Inside CDMO: Behind the Glass

Building a Customer-Centric Agile European CDMO with Meribel's COO Steve Leonard

29:24 min
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0 | 03 Oct 2026
Building a Customer-Centric Agile European CDMO with Meribel's COO Steve Leonard
Building a Customer-Centric Agile European CDMO with Meribel's COO Steve Leonard

In this episode of INSIDE CDMO: BEHIND THE GLASS, we sit down with Steve Leonard, Chief Operating Officer of Meribel Pharma Solutions, to explore the operational thinking behind a growing European CDMO network. Steve brings over 30 years of leadership experience across highly regulated industries.

He shares his perspective on:

🔹 Building consistency across a multi-site CDMO network

🔹 Creating operational rhythm, KPIs and repeatability

🔹 Managing complex manufacturing and development projects

🔹 Balancing growth with quality, compliance and reliability

🔹 Preparing pharma operations for AI and digital change

🔹 Keeping people and patient supply at the centre

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