Jeff Duke C.Chem, C.Sci, FRSC

Jeff Duke C.Chem, C.Sci, FRSC

    Former Head of Materials Science and Oral Product R&D; Head of Strategy and Coordination in the Asia Business Development Group and Head of European Analytical R&D., Pfizer Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Independent Consultant and Managing Director , Grove Lodge Consulting

    Jeff Duke spent 22 years with Pfizer Inc. rising to become the Executive Director of Materials Science and Oral Product R&D.  He enjoyed a diverse and varied career at Pfizer including assignments in the Asia Business Development Group and leading the multi-site European Analytical R&D Group in the UK and Germany. 

    He has extensive knowledge of regulatory chemistry, manufacturing and control strategies and was responsible for analytical method development, validation and release strategies for several Pfizer blockbuster medicinal products.  He has developed extensive links with the academic community and was instrumental in creating major industrial analytical research centres at the Universities of Ghent and Tasmania.  Earlier in his career he held research positions with Givaudin and the Forensic Science Service. 

    He was educated at Sheffield Hallam University and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.