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2012-12-10 JurgenSchulze Jürgen Schulze
EDMA President

VDGH - Sysmex
Bornbarch 1, 22848 Norderstedt (Germany)

Dr. Jürgen Schulze became a board member of EDMA in 2003 and was elected as the Association's President in 2009. He is the CEO and President of SYSMEX EMEA after having held several other positions in SYSMEX since 1995. Dr. Schulze has also been on the board of the German National Association VDGH since 1997 and has been elected President from 2007 to 2009. Prior to joining Sysmex, he has held several business functions in the IVD industry, mainly linked to Merck AG and Bayer Diagnostics, both in Europe and the USA.
2012-12-10 ChristianPerry Christian Parry
 EDMA Vice President

SIDIV - Stago
23-29 rue Constantin Pecquer/ZAC Les Chataigniers, 95157 Taverny

Christian Parry is the Production Director at Stago. He has held several positions within the company, such as Head of International Marketing & Sales and R&D Managing Director. Vice President of the French Association SIDIV, he is also the rapporteur for the National Association of the Regulatory Affairs Commission.
Turner Kathy Website Kathy Turner
EDMA Vice President

Abbott Diagnostics
Max-Planck-Ring 2, 65205, Wiesbaden-Delkenheim (Germany)

Kathy Turner is Divisional Vice President at Abbott Diagnostics, Area Europe. She has held several positions with increasing responsibility within the company heading, inter alia, Commercial Operations, Global Strategy, Product Portfolio Management, Marketing, Scientific Affairs, Business Development, Market Research and Communications.
2012-12-10 BennyOns Benny Ons
EDMA Treasurer

UNAMEC - BD
POB 13 Erembogedem-Dorp 86, B-9320 Erembodegem (Belgium)

Benny Ons is Director of Regulatory Affairs, Regulatory Compliance and Quality Management at BD Biosciences Europe. He is also chairman of the EDMA Regulatory Affairs Committee, and Vice Chair of the GHTF (Global Harmonisation Task Force) Study Group 1. At the EDMA board, he represents the Belgian Association, UNAMEC.
2012-12-10 UgoMario_Gay Ugo Mario Gay

ASSOBIOMEDICA - DiaSorin
Via Crescentino snc, 13040 Saluggia (Italy)

Ugo Gay, Diasorin’s Regional Vice-President for Europe and Africa, represents the Italian Association, Assobiomedica. He started his career in 1985 at the family business Pietro Gay Spa in the textile sector. From there, he moved to the Istituto Biologico Chemioterapico before joining Diasorin in 2000.
2012-12-10 WernerHofacher Werner Hofacher

SVDI/ASID - Beckman Coulter
Rue Juste-Olivier 22, 1260 Nyon (Switzerland)

Werner Hofacher is the Corporate Vice President, Commercial Operations Europe of Beckman Coulter. He joined Beckman Coulter in 2004 as the Managing Director for Germany and Vice President, Commercial Operations Central Region after having worked for Baxter International in Germany where he held the position of Vice President Renal for Europe. Before that he was the Managing Director for Germany of DADE Diagnostics. In the Executive Committee he represents the Swiss Association SVDI/ASID.
2012-12-10 DavidMartin David Martin

BIVDA - Bayer
Newbury, RG14 1JA, United Kingdom

David Martin is currently Country Division Head at Bayer Diabetes Care and MERA, being before Marketing Director at Bayer UK as well for Bayer Diabetes Care and MERA. A seasoned professional in the IVD industry, David Martin is member of EDMA IVD in Healthcare Project as well as in working parties on Diabetes.
2012-12-10 MichaelHeuer Michael Heuer

Roche Diagnostics Ltd.
Forrenstrasse, CH-6343 Rotkreuz (Switzerland)

Michael Heuer entered Roche Diagnostics Manneheim as Product Manager Immunoassays in 1983. Throughout his career with Roche, he has held different leading Marketing and Sales positions in Germany and the United States, before being appointed Head of the Roche Near Patient Testing Business Area in Austria in 2001. From 2004 to 2007, he was Head of the EMEA Subregion-1 covering Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Greece and South Africa. He currently heads the EMEA-LATAM Diagnostics Region (Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America) within Roche Diagnostics.
2012-12-10 VivianWang Vivian Wang

Johnson & Johnson
Gubelstrasse 34, 6300 Zug (Switzerland)

Vivian Wang is the President of LifeScan Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) which is part of the Diabetes Care Franchise of Johnson & Johnson. She joined Johnson & Johnson in 1991 and has served in marketing and general management roles in the United States, Asia Pacific, and Australia for the Consumer and Vision Care franchises prior to assuming her current role.
TadeuszTuora Tadeusz Tuora

IPDDL - PZ Cormay S.A.
ul. Wiosenna 22, 05-092 Łomianki (Poland)

Tadeusz Tuora is the Chairman of Cormay Group, a company he founded in 1985. Under his guidance, PZ Cormay - headquartered in Lublin, Poland - creared a network of subsidiaries throughout Central and Eastern Europe. From the beginning, he as taken a very active role in the self-organisation of the industry in Poland and both he and his company are charter members of the Polish national association, IPDDL, which was established in 2001.
 2012-12-10 Rika_Dutau Rika Dutau

Cepheid
81470 Maurens-Scopont (France)

Rika Dutau is Vice-President and Managing Director at Cepheid Europe. She joined Cepheid in 2007, being before VP and General Manager at Teleflex Medical where she was responsible for the surgical businesses across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Previously, she held a variety of senior management, sales, marketing and business development roles in the medical device and critical care industry.
2012-12-10 MichelBonnier Michel Bonnier

bioMérieux
Chemin de l'Orme 69280, Marcy l'Etoile (France)

Michel Bonnier has more than 20 years of experience in the diagnostics field industry where he occupied various positions entirely focusing in the commercial activity such as product manager, group manager, subsidiary managing director (Canada).

His previous to last position was as marketing Director of bioMérieux France and since 2007 he is the Public Health Vice-President of bioMérieux wthin the Public Health Department which is in connection with organizations dedicated to facilitate the access to diagnostics in developing countries.
2012-12-10 VickyVoulgaraki Vicky Voulgaraki
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Industriezone III, Industrielaan 27, B-9320 Erembodegem-Aalst (Belgium)

Vicky Voulgaraki is Director for EU Government Affairs for Thermo Fisher Scientific. She joined the company's corporate team in 2010 and represents Thermo Fischer Scientific's businesses at the EU institutions and state governments. Vicky previously worked for the UK Permanent Representation to the EU, where she served as a political attaché in the Political and Institutional Affairs Unit and was instrumental in the activities of the UK Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2005. She then joined Edelman, the world's largest public relations firm, as an Account Director, advising clients on food, environment, health, safety, tourism and intellectual property issues. For two years she seved as the Secretary General of the Toy Industries of Europe and orchestrated the industry's advocacy campaign on the revision of the Toy Safety Directive in Brussels and 12 Member States. Vicky is also the Vice Chair of the Innovation Task Force of the British Chamber of Commerce.