Fabienne Benoist

Fabienne Benoist joined DNDi in October 2020 as Head of Regulatory Sciences. She is leading DNDi‘s Regulatory Sciences team, supporting all DNDi programmes and associated regulatory activities.

She has 19 years of experience in Regulatory Affairs in providing global regulatory direction through all stages of research and development for worldwide access to medicines. During the last 11 years, Fabienne has developed a strong expertise on new regulatory approaches to improve access to quality medicines for underserved population from Africa, Asia, and Latin America by collaborating with private and public sector.  Fabienne, who most recently served as Regulatory Advisor for the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnerships (EDCTP), has worked for Non-Governmental Organisations (Médecins sans Frontière (MSF), Médecins du Monde (MDM), etc.) in Africa and Asia as field coordinator and administrator. Prior to joining DNDi, Fabienne also worked at Novartis. 

Fabienne holds a PhD in cell and molecular biology from the Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris. She has recently completed a master in public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicines.