Linda Tyler

Linda joined the CPA team in July 2023 bringing with her over 35 years of experience in finance and admin roles gained across various sectors including retail, property, charity, and healthcare. Based in the UK, Linda aims to work alongside the wider CPA team to support them with finance and administrative activities and to help […]

Sarah Emerson

Sarah trained as a pharmacist in the UK before moving into a number of public health policyroles in Aotearoa New Zealand, focusing on areas including immunisation, Pacific health andsexually transmitted and blood borne infections. She has a specific interest in creating moreinclusive and equitable healthcare systems, and advocating for the role that pharmacists canplay in […]

Josie Malloy

Josie is a Chartered Accountant with nearly 20 years experience in the charity sector. Josie joined the CPA Team in Jan 2023 as the Finance and Business Manager. Based in the UK, Josie will lead on all things financial combined with the governance aspect of the role, whilst working alongside the international team. Her aim […]

Samantha Weston

Sam Weston has global experience across the fields of Project Management, Pharmacy (from community to academia, to policy and beyond), Teaching and Leadership. Her experience across the globe allow her to work with, and support, exceptional colleagues within the CPA. She is able to draw upon a wide network of experience and excellence worldwide to […]

Gloria Tumukunde

Gloria is a projects and membership administrator at the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association with a 4 years work experience supporting health systems strengthening and research projects and is responsible for managing and coordinating the administrative aspects of membership and engagement activities including performing member enrollment and reporting activities, analyzing data from the Continuous Professional Development-CPD platform […]

Chiko Savieli

A clinical pharmacist and NHS Leadership Academy alumni with over 20 years of experience leading and developing teams to deliver patient-centred care in hospital settings in the UK and Malawi. She brings her expertise in clinical pharmacy skills training and leadership to the development of CPD courses and leadership programmes at CPA. She coordinates course […]

Meghna Joshi-von Heyden

A clinical pharmacist by training, Meghna has worked in a number of national roles in the UK and Singapore, developing and implementing medicines policy and digitising health services for improved patient care and outcomes. She is currently based in Switzerland, bringing the patient voice to the forefront of medicines development and research. Meghna brings her […]

Victoria Rutter

Picture of Victoria Rutter, Executive Director of the CPA

Victoria is a qualified pharmacist and a tenacious leader! She has an extensive portfolio of practice spanning many sectors and countries and is widely recognised for her work at a global level. Victoria became the first executive director of the CPA in April 2016. She has built a strong team, redefined the charity’s mission and […]