Ms Mary Bourke

Mary Bourke is a graduate of University College Cork where she majored in Microbiology and completed a Master of Analytical Chemistry degree. She also completed a Diploma in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology in Trinity College Dublin. She has worked in the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland, the United States, Puerto Rico, Spain and Switzerland. She has worked with GlaxoSmithKline, Schering Plough, Novartis, Wyeth, AbbVie, Pfizer and Bristol Myers Squibb. Her expertise is in the area of Quality Assurance and Quality Control in drug substance and drug product manufacture of both small and large molecules. She has established and led Quality departments and is very knowledgeable in regulatory inspections by Health Authorities globally. She recently led the Bristol Myers Squibb Global Risk Assessment programme for quality oversight of Contract Manufacturing Organizations. She has a unique breadth of experience through her leadership in Quality Assurance across organizations, geographies and regulatory authorities