Valerie Whelan Thermo Fisher Scientific

Valerie assumed the role of Vice President Quality in January 2022 with responsibility for the Quality oversight of all Drug Substance manufacturing sites within the Thermo Fisher Scientific manufacturing network.

Immediately prior to this Valerie was the Head of Quality Operations for Amgen where she had Quality oversight for Amgen's internal manufacturing network, Digital and Data Science Quality and the Quality Control Network. R&D with responsibility for Quality, Compliance, Audit, Computer Related Systems and Learning & Performance across all aspects of Amgen’s Research & Development activities.

Previously, at Amgen, Valerie has held the roles of Head of Quality and Compliance for R&D, Head of Corporate Quality and roles as Site Quality Head for the ATO Manufacturing Site and the Amgen site in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. Prior to joining Amgen in 2011, Valerie held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility within the Quality functions of Pfizer, Bimeda and Takeda.

Valerie is a Microbiologist and Qualified Person and has over 20 years’ experience in the industry covering a diverse range of pharmaceutical and biotechnology areas both in Europe and the US.