A grateful farewell and a warm welcome: Changes in the JACIE Accreditation Committee

A grateful farewell to Monique Grommé, Processing Inspector

Monique Grommé, from the Netherlands, is stepping down end of May 2025 as a JACIE Inspector and a member of the Accreditation Committee (JAC). 

Monique has been an inspector since 2007 and has completed over ten inspections during her years as an inspector. Monique has also contributed to JACIE through her commitment to the JAC, where she has been a member of the processing group since 2014. Monique also represented JACIE in the FACT-JACIE Standards Development Committee for the 6^th and 7^th Editions of Standards.

We are hugely grateful to Monique for of all her contributions over the years and for being a passionate advocate of JACIE and quality in Cellular Therapies during this time. 

A warm welcome to the new JACIE Accreditation Committee Members

Following an open call for the JACIE Accreditation Committee (JAC) earlier this year, JACIE has now completed an onboarding process for new JAC members.

We welcome a number of experienced JACIE Inspectors to the Committee bringing a wealth of experience from different scopes and geographical locations to the Committee totalling 60 years of inspector experience.

• Dr Anna Chierichini, Italy, joins the Committee after ten years as a Clinical Inspector.
• Dr Frédéric Bernard, France, is a Clinical, Paediatric and Collection Inspector who trained as an inspector in 2005 and been an active inspector since.
• Dr Richard Olaussen, Norway, joins the Collection and Processing Sub-Committee following his ten years as an inspector. Dr Olausson is also currently a member of the 9^th Edition of HCT Standards Development Sub-Committee.
• Dr Fabio Culurgioni, Qatar, is a Quality Management, Collection and Processing Inspector and has since 2022 been a member of the JACIE Inspector Committee.
• Ms Eugenia Trigoso, Spain, is joining the Quality Management Committee after ten years as a Quality Management Inspector. Ms Trigoso recently stepped down as the Chair of the Inspector Committee and is a member of the 9^th Edition HCT Standards Development Sub-Committee for Quality Management Standards. 

We are delighted to welcome our new Committee members. This Committee is at the heart of the JACIE activity having the oversight of all the inspection reports and certification decisions and we are hugely grateful to all our Committee members for their commitment and hard work in ensuring the high standards and consistency of the JACIE certification process.