Nigel Cryer FRSC

C‑Suite Quality Executive | Senior Consultant | Driving Inspection Readiness, Crisis Management & Compliance Excellence

Greater Rouen Metropolitan Area

About

C‑suite Pharmaceutical Quality & Regulatory Executive with 35+ years of global leadership across pharma, biotech, vaccines, API, CMOs, and cold‑chain logistics. Recognized for delivering inspection‑ready organizations under pressure, with a record of 12+ successful FDA inspections (PAI and routine) across Europe and global networks. Specialist in sterility assurance, data integrity, lifecycle validation, and crisis remediation, trusted by top‑10 pharma and high‑growth biotech organizations when regulatory failure is not an option. Calm, decisive leader who transforms fragmented quality systems into high‑execution, regulator‑credible operations—aligning compliance, operational excellence, and business continuity at scale.

Experience

  • Senior Consultant & Managing Director at Bluciela-Lifesciences SAS
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Including GxP consulting for Biotech, Pharma, lifescience Logistics & Digital IT

  • President at Bluciela-Lifesciences
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Building an entrepreneurial consultancy serving the Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Life-science Logistics industries

  • GDP-UCI IPEL - Pro-bono role at GDP-UCI IPEL
    Jan 2024 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Driving forward the IPEL project across Air, Ocean, Road, Rail & Courier Freight to enable reduction in level 3 CO2 emissions. Promoting infrastructure changes that can enable such reductions eg. Global investment in Ocean & Rail hubs.

  • Sanofi Pasteur (6 yrs 3 mos)
    • Deputy Director Global Audi
      Aug 2021 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Monitor complex set of inputs including current environment, industry trends and emerging regulations in order to anticipate potential risks and the need for changes and influence site and global management directions regarding new or revised strategic initiatives. Analyze results of quality system assessments conducted within the network and align strategic improvements with site and global stakeholders.

    • Head of Compliance & Inspection Readiness, Le Trait
      Jul 2017 - Sep 2023 · 6 yrs 3 mos

  • Vice President Quality and Regulatory at NextPharma
    Apr 2014 - Jun 2017 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Management of Quality, Regulatory and EHS policy at all NextPharma sites. Maintaining FDA compliance and improving quality throughout the company.