Philippe Verdon

Philippe Verdon currently serves as Site Quality Head at Bavarian Nordic since May 2023. Previously, Philippe held roles as Senior Director of Quality at Emergent BioSolutions from September 2020 to May 2023, where responsibilities included promoting quality and compliance at the Bern site and overseeing quality assurance for aseptic processing and packaging. Philippe also worked at Incyte as Head of Bioplant Quality Assurance, managing QA activities for a new bio-manufacturing plant under cGMP regulations, and held various positions at Merck Group from July 2006 to March 2019, including Site Technical and Quality Unit Director. Earlier career experience includes leadership roles at Serono from 1989 to June 2006. Philippe's academic background includes multiple Executive MBAs and specialized training in business leadership and biopharma from prestigious institutions such as MIT Sloan School of Management and London Business School, alongside degrees in Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Biochemistry from the University of Lausanne.