Geoff Waby has more than 30 years of experience, firstly with P&G and secondly with Estée Lauder.  He led the Quality Assurance organizations in both Europe and North America.  In this role, he was responsible for quality in suppliers, third party manufacturers and in-house R&D and manufacturing.  He has also worked in a third party testing facility doing both microbiological and analytical tests.  He has been responsible for supplier selection, qualification and performance improvement covering both product launch and ongoing supply and distribution.

Waby has been an active member of Cosmetics Europe and now PCPC.  He is currently the co-lead of a PCPC task force which has established a hygienic manufacturing graduate certificate course with the James L Winkle College of Pharmacy at the University of Cincinnati.  He is currently an independent consultant and is associated with Obelis USA as regulatory affairs & vigilance officer.  Obelis provides MoCRA support to domestic and international companies.