeaways:

  • How to bring Quality into leadership discussions
  • The art of aligning members of your team
  • Avoiding communication mistakes
  • Getting Quality to not be seen as the 'police'
  • And more!


About Paul Belgrove:
Paul Belgrove is British by birth, but moved to Switzerland in 2008 and now has Swiss nationality. He is a chemist by profession and, with brief sojourns into other industries, has worked for more than 30 years in the medical device and pharmaceutical world. He has worked for some small enterprises and also for the biggest players in the industry including, Nycomed-Amersham, GE Healthcare, Cardinal Health and most recently Becton Dickinson. Paul has worked in Quality and Regulatory departments including as a Qualified Person. In addition to QA/RA roles he has worked in Operations and IT leadership positions. He believes this experience helps give him a more rounded outlook and helps him to be a business focused Quality professional. 

Over the years he has built and managed large global teams and is most proud of successes developing individuals to reach their highest potential within high performance teams. Today Paul is working independently, leveraging his skills and experience to support Med.Tech. SMEs manage their way through business “inflection points” such as scale-up, market access, or regulatory compliance challenges.

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