Grant is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Smarter and Safer Products, a specialist consultancy dedicated to making products smarter and safer through digital innovation. His clients include brand owners, solution providers, NGOs, and consultancies. He is currently consulting for UNICEF as Technical Lead, overseeing the deployment of the TRVST traceability system. Grant previously spent 24 years in the healthcare industry at GlaxoSmithKline, holding roles across manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial operations. He served for a decade as an elected member of the GS1 Global Healthcare Leadership Team, leading strategies to accelerate adoption of global standards to improve patient safety and reduce healthcare costs. During this time, he also co-chaired the GS1 Healthcare Public Policy Group, advising regulators on the implementation of global standards. More recently, Grant co-chaired GS1’s Digital Link Standard Development Team, helping create standards to web-enable products. He now collaborates with organisations including Google, GS1, and UNICEF to deploy these standards and advance digital e-leaflets that transform access to product information. His work has been recognised with several industry awards, including the Pan African Supply Chain Awards for Innovation in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Award for combating counterfeit medicines in Nigeria, and the Best Pharmacy Initiative Award for contributions to the Falsified Medicines Directive anti-counterfeiting model.
Begin your conference journey with a warm welcome from our esteemed Chairperson
Grant Courtney
Founder & Principal Consultant at Smarter and Safer Products
Amid rising expectations and digital acceleration, pharma supply chains must evolve into intelligent, agile ecosystems. In this opening panel, senior leaders share how they’re reshaping operations, technology, and culture to build faster, smarter, and more sustainable networks.
Grant Courtney
Founder & Principal Consultant at Smarter and Safer Products
Frank Giroux
Manager Digital Transformation - Supply Chain Management at Former Bayer
Rene Trotha
Project Manager Track&Trace at Bayer AG
Massimo Crudeli
Director, Client Solutions at STAEDEAN
Narendiran Sivanesan
CEO & Co-Founder at tulanā
Mona Frimann Larsen
Former labelling process manager at Novo Nordisk and founder of Vantage GMP&Labelling at Vantage GMP & Labelling
End of Day 1 with the Chairperson's closing remarks and summarising key insights
Grant Courtney
Founder & Principal Consultant at Smarter and Safer Products
Start the second day with insightful remarks from our Chairperson
Grant Courtney
Founder & Principal Consultant at Smarter and Safer Products
Grant Courtney
Founder & Principal Consultant at Smarter and Safer Products
Sergio Cuevas Lujan
Principal Packaging Engineer at Teva Pharmaceutical
Collins Nduka
Global Logistics Senior Vendor Quality Manager at Pfizer
Lars Martinussen
Business Operations Manager at Dansk Medicin Verifikation Organisation (DMVO)
Stephen Wilkins
CEO at Davies Development and Testing
Mike Isles
Executive Director at Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacy in the EU
UNICEF’s TRVST solution is now deployed in a significant number of LMICs, hear about the exciting developments in both the solution and deployment and what is coming in 2026.
Grant Courtney
Founder & Principal Consultant at Smarter and Safer Products
End the conference with the Chairperson's closing remarks, summarizing key insights and leaving attendees with final thoughts to inspire ongoing engagement and action.
Grant Courtney
Founder & Principal Consultant at Smarter and Safer Products
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