Dr Stavros Nicolaou (South Africa), senior executive strategic trade at Aspen Pharma Group, was announced as this year’s recipient of the FIP Industrial Pharmacy Section (IPS) Medal this week at an IPS General Assembly.

Dr Nicolaou has almost 34 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, mainly in domestic and international general management, has been recognised in the Global Top 100 Health Edition Honorees Most Influential People of African Descent in health care, and recently received Greece’s ARGO Public Service award from the President of Greece. He serves on a number of industry boards and advisory councils. Dr Nicolaou is particularly passionate about diversity, transformation, championing localisation, and building bridges between the private and public sector to improve access to treatment for patients and healthcare outcomes in emerging markets. More about the IPS Medal and previous awardees here.