Douglas McKechnie

Dougie McKechnie started his career as a molecular biologist in contract research before joining ICI Pharmaceuticals to set up DNA fingerprinting business Cellmark Diagnostics. He then moved into quality assurance, gaining ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 for Cellmark. Moving to human tissue banking, he gained experience in HT Act and NRES in AstraZeneca’s Global Biobank. Latterly, he gained ISO 15189 accreditation for the Alderley Park Lighthouse Lab, one of the UKHSA’s largest COVID-19 testing facilities. Dougie has now joined PBD Biotech as Quality Assurance Manager and will be working towards accreditation for ISO 13485.