Nicole Deschamps, PhD GSK

Nicole Deschamps, PhD is a Senior Director, External Development Operations and Process Excellence in GSK's Medicine Development and Supply organization. Nicole has a PhD in Chemistry and started her career at GSK in 2007 in process development where she specialized in the application of laboratory automation tools, advanced manufacturing technologies, Quality by Design, and continuous improvement. In 2015, Nicole joined the quality organization as a Product Quality Lead at GSK where she provided end-to-end product quality and compliance leadership and oversight for small molecule and biopharm programs throughout product and process development, technology transfer, commercialization, and major lifecycle changes. In her current role, Nicole has the privilege of collaborating with dynamic global cross-functional internal and external CMC teams to develop and launch new products with external partners. Nicole lives in North Carolina with her husband, two teenaged children and pet dog. She can often be spotted cheering on her kids at the soccer fields, hiking, and walking the dog. She now considers her kitchen to be her lab and loves to cook and garden.