Alberto Grignolo, Ph.D. FDIA is Corporate Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Thought Leadership at Parexel, and established the Company's Japan Regulatory Consulting Services during a two-year assignment in Tokyo. He is a champion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion within and outside Parexel. Dr. Grignolo served as Chairman of the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society, and as President of FIDIA Pharmaceutical Corporation. He is a DIA Fellow, the Editor-in-Chief of DIA's digital magazine Global Forum, and served for two decades on the faculty of DIA's Regulatory Affairs: The IND, NDA, and Post-Marketing Training Course, which he taught in Japan, China, Korea, Europe, and the US.