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CEO, International Speaker, Conference Chair, One of the World’s Leading Authorities in the Administrative Profession

Lucy Brazier, OBE UK

Louise Brogan Ltd

CEO

Louise Brogan, IR

Swarovski

EA to Chief Brand Officer

Kristin Löblich, CH

The Socialista Projects

Trainer, Author and Consultant

Diana Brandl, DE

Be Chief of Staff

Founder and Director

Catherine Hooton, UK

Hybrid Power Teams

Keynote speaker, Author, Team Coach

Peter Ivanov, DE

Cope OHG

Trainer and Coach

Christine Maurer, DE

Storyals

CEO, Productivity Coach, Microsoft Power Woman of Sweden 2024

Ulrika Hedlund, SE

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Lucy Brazier, OBE UK

CEO, International Speaker, Conference Chair, One of the World’s Leading Authorities in the Administrative Profession

Marcham Publishing, Publisher of Executive Support Magazine

Lucy Brazier OBE is one of the world’s leading authorities on the administrative profession. As the CEO of Executive Support Media and Author of the 2024 International Book Awards' Career Book of the Year, ‘The Modern-Day Assistant: Build Your Influence and Boost Your Potential’, Lucy is a tireless advocate for elevating the Assistant role as a recognised and respected career path. Her unparalleled expertise has seen her train, keynote, and emcee at over 650 events in 50+ countries, including chairing and co-facilitating the prestigious World Administrators Summit.

With over a decade of deep engagement with global Assistants, executives, and leading trainers, Lucy possesses unique insight into the evolving demands of the profession. Her work has led to measurable transformations: Assistants achieving promotions, companies creating internal career frameworks, and executives better utilising their support functions.

Lucy’s passion for advancing the profession culminated in her pivotal work with the World Administrators Alliance on the Global Skills Matrix and collaborations with Fortune 500 companies to restructure and enhance Business Support teams. Recognised for her contributions, Lucy was awarded an OBE by The Queen for services to Office Professionals in 2021 and holds an Honorary Fellowship with the Institute of Administrative Management.

Louise Brogan, IR

CEO

Louise Brogan Ltd

Louise Brogan is the CEO of Louise Brogan Ltd, a video-first content marketing agency helping B2B companies raise their profile and win more clients through LinkedIn. She hosts the Raise Your Visibility Online podcast and YouTube channel (80,000+ subscribers) and was awarded Digital Marketer of the Year. Louise has been named one of the Top 100 Small Businesses and Top 100 Female Entrepreneurs in the UK, and was selected for UK Small Business of the Year, meeting King Charles at Buckingham Palace. She speaks internationally at events including Social Media Marketing World, TubeFest, Women in Finance, and TechConnect, and her work has been featured in Forbes, The Guardian, The Times, and Social Media Examiner.

Kristin Löblich, CH

EA to Chief Brand Officer

Swarovski

Kristin Löblich is the Executive Assistant to the Chief Brand Officer of a leading global luxury jewelry brand, based in Switzerland. Having advanced through several roles within the company, she has built deep expertise in the luxury industry and in supporting senior executives at the highest level.

Her career reflects adaptability, dedication and a passion for excellence. Working closely alongside the CBO, she navigates complexity with composure and clarity, always keeping human connection and clear communication at the core of her work.

Diana Brandl, DE

Trainer, Author and Consultant

The Socialista Projects

Diana Brandl holds a degree in International Administration and Management. She is an international speaker, coach and consultant focusing on Digital Transformation, New Work, Personal Branding, and Leadership. Diana is the host of the Executive Office Insights Podcast and a LinkedIn Learning instructor. She has been named Woman of the Week by the Global Digital Women and was called as one of the 45 top global voices by The EA Campus. She is a Digital Nomad and loves to work from all over the world.

Catherine Hooton, UK

Founder and Director

Be Chief of Staff

Catherine Hooton is a respected executive leader and the Head of Executive Business & People at the UK’s largest Police Credit Union. With more than 25 years’ experience supporting C-suite leaders, she has built a distinguished career as an EA, HR professional, and now strategic Head of People.

An award-winning coach and mentor, Catherine is widely recognised for elevating executive support professionals and empowering women in business across the UK. As a speaker and facilitator, she brings a rare blend of energy, empathy, and practical insight—making complex leadership topics both accessible and inspiring for audiences worldwide.

Peter Ivanov, DE

Keynote speaker, Author, Team Coach

Hybrid Power Teams

Peter Ivanov is an award-winning manager, bestselling author, and expert in AI and leadership, with over 30 years of international experience. As an inspirational speaker, Peter has delivered keynotes in 29 countries around the globe. His book, Virtual Power Teams, has been translated into six languages and reached Amazon’s Top 3 in the International Management category. The teams led by Peter have won multiple corporate awards, including “Best of the Best” and the “Global IT Connect Award” for outstanding engagement and project delivery in a global cross-functional environment. With a background as a master of mathematics and a Global IT Manager, Peter has worked with various business organizations and public administrations to embrace the AI revolution and unlock unprecedented value.

Christine Maurer, DE

Trainer and Coach

Cope OHG

Christine Maurer is a Senior Trainer, Coach and Certified SCRUM Master.
With a background as a former C-Suite Assistant in the pharmaceutical industry, she combines practical executive support experience with agile expertise. She has delivered international workshops on SCRUM and agile mindset for assistants, including guiding a team in Africa in agile project management. Her interactive approach empowers assistants to embrace agility and strengthen their role in dynamic environments.

Ulrika Hedlund, SE

CEO, Productivity Coach, Microsoft Power Woman of Sweden 2024

Storyals

Ulrika Hedlund is a renowned Productivity Coach and international speaker who helps organizations transform the way they work in the digital age. As the founder and CEO of Storyals, she empowers leaders and employees worldwide to adopt smarter, modern ways of working through engaging, story‑based learning. With a background at Microsoft and two decades of experience driving digital workplace change, Ulrika is recognized as a trusted advisor and visionary in digital productivity and leadership.

Dr. Adela Maghear, BE

Independent Senior Policy Advisor on Health

Indépendant

Adela is a graduate in pharmacy studies and holds two PhD degrees; one in Medical Sciences (Field of Pharmacy) and another in Chemistry awarded by the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca (Romania) and University of Lorraine (France), respectively.

With a strong focus on health and environmental safety, her research work and scientific publications have dealt with a wide range of subjects. In 2015, she changed career paths when she received the Robert Schuman scholarship at the European Parliament Research Service in Brussels. Her career within the field of health policies continued as she became a member of the European Health Parliament, Antimicrobial Resistance Committee, that same year.

Since 2016, she has ushered her skills and expertise in the fields of health and environment working as Science and Policy Advisor in Brussels representing the interests of patients and healthcare professionals in relations with the EU Institutions and policy-makers.

Her work has been cited in international journals such as Financial Times, The Telegraph, POLITICO, ChemicalWatch UK, Pharmaceutical Technology, Market Business News, Pharma Technology Focus and Health Europa.

Fred Ohsiek, US

Associate Director of Cleaning Validation

Eliquent Life Sciences

Fred Ohsiek, who earned his BS in Chemistry from University of South Florida, resides in the NC RDU area. He has 25 plus years of validation experience as an FTE and Consultant, while specializing in cleaning validation.

He has been fortunate to work for 7 major pharmaceuticals (Catalent, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Teva, Astellas, Bayer, and Novo Nordisk) where he was considered the cleaning validation SME in most of his roles. Working with various routes of administration (OSD, parenteral, topical, and softgels) in green and brown field small and large molecule manufacturing projects has provided Fred with a very broad range of experience.

Fred also obtained “cleaning chemistry” experience while working as a Sr Global Technical Manager at Ecolab (Life Science division).
As Associate Director of Cleaning Validation at Eliquent Life Sciences, he and his team support industry by authoring tailored justifications, reducing the validation footprint via risk assessments, creating startup CV programs, remediating legacy processes, and increasing manufacturing capability.

He was one of the authors of the ISPE Cleaning Validation Lifecycle – Application, Methods, and Controls guidance, and he regularly presents at conferences nationally and globally.

Dr. Omid ZadakBar, US

Global EHS Design Engineering, Sr. Mgr.

Amgen

Dr. Omid ZadakBar is a globally recognized expert in Process Safety and Risk Management with over 20 years of experience across the pharmaceutical, fine chemical, and energy sectors. He currently leads execution of EHS design integration and risk management for Amgen’s global capital portfolio, encompassing complex, large-scale manufacturing facilities and high-containment infrastructure projects. His focus is on embedding Risk-Based Process Safety (RBPS) principles across the lifecycle of facility design, commissioning, operations, and expansions, particularly in systems handling HPAPIs, flammable solvents, and biologics.

Dr. ZadakBar is widely known for translating advanced safety frameworks such as RBPS and RAGAGEP into pragmatic engineering applications that enhance system integrity, reduce risk exposure, and ensure regulatory
alignment. A longstanding member of the AIChE Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), he has contributed to industry-leading initiatives and technical publications that advance process safety performance in high- hazard environments.

Pietro Virgilio, IT

Regional Business Development Manager

Howorth Air Tech

He graduated in Chemical Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano University in 1996, and has 28 years professional experience in the design of pharmaceutical facilities. His main focuses are isolator technology, containment processes, decontamination and sterilization technologies, pure fluids systems. He has been working on large multi-office biopharma projects in different European countries for many years. He has also an extensive knowledge of hydrogen peroxide decontamination processes, both for isolator applications and for clean room decontamination applications. He is a ISPE member since many years and has published papers with some Italian professional associations (ASCCA, AFI). He lives in Milan.

Morcos Loka, EG

Quality Senior Manager Biologics F&F and New Projects

Minapharm

Morcos Loka is a training manager and GMP advisor at Minapharm. Over 23 years, Morcos has played different production and quality roles in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. His experience includes the manufacture of sterile and non-sterile products, handling of regulatory and customer audits, conducting internal and supplier audits, GMP gap analysis, GMP training, GMP consultation, establishing quality management systems, management review, quality metrics, establishing quality risk management system, QRM studies including manufacturing of HPAPIs in shared facilities, and design of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.

Morcos has an MBA, a BSc with honours in pharmaceutical sciences, two postgraduate diplomas in total quality management (TQM) and train of trainer (ToT), and four professional certificates: ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE), Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), Certified Pharmaceutical GMP Professional (CPGP), and ISPE Certified Pharmaceutical Industry Professional (CPIP).

Morcos is an ASQ, ISPE, and PDA member. He participated in different ISPE and PDA publications and as a speaker in different IVT, ECA, PDA, and ISPE pharmaceutical industry conferences.

Jochen Weber, CH

Engineering Leader, Strategic Product Manager

Skan AG

Jochen Weber holds a Bachelor of Engineering and has been leading customized isolator projects since 2019. As Project Manager and Engineering Lead, he has played a pivotal role in the design and development of complex containment isolator lines. Over the past three years, Jochen has overseen the engineering and successful execution of two major containment isolator systems, where he also implemented significant design and software enhancements in collaboration with his project teams.

In addition to project execution, Jochen has been closely involved in defining qualification strategies for advanced isolator solutions—ensuring technical robustness, regulatory compliance, and operational safety.

Starting in September 2025, Jochen will take on a new role as Strategic Product Manager, with a dedicated focus on containment isolators, continuing to drive innovation and excellence in high-containment technologies.

Ashley Harp, US

Associate, Process Engineer

CRB

Rich Arnett, CA

Manager, Industrial Hygiene & Toxicology

Pharmascience Inc.

Currently Manager, Industrial Hygiene & Toxicology at Pharmascience Inc., Rich leads a team tasked with determining HBEL’s and collaborating with the various functional areas to ensure safe product manipulation. Prior to joining Pharmascience, Rich held different roles in IH and Production management for solid dose & injectable products at Uman Pharma.

Rich began his career at Merck Frosst Canada in 1998 supporting the formulation/process development, scale-up and tech-transfer of numerous dosage forms while executing the manufacture of worldwide clinical supplies for various Merck Research Laboratories programs. While at Merck, Rich held several positions of increasing responsibility, including leading the Canadian GMP Pilot Plant Operations.

Marta Loureiro, PT

Project Manager

Advanced Cyclone Systems

Marta Loureiro is a Project Manager at Advanced Cyclone Systems, where she leads business development for customized cyclone solutions in the pharmaceutical, food, and fine chemicals industries. With a strong background in engineering and a sharp focus on high-efficiency product recovery and ATEX compliance, Marta helps clients optimize clean air performance in highly regulated environments. She is passionate about bridging technical innovation with client success, especially in high-potency processing contexts where precision and safety are paramount.

Patrick Wieland, DE

Global Director Business Development

Bausch+Ströbel

Patrick Wieland is a senior professional with more than 10 years of working experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Patrick is leading the global Business Development Department to force technologies and innovations
in the field of the pharmaceutical industry.

After successfully completing his master's degree in Leadership for Industrial Sales and Technology, he started in the Sales Engineering Department to implement high flexible filling machines for ready-to-use and bulk packaging materials.

For several years, Patrick was a Global Key Account Manager for the leading companies in Europe with production sides all over the world. With his excellent experience in the field of aseptic fill-finish, Patrick has accompanied numerous projects from the first inquiry to the SAT (site acceptance test).

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