Director General
Doris-Ann Williams

Doris-Ann Williams joined BIVDA as Director General in October 2001. Doris-Ann has previously held a number of technical and product management positions with a variety of diagnostic companies including Amersham International, Becton Dickinson and ICN. Her role prior to joining BIVDA was as European Product Manager for Hitachi Chemical Diagnostics.  Doris–Ann brought with her considerable regulatory experience, an expert knowledge of export and distributor markets plus direct and diverse management experience in the diagnostics industry.

Deputy Director
Colin Andrews

Colin Andrews joined BIVDA in April 2005 as Deputy Director (3 days per week). Colin has a degree in biochemistry and prior to joining BIVDA was Deputy Director at GAMBICA (the trade association for the instrumentation, control, automation and laboratory technology industry) where he was responsible for their laboratory technology sector and for international activities. Colin, well-known and respected within the healthcare and scientific instruments industries for his work within a trade association, brought with him skills that complement and augment those of the Director General. At BIVDA Colin is particularly responsible for Health Service Procurement and the UK Market Audit.