David Collins BSc

David Collins is a graduate biologist holding over 8 years of experience within pharmaceutical and cosmetic microbiology. Attending the University of Portsmouth, David obtained his First-Class honors in Biology later completed placement within the stem cell research laboratories at the University of Palermo, Sicily. David began his career in microbiology within the cosmetics industry. David progressed as a QA Microbiologist from a third-party cosmetics manufacturer joining The Estee Lauder group for the research and development of personal care products.

David has also held the position of a microbiologist at GlaxoSmithKline, responsible for environmental quality assurance within the pharmaceutical manufacturing site, incorporating sterile and non-sterile manufacturing streams up to Grade A (Class 100) standard. He performed microbiological monitoring for oral, sterile, primary, and stability products adhering to strict GMP requirements and regularly analyzing microbiological trends within the cleanroom and controlled environments.

Prior to joining Ecolab, David was Quality Manager for a contract microbiology laboratory managing and maintaining the UKAS accredited Quality Management System ensuring compliance to ISO 17025 and to the GMP standards required by both MHRA and FDA. The company conducts a variety of microbiological services to the pharmaceutical industry covering most industrial microbiological techniques, disinfectant testing/validation, and specialist services including quality system auditing, risk assessment, validation, and laboratory training.

David joined Ecolab in 2019 as a Global Technical Consultant for Ecolab Life Sciences. This is a technical role advising on the correct application and use of specialist cleanroom biocides and cleaning and disinfection equipment for Life Sciences Cleanrooms in line with current regulatory guidance and industry best practice.

David is currently working towards becoming an IRCA certified Pharmaceutical Quality Management Systems (PQMS) GMP Provisional Auditor with aim of completing a CPD log to move to the ‘auditor’ level.