Jonathan Sowerbutts

Background

About Jonathan Sowerbutts

KEY SKILLS Leadership – 25 years of proven track record in building and energizing multi-discipline teams with varying degrees of educational background including direct and indirect reports. A range of industry experience from mining, fine chemical production, semiconductors to medical devices and pharmaceuticals in a North America, EMEA and ASPAC EHS Experience – 10 years of plant line responsibility for EHS. Responsible for developing and rolling out new EHS programs and maintaining a high performing EHS culture. Project & Financial Management – experienced in running a huge variety of projects from plant start ups, new equipment /process introductions to company reorganisations. A Project Manager with the key skills in forming a project team, project scoping and risk assessment, combined with a commonsense implementation approach. Pharmaceutical / Biotech Experience – 18 years of experience in the design, start up, operation and process improvement of pharmaceutical / biologics manufacturing plants. Specific experience in the qualification and operation of Biotech plants to FDA, EMEA and cGMP standards. Process Excellence – experienced in plant troubleshooting, plant optimisation and process improvement programs such as Lean, 5S kaizen etc. Lean Black Belt certification (Project: Optimization of the Malvern Direct Product Capture process,$1.6MM/y savings).