Meet the team


Alex Fell Chief Executive of the PMCPA and a member of the Panel	Natalie Whittle Director - Code Development at the PMCPA and a member of the Panel
Alex has held ethics and compliance leadership roles in the UK, USA, and Singapore for a large global pharmaceutical company as well as an International ethics and compliance leadership role in a small biotechnology company. Alex started in the pharmaceutical industry in a Global Internal Audit role with a specific focus on Code compliance.	Natalie has been a member of the Code of Practice Panel for several years. She is also a member of the IFPMA Code Complaint Adjudication Group. She previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry in Medical Compliance and Medical Information roles at UK and regional level. She has a degree in Medicine.

Owen Robinson Director at the PMCPA and a member of the Panel	Alicia White Director at the PMCPA and a member of the Panel
Owen is a solicitor with over fifteen years post-qualification experience and is a healthcare, life sciences and public law specialist. He has worked in a range of senior roles at the heart of the UK Government, including Cabinet Office and the Department of Health and Social Care. During his time in government, he operated for five years as a senior legal adviser to the MHRA and the NHS team. He left the government in February 2023 to join the Global Regulatory Team at the law firm Hogan Lovells. He also sits as a part-time judge in the Employment Tribunals and in the Health, Education and Social Care Tribunals.	Alicia qualified as a Solicitor in 2012 and worked in private practice on behalf of a number of healthcare regulators before moving to the General Pharmaceutical Council. For six years she held the role of Head of Professionals Regulation (Casework and Resolution) at the GPhC. During this time she grew and developed a large multidisciplinary team and had overall responsibility for progressing all fitness to practise investigations through to a final decision. In addition to her in-depth knowledge of the pharmacy sector, Alicia’s recent experience includes leading on a number of improvement changes as part of a wider strategy to improve the timeliness of investigations whilst maintaining quality. This includes the introduction of a fast track investigations process, resolving aged and complex cases, and streamlining processes.


Helen Darracott Senior Manager at the PMCPA and a member of the Panel	Maleeha Sultan Senior Manager at the PMCPA and a member of the Panel
She is a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society with degrees in pharmacy and law. Helen has worked in regulatory, policy, legal, compliance and ethics roles for health professional regulatory bodies, industry representative organisations and pharmaceutical companies.	She is a UK-registered pharmacist and has worked in the NHS, community pharmacy, and in the pharmaceutical industry. Her previous roles included Medical Affairs, Advertising & Promotion and Medical Governance. Her recent role involved the management of promotional review services and implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol.


Emily Boys Manager at the PMCPA and a member of the Panel	Sharan Kaur Manager at the PMCPA and a member of the Panel
She has a broad range of experience in science/data communication and a PhD in Genetics/Plant Pathology. She was previously Head of Project Delivery at an independent medical publisher, working in partnership with pharmaceutical companies to deliver a range of projects. As head of department, her role involved ensuring high editorial standards and compliance with the Code, and she provided Code training to new staff.	She is a Chartered Legal Executive and volunteers as a Magistrate for the East London Local Justice Area. Her previous experience includes roles such as Assessment Manager, Case Officer and Paralegal at the General Pharmaceutical Council. Prior to this, Sharan worked for Kingsley Napley solicitors and investigated Health and Care Professions Council cases on their behalf.

Holly Withers Manager at the PMCPA and a member of the Panel
She spent four years in a Medical Information Consultancy firm before joining the pharmaceutical industry where she has worked in a number of Medical Affairs roles of increasing seniority. In her most recent role, Holly was a Senior Manager, Global Medical and Promotional Regulatory Affairs at a pharmaceutical company. Holly has a degree in Biological Sciences (Neuroscience) from Edinburgh University.

Peter Clift Operations and Governance Manager at the PMCPA
He is responsible for the administration of the Code of Practice Appeal Board, the PMCPA’s data privacy programme and for the development of the PMCPA website and digital communications. He was previously a biomedical scientist. He has a masters degree in biology and post graduate legal qualifications.	.


Nora Alexander PA to the Director	Lisa Matthews Senior Case Coordinator
She previously worked for the NHS and is the contact for the PMCPA seminars.	Her responsibilities include performing a key role in the intake and assessment of complaints, in addition to supporting key department projects such as the new case management system.