Sam is the Chief Executive at TOPRA, joining the organisation in June 2025. Sam has 25 years’ experience working across the life sciences sector and enjoyed a successful career at the MHRA for 16 years, undertaking a variety of different roles from the Inspectorate through to Board level. Before leaving Sam was Chief Quality and Access Officer with accountability for regulatory activities across the UK supply chain. Sam also gained extensive experience in crisis management, having led national and international scale incidents, and was the Executive lead for the MHRA’s response to the pandemic.
Sam moved to the UK Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) where she was appointed as the Director of Social Care Reform and SRO for the multi-£bn Social Care Charging Reform programme across the UK. Sam left the UK Civil Service at the end of 2022 and moved to work for a consultancy, developing and driving business growth strategies in new geographical target markets, such as in India.
Sam is passionate about improving outcomes for patients and the public, delivering through innovative solutions and using systems thinking to achieve improvement and changes at scale. Sam is a strategic leader, who has led the development and implementation of initiatives that have delivered accelerated life sciences innovation and market access, working with partners, across organisational and geographical boundaries.