I am currently a Strategic Manager for ONT, based in Johannesburg supproting Africa with a particular focus in South Africa. My mission is to foster and drive the process of collaboration, building on synergies that exist in stakeholder partnerships to elevate science in Africa. The past 12 years I have been involved in sales, business development, strategic alliances and partnerhsips management. This is positioned me to uniquely to understand and support the ever-changing dynamics in the Africa market due to the ability to combine technical knowledge and commercial know how.