South America
Andrea Saud Martinez
Andrea is a Quality Assurance professional with over 30 years’ experience in Pharmaceutical Industry and 16 years’ experience in Quality Systems Development and Management with emphasis on the United States Food and Drug Administration, ICH, global requirements for Good Clinical Practices with emphasis to Latin American countries. Andrea’s multilingual skills allow her to perform GCP site audits in Portuguese, Spanish and English speaking countries. Andrea is very much used to travel covering Latin American countries. Andrea has extensive experience and tracks expressive records of 140 GCP site audit and vendor audits performed to date. Andrea is graduated by Paulista University (Brazil) in Pharmacy and Biochemistry; she holds a Specialty degree in Clinical Pathology and a Master degree in International Businesses.
Steven Bukvic
Steven Bukvic graduated from Coventry University in 1982 with a degree in Applied Biology. After serving in the commercial sector of the UK motor industry for 8 years, Steven joined the Pharmaceutical Industry in 1990. For the next 30 years Steven’s career in the Pharmaceutical / CRO sectors has covered a broad range of disciplines within the field of clinical research. He has also had extensive geographical exposure having worked in the UK, US, Germany, Singapore, China and the CIS.
In his capacity as Regional Clinical Quality Manager with Schering-Plough/MSD, Steven successfully delivered on a variety of GCP audits (both internal company audits as well as site audits across Southeast Asia).
Steven Bukvic
Steven has a passion for training and is the founder of the Pan-Asian Clinical Research Association (PACRA) which was established in 2009. With a clear British accent, Steven has adjusted his speech over the years to accommodate the needs of non-native English speakers. He is regularly complimented for his clear, understandable, delivery style. In terms of module content, Steven’s training modules have clearly defined objectives, well structured content (with appropriate ‘sign-posting’), interactive exercises as well as ample time for Q&A.