Enrico Polastro is the Vice President and Senior Industry Specialist of the Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemicals practice of Arthur D. Little. He is based in their Brussels office with particular focus on generic pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical fine chemicals, fields where he has worked in and has been consulting for since now thirty years.
Prior to joining Arthur D.Little, Dr. Polastro worked for several years for a Solvay and Monsanto where he held various positions in R&D and production scaling-up both in Europe and the US. Dr Polastro has authored more than fifty articles papers on pharmaceutical manufacturing as well as on the fine chemicals industry, contributing also to the Ulmann Chemical Encyclopedia. He has teached basis of Finance and Marketing at the Technical University of Brussels. Dr. Polastro has a Doctorate in biochemistry from both the University of Brussels and the Philadelphia Temple University. He has also a Master in Science of Management from Boston University.