Adrian Oates

Adrian Oates is the Vice President of Quality and Regulatory of Universal Biosensors, a specialist medical diagnostic company located in Australia focused on the commercialization of a diverse range of point-of-care diagnostic tests. Adrian achieves success by combining his extensive practical R&D experience with an expertise in compliance and regulatory approval processes, project and risk management and quality assurance, all gained from being in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries for over 20 years. Adrian's recent successes include:

• Building a robust global Quality & Regulatory framework and infrastructure within Universal Biosensors to help grow a research and development company into a commercial organization with operational credibility for a global market;
• Leading a cross-functional project team to achieve FDA accreditation as CSL Biotherapies Quality Director;
• Achieving global compliance and registration approvals of a novel sterile implantable medical device as Vice President of Quality & Regulatory at Cochlear Limited.

Adrian holds a BSc (Biochemistry/Microbiology), a Master of Science (Preliminary) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine) from Monash University.