Head of Commercial and Operations

• Apr 2018 - Present

Pharmaceutical Business and Operations Expert, Drug Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Pharmacist Pharmaceutical Business and Operations Expert, Drug Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Pharmacist

Drug Regulatory Affairs Head and Company Responsible Pharmacist East Africa Region

• Jun 2014 - Mar 2018

In-charge of all Regulatory Strategies and Implementation within the East Afica Region - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan Participated and Collaborated with the Health Authorities in developing guidelines (e.g. East Africa Regulatory Harmonization Guidelines, Similar Biologic Product (SBP) guidelines) Pioneered Dossier submission and Approval within the East Africa Harmonization Framework, making the EACMRH Project a success in Africa. The success of this project helps eliminate barriers to access to standard of care medication in the region by enhancing swift regulatory proceses Compliance officer, In charge of all compliance activities in Roche Kenya 2015 Established and maintained relationships with key external market stakeholders in order to gather intelligence, share best practices and influence decision makers. Trained HCPs on Biologics Differentiation and Cold chain products handling for patient use and safety Market Access - Key member of the project Nyota project that ensured free delivery of Breast cancer medicine to patients in the public hospitals as well as supporting the replication of the same model in other.countries Show less

Manager Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance

• Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

Brief description of position and key activities Coordination of all Regulatory Affairs and Quality related activities within the Eastern Africa region and Key activities: • Drug registration within specified deadlines, maintaining a regulatory and pipeline database of products to be submitted and followed up on as well as updating of relevant dossiers • Ensuring Pharmaceutical company compliance in line with regulations and legislation required in each country within the region • Training of staff and Medical reps on product knowledge as well as other aspects with regards to the distribution of pharmaceutical products • Ensuring that quality standards and processes are adhered to in terms of product handling from importation to storage to the distribution of medicines to the customers, including the coordination of import and export activities • Monitoring and Coordination of Pharmacovigilance activities within the Eastern Africa region • Marketing function support by involvement in sales strategies as well as promotional material coordination and approval Start/End Dates June 2013 – July 2014 Show less

Manager Sales and Marketing

• Nov 2011 - Jun 2013

Brief description of position and key activities Overall management of Sales and Marketing activities within the organization Key Activities: • Marketing and Sales strategies through research and intelligence • Budget Management • Detailing of products to clients and ensuring that the company maintained a preferable competitive edge in the market • Driving day to day sales from clients who were mainly hospitals and pharmacies • Managing the key accounts • Training of sales staff on products and ensuring they stayed up to date on product and disease knowledge • Motivation, training and supervision of the sales team Start/End Dates Nov 2011 – July 2013 Show less

Pharmacist

• 2009 - 2013