Peter Riechel
Senior Associate
Experience
Senior Associate
Lachman Consultants
Expert for Pharmaceutical Industry and Medical Devices
Clear Cube Consulting
Interim Management, Consulting and Training
T3 Consulting
- Provide interim management, consulting, and training services across quality management and compliance in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
Head of QA Compliance Sterile Manufacturing
Novartis PharmOps
Group Leader Complaint Management
Sanofi Deutschland
- Led two teams (16 direct reports) managing complaint handling at the Frankfurt Insulin site.
Senior Manager Corporate Quality Assurance
Boehringer Ingelheim Corporate Center
Global process owner for complaints, leading a matrix organization for complaint officers worldwide and owning the global complaints database.
Developed and delivered worldwide trainings on complaints, recalls, and out-of-specification results.
Deputy global process owner for recalls, leading international crisis teams for recall decisions and follow-up actions.
Head of Complaint Management Germany
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG
Led three groups (15 employees) within Process Quality Assurance/Quality Operations.
Served as responsible person for medical devices in Germany and the EU under Section 30 of the Medical Devices Act.
Participated in approximately 40 audits by FDA, Anvisa, KFDA, and other authorities.
Qualified co-auditor at BI Pharma GmbH & Co KG.
Senior Manager Analytical Development, Animal Health
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
Led two laboratories: Analytical Development and New Analytical Technologies.
Coordinated external developments in the US and Europe during pre-formulation, formulation finding, and scale-up batches.
Audited raw material suppliers and contract manufacturers in Europe and the US.
Led CMC coordination for multiple international product development projects (chewable tablets, suspensions, injectables).
Analytical Development
Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Developed analytical methods for peptides and proteins using HPLC, CE, SEC, GC-MS, NMR, and other techniques.
Qualified and managed external contract laboratories across Europe.
Validated analytical methods according to ICH guidelines and performed stability studies.
Supported registration dossiers (CMC part of CTX and IND) and coordinated bioanalytical method development for preclinical studies.
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Pharmaceutical (27 years), Healthcare (12.5 years), and Professional Services (4.5 years).
Business Areas Experience
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Experienced in Quality Assurance (27 years), Product Development (13.5 years), Research and Development (9 years), Strategy (4.5 years), Project Management (4.5 years), and Production (0.5 years).
Summary
Target-oriented. Quality Management professional with more than 25 years of experience in international operating companies.
Strong leadership skills.
Knowledge creates ways to form the future: A holistic view on the current situation is his trademark. Peter uses his experience in the field of life sciences in all areas and in all forms of industry.
As you can see, you can be a generalist and a specialist at the same time. And that is how his work is described in an accurate manner.
Skills
- Interim Management
- Cgmp And Gmp Compliance
- Lead Auditor For Cgmp And Iso 13485
- Analytical Development / Quality Control
- Medical Devices / Drug Device Combination Products
- Cross-functional Teams & International Project Management
- Cmc Development Projects
- Six Sigma / Business Process Excellence
- Excellent Analytical, Conceptual, And Rhetorical Skills
- Experience In Product Development And Production For Inhalation Technologies: Dry Powder Inhalers (Spiriva Handihaler, Advair Disc And Other Competitors), Meter Dose Inhalers, Soft Mist Inhaler (Respimat), Vaporizing Techniques
- Experience In Product Development And Production For Prefilled Syringe Products
- Experience In Product Development And Production For Sterile/aseptic Products Eu Gmp Annex 1
- Experience In Product Development And Production For Solid Oral Dosage Forms Including Dissolution Methods And Bioequivalence
Languages
Education
Leibniz University Hannover
Ph.D., Technical Chemistry and Biochemistry · Technical Chemistry and Biochemistry · Hanover, Germany
University of Hannover
Chemistry, focused on technical chemistry · Hanover, Germany
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium
Abitur · Herzberg am Harz, Germany
Certifications & licenses
ISO 9001 For Lawyers
Streitbörger, Germany
Lead Auditor For Medical Devices And CGMP
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