Who's Who
Secretariat
Director General of BSNA since January 2015, Declan studied agricultural science and worked as an agricultural advisor in a co-op and then in the crop protection industry before joining the trade association world. Prior to joining BSNA, he spent 10 years running a European Veterinary Medicine trade association based in Brussels.
Cath joined BSNA as Public Affairs Manager in February 2019. Cath has eighteen years' experience in policy, communications and public affairs, having worked in Parliament, a health charity, local government and most recently at a health and social care consultancy.
Martha joined BSNA as Scientific and Regulatory Executive in June 2016, and has since been promoted to Medical Nutrition Manager in October 2019. She has a BSc degree in Nutrition from the University of Surrey, and has previously worked for the Programme Development team at Weight Watchers and for the Medical Research Council (Human Nutrition Research) in Cambridge, where her role included working on the National Diet and Nutrition Survey.
Claire Joined BSNA as Executive Assistant in July 2022. She has an MA (Dist) Journalism and Communications from the University of Hertfordshire. With over 9 years experience in various business support roles, Claire looks after all administration at BSNA.
Grant joined the BSNA part-time as a Scientific and Regulatory Policy Executive in February 2023. He has an MSc in Biomedical Science from Middlesex University and has previously worked in private diagnostic laboratories.
Board
Natasha is an experienced strategist and communicator with more than 20 years’ experience in specialised nutrition. She has enjoyed a varied career in UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand working in both early life nutrition and medical nutrition.
She is a scientist by background with a PhD in Biology and Biochemistry. She has held executive positions in Marketing, Sales, Medical, Public & Corporate Affairs and Comms as well as non-executive positions in a task force and was a previous Board member of the BSNA.
Natasha runs her own consultancy helping businesses and other organisations with their growth strategies. She is also a stand-up comedian, facilitator and public speaker.
Cristina Bassi
Cristina is the Regulatory Director Health UK & Ireland at Reckitt.
She has worked in the Healthcare OTC Industry for 20+ years in regulatory and external affairs.
Raj Banwait
Raj is the Head of Regulatory Affairs at Nestle Health Science for UK & Ireland. She has over 15 years’ experience in Regulatory Affairs and has held several roles within the manufacturing and retail industries at Holland & Barrett, Sainsburys, Pepsico and Alliance Pharma, supporting the commercialisation of an array of product categories including Medicines, Medical Devices, Food Supplements and FSMPs.
Mike Cullen
Mike has spent his career in a variety of sales and marketing roles at B Braun Medical UK and was the Head of Sales & Marketing for Nutrition & Pharma from 2012 – 2018.
He now has a wider remit across B Braun, as Head of Strategic Pricing & Commercial Activities, which includes responsibilities for Market Access & Public Affairs.
Matthew Goddard
Gulberk Kavsuk
Olivier Lechanoine
Olivier is Vice President for Danone Specialised Nutrition in UK and Ireland. Over the last 10+ years, Oliver has held various commercial roles for Danone Specialised Nutrition, based in UK, Netherlands and Belgium, with both local and global responsibilities. Previously, Olivier has also held commercial roles in consumer care and medical devices for Johnson & Johnson.
Emma Rossington
Mohamed Soltan
Mohamed is Head of Medical Scientific and Regulatory Affairs at Nestle Nutrition UK&I. He is a licensed Physician with a post graduate Diploma from the UK in Clinical Nutrition. He has over 26 years of extensive, broad based pharmaceutical, FMCG & Consumer Medical Affairs and R&D experience in multinational companies, including Pfizer Inc; Wyeth Pharmaceuticals & Wyeth Nutrition; and, Nestle.
Mikko was appointed Managing Director of Fresenius Kabi Limited UK and Ireland, and Calea UK Limited in 2022, following an 8-year stint as Managing Director of Fresenius Kabi South Africa and an earlier career in Finance within the Fresenius group. The organisation offers a complex product and service portfolio including clinical nutrition, intravenously administered drugs, infusion therapy, biosimilars, medical devices, transfusion medicine, cell therapies and homecare services.
Clare Wakley
Head of Homecare UKI, Medical Products & Therapies at Baxter International Inc.
Clare leads the UK and Ireland Nutrition and OPAT Homecare business for Baxter. Baxter is a global medical device and pharmaceutical company who for 90 years have built a portfolio of technologies and services now available in more than 100 countries.
She has worked for over 25 years in nutrition sales and marketing roles across commercial medical/Pharma and FMCG organisations. She has extensive direct line management and business development/innovation experience and has a huge passion for coaching and mentorship.
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