Leadership

Regional Executive Committees

Asia Regional Executive Committee

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Pawan Gupta

MBBS, MD, DNB, PhD

Regional VP, Asia

June 2025 - June 2027

Stempeutics Research
Bangalore, India

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Kunihiko Suzuki

MBA

Regional VP-Elect, Asia

June 2025 - June 2027

MEDINET Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan

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Chin Sze Piaw

MBBS, MRCP

Regional Secretary, Asia

June 2026 - June 2029

Cytopeutics/Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Selangor, Malaysia

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Gayatri Sharma

PhD

Regional Treasurer, Asia

June 2026 - June 2029

CellVec Ptd Ltd.
Singapore

Australia and New Zealand Regional Executive Committee

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Siok Tey

MBBS(Hons), PhD, FRACP, FRCPA

Regional VP, ANZ

June 2026 - June 2028

QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Royal Brisbane &
Women's Hospital
Herston, QLD, Australia

Alicia Didsbury

PhD

Regional VP-Elect, ANZ

June 2026 - June 2028

University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand

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Gemma Moir-Meyer

PhD

Regional Secretary, ANZ

June 2026 - June 2029

University of Otago
Canterbury, New Zealand

Cheryl Hutchins

Tessa Gargett

BSc(Hons), PhD

Regional Treasurer, ANZ

June 2026 - June 2029

Royal Adelaide Hospital
Adelaide, SA, Australia

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Dominic Wall

PhD, FFSc (RCPA)

Co-Chair, Australia and New Zealand Legal and REgulatory Affairs Committee

Peter MacCallum Cancer Center
East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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Kasey Kime

MQS, MPhil, MBA

Co-Chair, Australia and New Zealand Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee

BioOra Ltd
Wellington, New Zealand

Europe Regional Executive Committee

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Dominique Farge

MD, PhD

Regional VP, Europe

June 2025 - June 2027

St Louis Hospital Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris;
Paris-Cité University
Paris, France

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Lindsay Davies

BSc (Hons), PhD, FHEA

Regional VP-Elect, Europe

June 2025 - June 2027

NextCell Pharma AB
Stockholm, Sweden

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Karen English

PhD

Regional Secretary, Europe

June 2026 – June 2029

Maynooth University
Maynooth, Ireland

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Mikey Creane

BSc, MSc, PhD

Regional Treasurer, Europe

June 2026 - June 2029

HAON Life Science
Dublin, Ireland

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Björn Carlsson

PhD

Co-Chair
EU Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee

SSI Strategy 
Stockholm, Sweden

Christiane Niederlaender

PhD

Co-Chair

EU Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee

Parexel
London, United Kingdom

Margeurite Kennedy

PhD

ESP Leadership Development Program Representative

Oslo, Norway

North America Regional Executive Committee

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Sowmya Viswanathan

PhD

Regional VP, NA

June 2026 - June 2028

University Health Network
Toronto, ON, Canada

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Ashley Krull

PhD

Regional VP-Elect, NA

June 2026 - June 2028

The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, United States

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Joseph Schwartz

MD, MPH

Regional Secretary, NA

June 2026 - June 2029

Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy
New Jersey, United States

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Elena Maryamchik

MD, MBA

Regional Treasurer, NA

June 2026 - June 2029

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, United States

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Kevin Bosse

PhD

Chair, NA Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee

Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH, United States

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Elani Wiest

PhD

ESP Leadership Development
Program Representative

Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL, United States

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Megan Melody

MD

ESP Leadership Development Program Representative

Tampa General Hospital Cancer Institute
Tampa, FL, United States

South and Central America Regional Executive Committee

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Andrés Caicedo

PhD

Regional VP, SCA

June 2025 - June 2027

Universidad San Francisco de Quito, USFQ
Pichincha, Ecuador

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Virginia Picanço-Castro

PhD, MBA

Regional VP-Elect, SCA

June 2025 - June 2027

Blood Center of Riberão Preto, University of São Paolo
São Paolo, Brazil

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Tatiana Maron Gutierrez

PhD

Regional Secretary, SCA

June 2026 - June 2029

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Samuel Campanelli Freitas Couto

PhD

Regional Treasurer, SCA

June 2026 - June 2029

Instituto Butantan
São Paolo, Brazil

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Martin Bonamino

PhD

Chair, SCA Legal And Regulatory Affairs Committee

Brazilian National Cancer Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil