Dr.Nancy Ngum
Dr Nancy Ngum is a Public Health Expert at the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) working under the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) initiative. Her primary responsibility is focused on the operationalization of the African Medicines Agency (AMA), by supporting the coordination of the Regional Medicines Regulatory harmonisation programmes. She is also leading the team […]
Mr. Ramez Sawiris
Ramez Sawiris serves as the R&D lead for Haleon Middle East and Africa and is the Vice Chair of MENAP-SMI (Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan Self Medication Industry), where he has played an important role in leading discussions on self-care in the region. With over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare […]
Dr. Hisham Stait
He is Vice Chairman of the Unified Procurement Authority, Egypt since 2020, responsible for supply chain management of the Egyptian governmental healthcare sector, covering all the healthcare spectrum of needed products. • CEO, El Gomhouria Co. for chemicals and pharmaceuticals 2018-2020, a well-known public sector major pharmaceutical and medical supplies company. • Physician, Ain Shams […]
Dr. Ahmed El-lekawy
Dr. Ahmed El-lekawy is the founder of the General Administration of Innovative Products at Egyptian Drug Authority. He issued the first innovative products’ regulatory guideline to permit the registration of innovative products for the first time in Egypt. He also was the previous head of pharmacoeconomics unit at Egyptian Drug Authority. During operation of pharmacoeconomics […]
Dr. Ahmed El-Kamhawy
Dr. Ahmed is the Country Head for Opella “Sanofi Consumer Healthcare Business Unit” in Egypt. He has over 17 years of experience in FMCH industry across the Middle East. Before being named Country Head in June 2024, Dr. Ahmed was responsible for Opella’s Allergy portfolio within AMET (Africa, Middle East & Turkey) Zone, Prior to […]
Dr. Chantalle Affoue
Dr. Chantalle is the Focal Point of the WHO-AIRP collaborative procedure for the evaluation of medicines and vaccines for WHO prequalification.
Dr. Alessandro Lazdins
With a PhD in Biosciences, Alessandro has extensive experience in defining and driving regulatory policy strategies to support the development of novel vaccines and medical technologies. Previously, Alessandro worked at the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) in Geneva, supporting on global vaccine regulatory policy. Alessandro started his career at GSK, working in […]
Mr. Abebe Alamneh
Mr. Abebe Alamneh, esteemed regulatory affairs professional at East Africa Regulatory Affairs professionals Association (EARAPA) and Ethiopia Food and Drug authority (EFDA) , is a distinguished leader in the field of pharmaceutical regulatory affairs. With over 4 years of experience in leadership in the professional association and more than 8 years in the pharmaceutical regulation […]
Dr. Marlene Moonsamy
Marlene Moonsamy spent several years in her initial career in Human Resources before switching careers and graduated with a BPharm degree in 2005 and MSc. Med degree in Pharmacotherapy in 2016, both from Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa. She spent 16 years in the pharma industry, 14 of which, were in regulatory affairs and has […]
Dr. Amit Thakker
A visionary entrepreneur and an industry captain, Dr. Amit N. Thakker, has been a ground-breaking pioneer in the integration of private sector within the healthcare system in Africa. Dr Thakker actively supports governments, corporates, health organisations and development partners to foster effective public private partnership initiatives towards improved health outcomes. He is the executive chairman […]