Alex Laan BASc, BSc

Alex Laan currently holds the position of Principal Consultant at NAMSA. Until recently, Alex worked as Principal Certification Manager at DEKRA Certification BV, Notified Body for (IVD) Medical Devices located in Arnhem, The Netherlands. After starting at KEMA Quality in 2006, Alex was qualified as Lead Assessor for Medical Devices and IVD devices, Device Specialist reviewer in IVD's and Medical Devices, including drug-device combinations. An active member of IVD working group within EU Notified Bodies and TEAM-NB. Acting as a direct contact for EU competent authorities.

Alex has education as an engineer (Dipl.-Ing) in Bioprocesstechnology and Biochemistry. Previously, Alex worked as a product specialist in immunohematological products and plasma products with Sanquin Blood Transfusion Services, Amsterdam, after which he started his career working as a QA and RA manager for IVD Medical devices at Meddens Diagnostics / IBL Hamburg