Christelna Reynecke

Christelna Reynecke is the COO of South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA). She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Edinburgh Business School (Heriot Watt University). She also has a BPharm Degree from the University of the North West. Before joining SAHPRA in Jan 2021, Christelna spent 13 years in the Pharma Logistics sector in both Quality Assurance/Regulatory Compliance and Logistics Operations roles and developed an appreciation for Lean Six Sigma approaches, tools and process improvement. The first 8 years of her career in the Retail and Courier Pharmacy sector cemented her passion for prioritizing patient well-being and out-of-the box thinking – to find different, new and innovative approaches to problems that frontline healthcare workers are confronted with.