Zainab Aziz is a registered pharmacist in South Africa and holds a Masters in Pharmaceutical Affairs. She has been working in the pharmaceutical field for over 18 years, within hospital, retail, managed health care and industry settings. She has extensive experience in the Regulatory Affairs environment across various regulatory landscapes.

Zainab is currently working at Novartis as an Associate Director in the Regulatory Affairs Policy and Strategic Operations team for Sub-Saharan Africa. She also serves as co-chair of the IFPMA Africa Regulatory Network, where she has been involved in several key projects covering regulatory harmonization, clinical trials, regulatory capability building, biosimilars and quality related matters.