Dr. Günter Jagschies has been with GE Healthcare Life Sciences for 33 years and has held senior management positions in Business functions and R&D with the BioProcess division of the company. In his current role he is working globally with industrial R&D collaborations and as business advisor for the GE BioProcess teams. Externally, Günter has as an ambassador role for GE BioProcess and is a frequent speaker in conferences and author in publications directed at the biopharmaceutical industry. He is co-author of “Process Chromatography”, and co-editor of “Development of Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Products”, a review and analysis of the Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Control (CMC) activities. His latest book is “Biopharmaceutical Processing” a comprehensive textbook on development, design, and implementation of manufacturing processes, published early 2018. In 2012, Günter received the "Thought Leader of the Decade" award in the field of downstream processing from Bioprocessing International. He co-chaired the 2016 “Recovery of Biological Products” conference (RXVII), a key event in downstream science and technology, and he is co-chair of the “BioProcessing Asia” conference series (BPA) held for the third time in Nov 2018. Günter is based near Freiburg, Germany.