Avantor Announces Gerard (Jerry) Porreca as Executive Vice President

In this role, Gerard Porreca will lead global quality assurance, quality systems, and regulatory affairs across all Avantor businesses.

Gerard Porreca is an experienced executive with strong expertise in quality, regulatory affairs, and compliance across life sciences, medical technology, and healthcare industries.

He joined Avantor from Getinge, where he led global quality and regulatory functions, supporting product approvals and regulatory transformation across the U.S., EU MDR and China. Before joining Getinge, he held senior leadership roles at Becton, Dickinson & Company, C.R. Bard and Smith & Nephew.

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“Delivering solutions that meet the highest standards of quality and reliability makes Avantor a trusted partner at every stage of the scientific journey,” said Emmanuel Ligner, President and CEO of Avantor. He added that Gerard Porrecas deep experience in global quality systems and regulatory environments will help strengthen and scale the company’s operations as it continues delivering mission-critical solutions to customers.

Mr. Porreca added, "In the life sciences and advanced technology sectors, quality and regulatory excellence are not just requirements—they are a key value proposition for our customers. I look forward to working with our global teams to strengthen our quality systems further and leverage data-driven insights to help our customers accelerate the delivery of life-changing breakthroughs to patients worldwide."

About Avantor

Avantor is a global life science tools company that provides essential products and services to the life sciences and advanced technology industries. The company works closely with customers at every stage of research and development to advance medicine, healthcare, and technology. Its products are used across nearly all stages of research, development, and production at more than 300,000 customer sites in 180 countries.

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