Hedley Rees is author of "Supply Chain management in the Drug Industry" and is a practicing consultant, coach and trainer, operating through his company Biotech PharmaFlow. He helps companies build, manage and improve their clinical trial and commercial supply chains.

Prior to his time at Biotech Pharmaflow, Hedley held senior supply chain management positions at Bayer, British Biotech, Vernalis, Johnson & Johnson and OSI Pharmaceuticals. He holds an Executive MBA from Cranfield University School of Management and is a corporate member of the UK's Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS). He is also a member of the UK BioIndustry Association's Manufacturing Advisory Committee, regularly speaks at international conferences and is co-chair of this year's FDA/Xavier University sponsored Global Outsourcing Conference in Cincinnati. His specific interest is in helping drive industry improvements through the regulatory modernization frameworks of FDA and ICH Q8 - Q10. He believes that along with the regulatory guidelines, it is imperative that companies developing and selling drugs make a massive cultural and mindset shift to enable improvements to stick.