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Michael Schafferius (Australia)

Micheal Schafferius currently holds the position of Application Specialist for Separation Technologies and quality at Sartorius Australia, working for Sartorius for the past 10 years. Micheal has worked in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries for more than 20 years. His experience includes roles focused on Filtration, Single Use Technologies, Quality Assurance, Validation and Sterile Manufacturing with local and international companies. Micheal is the current PDA Australia chapter President.

Lisa Bennett (Australia)

Lisa is an active member of the PDA Regulatory Affairs and Quality Advisory Board (RAQAB) and the PDA Australia Chapter.

Lisa's experience comes from a background in Forensic & Analytical Chemistry, accompanied by a Masters in Forensic Science. After beginning her career s an analytical chemist in the petrochemical industry Lisa moved into roles within the Pharmaceutical Industry where she gained hands on experience in a wide breadth of disciplines such as QC, Stability and Clinical Trials, Supply Chain Logistics, R&D, Aseptic Fill and Finish, QA, Release for supply and auditing. The majority of her time in industry has been in roles working within the CSL group which manufactures biological products such as vaccines, antivenoms and blood products.

Dinesh Khokal (Singapore)

Dinesh is the Director, External Affairs Quality, at Amgen Biotechnology Singapore supporting Amgen's outward facing efforts in Japan Asia Pacific and Latin America. He collaborates effectively with industry peers and regulators to engage, understand, translate and deliver impact in the evolving external GxP landscape. Additionally, Dinesh currently holds the position of Adjunct Associate Professor at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor's University, Malaysia.


Prior to Amgen, Dinesh held the role of Director of Therapeutic Products Branch at Health Sciences Authority, Singapore. During his 10 years tenure in HSA, Dinesh held many different roles including Senior GMP Inspector. He has also played several key roles in multiagency consortiums and World Health Organization initiatives working towards capability building, shaping regulatory landscape, regulatory harmonisation and mutual reliance.


Dinesh is the immediate past President of PDA Singapore Chapter and he is currently on the PDA Regulatory Affairs and Quality Advisory Board (RAQAB).

Bruce Loxley (Singapore)

Bruce Loxley has over 30 years in the Pharmaceutical Industry, with his current role working as Senior GMP Compliance Advisor, Inspection Readiness and Compliance team for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Vaccines, based in Singapore.


Key job responsibilities include monitoring/assessing the GMP/GDP compliance of the organisation, preparing the manufacturing sites for new product submission external assessments, together with coaching, training and educating GSK Vaccines Associates. Bruce was PDA Singapore Chapter President from 2020-2022, and is currently on the PDA's Science Advisory Board since July of 2022.