Alex Juma Ismail, a pharmacist by profession currently working with the Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA) within the Directorate of Medical Products Control under the section of Medicines Registration.

Within TMDA, he works as an assessor of quality, safety and efficacy of medicines and other medical products in the capacity of a Drug Registration Officer since 2017 and is serving as the focal person for the Southern African Development Community Medicines Regulatory Harmonization Programme (SADC-MRH) specifically the assessments unit and currently co-chairing the SADC Variations Technical Working Group.