Horst Koller

Horst Koller started his professional career in 1994 to work for a large pharmaceutical company in Germany managing the Process Engineering Group. He holds a degree as Dipl. Ing (FH) in Biotechnology. In 2000 he joined Schott in the business segment pharmaceutical packaging. He has been a key player in building the manufacturing unit for the Schott TopPac® polymer syringe within Schott AG.

He held different positions including Quality Manager, Head of R&D, Manager Scientific Advisory and Manager Global Regulatory Affairs and Quality R&D. He is now CEO of HK Packaging Consulting GmbH. He is an active member as expert of ISO/TC 76/ working groups and a frequent speaker at extractables and leachables as well as pre-fillable syringe conferences.