Graham Beastall PhD FRCPath FRCP is Past President of IFCC, having served as President from 2009-2014. He was formerly President of the Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (ACB) in the UK and Vice President of The Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath).
Graham is based in Glasgow, Scotland, where he was Clinical Lead of a large multi-site Department of Clinical Chemistry.
Graham has served in a voluntary capacity on several national and international bodies, including medical research organisations. He was Vice-Chair of Medical Research Scotland.
Graham has extensive experience of working with Charitable Foundations and served for 14 years as Chair of a large charity registered in the voluntary youth sector.
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Thomas Brinkmann is member of the board of directors and Chief Operating Officer at “labor team”, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
He is qualified as Clinical Chemist (Germany), FAMH Clinical Chemistry (Switzerland) and he has been registered as European Specialist of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EuSpLM). Since 2001 he is associate professor for clinical biochemistry at the Medical Faculty of the Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany.
He has experience in research and routine diagnostics in laboratory medicine, of scientific marketing of a leading global in vitro diagnostic company and as Chief Medical Officer and Chief Executive Officer of different international commercial medical laboratory organizations in Germany, France and Switzerland.
Dr. Brinkmann served IFCC as Corporate Representative at the Executive Board in two terms from 2009-2011 and from 2011-2014. He has actively collaborated with many IFCC Committees and Working Groups.
Prof. Maurizio Ferrari is the Former President of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC). He is a retired Full Professor of Clinical Pathology at the Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
He served in several capacities within the IFCC as Chairman of Committee on Clinical Molecular Biology Curriculum of IFCC and member of the Education and Management Division of IFCC. He was the Chairman of Education and Management Division of IFCC, member of IFCC Task Force on Pharmacogenetics and an advisor to the CLSI Committee on Molecular Methods.
He was IFCC President and Chairman of Award Committee of IFCC. He is Consultant of Emerging Technology Division of IFCC. He was also President of the European Society of Predictive Medicine.
He has had a degree in Medicine at the Milan University and specialized in Paediatrics, Haematology and Medical Genetics. He was a Post-Doctoral Student at Paul Brousse Hospital, Villejuif, Paris and Honorary Registrar in Haematology at the UCH, London.
Prof Ferrari was Scientific Coordinator of Clinical Research, Dean of the Bachelor’s in Medical and Pharmaceutical biotechnology, Dean of Master’s Degree in Molecular and Cellular Medical Biotechnology, coordinator of the Curriculum: Clinical and Experimental Medicine of the International PhD Course in Molecular Medicine, Member of The Ethical Committee, at University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
He is the past Lead of the Clinical Molecular Laboratory and the Genomic Unit for the Diagnosis of Human Pathologies in the Division of Genetics and Cell Biology at IRCCS San Raffaele, Milan.
He has served as a voluntary on national and international organizations.
Professor Tomris Ozben, EuSpLM, Ph.D., D.Sc., Specialist in Medical Biochemistry, is a full professor at the Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya Turkiye. During her tenure at Akdeniz University, she held numerous leadership and academic positions, including Vice Rector; Director of Research Funds; Chair of the Department; Founding Director of the Central Laboratory at Akdeniz University Hospital; Ethical Committee Member; Commission Member of the Turkish Ministry of Health for restructuring Medical Education; Member-Elect of the Turkish Higher Education Council; and National Representative of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK), with the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She serves as the supervisor for the Doctorate Program entitled Clinical and Experimental Medicine at the Medical Faculty of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Additionally, she is an external examiner for postgraduate Master’s and Ph.D. programs at the University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, Department of Chemical Pathology. Teaching Laboratory Medicine to medical and non-medical students, residents, and fellows has been a primary focus throughout her career. She is the author of numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, 14 book chapters, and the editor of four books published by international publishers. She has been invited to speak at several international congresses and has organized multiple international congresses, courses, workshops, and Young Scientists Forums. Furthermore, she has served as an Organizing and Scientific Committee Member for several EuroMedLabs and WorldLabs.
She is a member of the Editorial and Advisory Boards of many scientific journals, a reviewer for leading journals, and a scientific project evaluator for several international institutions, including the Italian Ministry for University Education and Research (MIUR, 2003–present).
She has also been actively involved in regional and international scientific organizations. She served as President (2000–2003), Past-President, and Executive Board Member (2006–present) of the Balkan Clinical Laboratory Federation (BCLF), as well as a member of the Advanced Courses Committee of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS).
Professor Ozben has been engaged with the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) since 2001. She chaired the Committee on Congresses & Conferences (C-CC) for seven years and served as both full and corresponding member of the Committee for three years each. She was elected IFCC Treasurer for two consecutive terms (2015–2017 and 2018–2020) and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the IFCC Foundation for Emerging Nations (FEN) since 2015. She is also the IFCC FORUM Consultant of the IFCC Task Force–Young Scientists. From 2023 to 2028, she serves as President-Elect (2023), President (2024–2026), and Past-President (2027–2028) of the IFCC.
Her service to the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) includes roles as President-Elect (2020–2021), President (2022–2023), and Past-President (2024–2025). She is the founder and Chair of the EFLM Committee/Task Force on Green and Sustainable Laboratories (C/TF-GSL).
Her outstanding contributions to science and laboratory medicine have been recognized with numerous awards and honorary memberships. These include Honorary Membership of the Slovak Society of Clinical Biochemistry (2022), the Italian Society of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology (SIBioC, 2023), the Serbian Society of Medical Biochemistry, the Kosova Association of Clinical Chemistry, and the Turkish Biochemical Society as Honorary Executive Board Member (2024), as well as the Hungarian Society of Laboratory Medicine (2025).
Michelle Rossier MD is a former President of the Swiss Society of Clinical Chemistry (SSCC) and former President of the Education Committee of SSCC. She was a member of the Swiss Expert Committee of the FAMH (Foederatio Analyticorum Medicinalium Helveticorum) and a member of the Swiss Federal Committee on Accreditation.
She was the director of the clinical laboratories of Hematology, Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology at the Hospital of Morges, Switzerland. In 2001 she held the same position with Viollier Inc., one of the largest private clinical laboratories in Switzerland.
She is based in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she joined the Health Science e-Training Foundation (HseT) core team in February 2006 to become a project coordinator for several national and international e-Learning courses (http://www.hset.org ).