BIOGRAPHY

Dr Catherine Duggan is the Chief Executive Officer of the International Pharmaceutical Federation and is responsible for visionary leadership, support, development, advocacy and growth across the 150 member organisations and the four million members FIP represents. In 2019, Catherine chaired the World Professions Health Alliance (represents 35 million health professionals across medicine, nursing, dentistry, physiotherapy and pharmacy) and signed the FIP MOU with WHO in May 2019 at the World Health Assembly meeting. The MoU builds on the formal established relationship WHO and FIP have held since 1948 and secures how pharmacy contributes globally to Primary Health Care to deliver Universal Health Coverage.Until April 2018, Dr Catherine Duggan was the Director of Professional Development at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, where she was responsible for the delivery of professional advice and support to all members across all sectors; the development of strategies to share and showcase good practice across the profession and development and implementation of professional standards for pharmacy. From 2012, Catherine led the development, implementation and strategic embedding of RPS Faculty and Foundation programmes into continuing professional development.Dr Duggan has published widely and presented at national and international meetings and has a wealth of people and programme management experience. She is a recognised leader across the profession working with many networks within and across the profession and, more widely, health and business. Catherine has worked in community, primary care, hospital and academia. Between 2007 and 2009, Catherine was the Chair of the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association and then an elected member of the Council of the RPSGB.A double graduate from the School of Pharmacy, University of London (now UCL School of Pharmacy, Dr Duggan received a Fellowship of the School of Pharmacy, University of London in 2013 was awarded an honorary Professorship from the School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham in 2018. She has been awarded Fellowships of both the Royal Pharmaceutical Socity the Royal Society of Arts. In November 2020, Catherine was awarded the Nagai International Woman Scientist Award 2021, on behalf of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Japan.Catherine is an avid film lover, enjoys singing and travelling, fine wine and dining, sports and dancing.

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