Regulatory affairs is a discipline where the difference between good advice and great advice is almost always experience on both sides of the process.

Before founding Vesta Consulting, I spent years inside the regulatory system as a Medicines Control Officer and Inspector at SAHPRA, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority. That role shaped how I approach compliance work. I realised its not as a documentation exercise, but rather a practical discipline with real consequences for market access, patient safety, and risk management/business continuity.

Since moving into industry and independent consulting, I have worked across medical devices, pharmaceuticals, complementary medicines, and cosmetics: building quality management systems, preparing regulatory submissions, and guiding companies through licensing, registration, and inspection readiness in South Africa, the UK, and the EU.

I hold a BSc Pharmacy (Hons), an MSc in Regulatory Affairs, and BSI ISO 13485 Lead Auditor certification through CQI/IRCA. I am also trained in ISO 14971 risk management for medical devices. Vesta Consulting is globally mobile, and works with clients across Southern Africa, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

Companies I work with tend to be at a specific point: they know what they need to achieve. Either a licence, a certification, market entry, inspection readiness, but they don’t have the internal regulatory resource to get there efficiently. My role is to close that gap, on a timeline that works for the business.