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Dr. Thomas Nyerida
Strategic Partnerships & Capacity Development Manager and Head of Africa Office of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnerships (EDCTP)
Nathaniel Ramuthaga
Country Head of Clinical operations PDG,
SA & SSA and Geo Lead Roche
Tiri Towindo
Director Quality Assurance, PPD
Huwaida Bulhan
African Lead, Research and Development, SANOFI
Eileen Koske
Clinical Research Interim Scientific lead, Roche
Major Cindi
Executive Director, CRISMO, South Africa
Manish Rajak
Founder/CEO, Innvocept Global Solutions
Stefanie Marais
Country Clinical Operations Lead, AbbVie, South Africa
Tshiamo Moela
Operations Manager, The Aurum Institutee
Dr Mantombi R. Maseme (PhD)
Biorepository Manager, Ampath Laboratories
Adriaan Kruger
Co-founder/CEO, Nuvoteq
Caroline Sibeko
Senior Clinical Operations Manager and Country Manager, Novotech, South Africa
Judith Ramuthaga
Vendor Excellence Manager, SANOFI
Sharon Kiggundu
Inspector of Drugs, Uganda National Drug Authority
Tumi Miya
Senior Talent Manager, UniTriTeam, South Africa
Susan Landis
Chief Executive officer, ACRP
Dr. Kennedy Otwombe
Lead Statistician, Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Wilfred Gurupira
Site Network and Partnerships Associate Director, ACRN
Dr. Kathy Mngadi
Clinical Research Site Leader, Aurum institute
Christopher Perumal
Country Manager, Africa, BIOCAIR
Dr. Pam Mda
Director, Nelson Mandela Academic Clinical Research Unit (NEMACRU),
South Africa
Roseanne Onyia
Founder/CEO Clinique Research, Convener, TCIS AFRICA
Wesley Okeke
CEO of CUBIO & The Nomad Network, USA
Dan Milam
Founder & CEO, SiteEngage Solutions
Kenneth Okolie
CEO, SYNLAB
NIGERIA
Dr. Nyeleti Bicky Mthombeni
Founder and Director of Research Operations
Khomanani Health Research Centre
Al Pacino
President / General Manager
BlueCloudX
Dr. Isaac R. Rodriguez-Chavez, Ph.D., M.H.S., M.S.
CEO, 4Biosolutions Consulting
Former NIH, FDA Official
Ghiorghis Belai
VP Global Strategy, Total trial (formerly FHI Clinical)
Deidre Oosthuizen
Director, LogicTrials SA (Pty) Ltd
Charlene Ludick
Senior Account Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Dr. Diana L. Foster, Ph.D.
President and Chief Diversity Officer for the Association of Diversity in Clinical Trials & Founder & CEO of TOTAL Diversity Clinical Trial Management
Suheila Abdul-Karrim
Site Research Consultant, Auditor and Trainer
Sabine Sarrasin
Head of Clinical Monitoring, Mirum Pharmaceuticals
Marzelle Haskins
Managing Director of Pharma-Ethics (Pty) Ltd
Paul Van Der Bergh
Regional Development Director Rodon
Leonard Neil Lazarus
Co-founder & CEO Rodon Global
Dr Chrys Promese Kaniki
Senior Technical Officer for Strategic Youth Programmes at Africa CDC
HAJI J HAMISI MSc. B. Pharm
Head, PV, PMS & Clinical Trials Division, Zanzibar Food and Drugs Agency (ZFDA)
Dr. Dianna Nakitto
Head of the Clinical Trials Unit Uganda National Drug Authority