Daniela Leal

Daniela Leal has extensive work experience in regulatory affairs and clinical affairs in the medical device industry. Daniela started their career at Iberdata Equipamentos SA as a Quality & Regulatory Affairs Manager from 2011 to 2013. Daniela then joined Delphos Implants as a Quality & Regulatory Affairs Manager, where they were responsible for various tasks including managing the QMS, restructuring processes, conducting risk management, and ensuring compliance with regulations from 2014 to 2015. Daniela then worked at Johnson & Johnson as a Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist from 2015 to 2017. After that, they joined Zimmer Biomet as a Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist and later became a Regulatory Affairs Team Leader from 2017 to 2022. Currently, they are working at Leica Microsystems, first as a Global Project Leader RA/QA from February 2022 to June 2022, then as a Senior Manager of Regulatory & Clinical Affairs from July 2022 to October 2023. Daniela'smost recent role at Leica Microsystems is the Director of Regulatory and Clinical Affairs, starting from September 2023.

Daniela Leal earned a Master's degree in Biomedical/Medical Engineering from Universidade do Minho, completing their studies from 2006 to 2011. In addition to their degree, they have obtained various certifications, including the Oxford Women's Leadership Development Programme from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford in 2020 and Technical Documentation MDR from Qserve Group in 2019, among others.