Director, Regulatory Affairs UK
Edwards Lifesciences
Giovanni is currently Regulatory Affairs Director for Edwards Lifesciences supporting the EMEA team He has over 20 years of experience in the medical devices field. In his previous role he was Principal Consultant and Medical Devices Team Manager at Qserve, supporting manufacturers in achieving and maintaining market approval for their devices, both directly and through a team of regulatory consultants.
Previousy he had spent 10 years working for two major EU Notified Bodies, TÜV SÜD and BSI. He worked as a cardiovascular product expert, assessor, team manager at BSI and then transitioned to the role of Global Director of the Cardiovascular Focus Team at TÜV SÜD. Throughout his career Giovanni has dealt as a technical reviewer with a wide range of cardiovascular and neurovascular high risk products, including drug-device combinations, absorbable devices and devices containing animal tissue.
Prior to this, he had worked in the R&D departments of Sorin (now Corcym) and of Fresenius Medical Care, working on heart valves, valve repair devices and single-use devices for hemodialysis.
Giovanni has a degree in mechanical engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin.
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