Co-optees to the TOPRA Board of Directors

The TOPRA Board of Directors  plays a key role in shaping our strategy and ensuring that we are delivering the very best support for our members and the wider global regulatory affairs community. The Directors’ valued knowledge, skills and experience provide us with the leadership we need in order to support the profession and help it grow. However we also need to ensure that the diverse range of voices that make up today’s profession are heard and represented.

As signatories to the Science Council Declaration on Diversity , we are committed to encouraging diversity and inclusivity throughout our organisation, which is why we are appointing two co-optees to our Board of Directors for a period of 12 months. Unlike the Directors who are elected, co-optees are appointed by the Board to contribute specific experience and skills and invited to Board meetings to share their views.

Our 2024 Board co-optees are:


Office Term Name and professional position   Career summary
Co-optee 1 year   

Felicia Pinto MTOPRA

   Felicia is currently Head of Regulatory Affairs UK & Ireland at Sanofi. She has worked in regulatory affairs for nearly 20 years, during which she has gained an equal mix of industry and health authority experience. She is passionate about developing and mentoring colleagues and the importance of diversity and inclusion (D&I). 
         
Co-optee  1 year  

Liam Spencer

   Liam is currently Senior Project Manager, Regulatory Consulting and Services at Lumis Life Science Consulting and his experience includes both pharmaceutical and medical device regulatory affairs. He enjoys combining his strong scientific background with his regulatory knowledge to optimise product development. 

 

We want to involve individuals from TOPRA’s voting members who reflect the changing demographic of the regulatory affairs profession and can bring fresh perspective to the way the Board thinks. To help us broaden its representation, we actively encourage applications from minority ethnic candidates, people with disabilities, who identify as non-binary, and men.

Unlike full Board members, co-optees will not have voting rights or legal responsibilities but they will be able to positively influence TOPRA’s future direction, and gain experience that will assist with career development and even a future application for a Board position.

If you are interested in becoming a future co-optee and would like to find out more, then please email execsupport@topra.org with your CV and an initial supporting statement.

Kevin Pay, TOPRA Chief Executive, on equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging:

Kevin PayTOPRA is an open organisation and wants to be sure that all regulatory professionals, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, race, geographical location or physical capability, can take advantage of our member services and training or volunteering opportunities. We will identify any areas in which there are barriers and address them, and hope that our members will feel able to tell us where we could do better.”