Arthur Brandwood - Principal
Arthur Brandwood, Ph.D., MIMMM, CEng, has over 20 years experience in the medical technology field in industry, academia and government including responsibilities as Director of Devices Registration and Assessment and of the Biomaterials and Engineering laboratories at the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).  Arthur is heavily involved with the Australian medical devices industry association and also represents Ausbiotech in consultations with government, particularly in the medical devices area.  Arthur is both a biologist and a materials engineer and has particular scientific expertise in biomaterials and implants, especially interactions between implantable materials and living tissues.

Arthur has held academic positions in Australia and the UK and has lectured widely on regulatory affairs and medical device testing and development including delivery of training courses to industry and government in Australia and SE Asia. He is the accredited Australian expert to several international medical device standards committees in the area of implants and biocompatibility and has served as chair of the ISO Working Groups on Tissue Engineered Medical Products and on Implant Tracking.

Kevin Badin - Associate

Kevin's particular field of expertise lies in Quality Management Systems as well as Compliance, Project Engineering, Product Development, Documentation and Manufacturing in a diverse set of industries ranging from Electronic Equipment and Defence Systems to Medical Devices.  Kevin brings a wealth of experience in Implementing, Auditing and Managing Quality Management Systems where he lead a number of Medical Devices Companies to achieve their certification to ISO13485:2003 and others to ISO 9001:2000.

Kevin’s qualification includes a Masters in Projects Management, a degree in Industrial Engineering, a Certificate IV in Workplace Safety (OH&S) and a Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training and has been a long standing member of the Australian Institute of Management.

Joshua Griffin - Associate

Joshua graduated with a BE in Mechanical/Biomedical Engineering from the University of Sydney with First Class Honours in 2007. He wrote his undergraduate thesis in conjunction with a medical device company, developing a surgical instrument for use with the spinal column.

Joshua joined the Brandwood Biomedical team in 2006, and has worked on a variety of projects since.  Joshua's experience includes quality systems implementation, technical and quality document development, the development and implementation of post market monitoring systems and regulatory requirements for product labelling and advertising.  

Joy Woods - Associate

Joy joined Brandwood Biomedical early 2007 and has qualifications in Mechanical/Biomedical Engineering with First Class Honours from the University of Sydney.  Joy took part in various internships and projects during her university career, including an internship in design at Resmed, research engineer for China Lighting and Power in Hong Kong and projects with the Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering at the University of Sydney .  In 2007 Joy wrote her thesis on tissue engineered biomaterials, specifically the development of bone substitute materials.  Joy has experience in the development and implementation of ISO13485 quality systems for medical devices, product developement, regulatory strategies for the medical industry and technical and quality document development.