Luís is a 44-year-old pharmacist from Portugal who is currently managing his family community pharmacy.
He is a registered pharmacist since 2005 and is an active agent of change of practice within his country. He has created a Research and Development department in his community pharmacy which implemented several pharmacy services.

As a member of the Portuguese Pharmaceutical Society, he was part of the Community Pharmacy Section for 4 years and, from 2019 to 2025, he served as the President of the South and Autonomous Regions Branch and as a National Board member.

Luís has been involved in the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) since 2006, when he was part of the Annual Congress staff team. He served as the Project Coordinator and Chairperson of the Young Pharmacists’ Group (YPG) (2011-2012) and, from 2013 to 2021, he was the Secretary and Treasurer of the Community Pharmacy Section (CPS).
In 2017 Luís was awarded a FIP Fellowship and, in 2021, elected as FIP Professional Secretary, thus having a seat at the FIP Executive Committee.

Luís has received training on business and change management, political studies and human resources.

Dr Nokukhanya ‘Khanyi’ Makwakwa a Specialist in Community Dentistry, Member of the World Dental Federation (FDI) Public Health Committee, Vice Chairperson of the FDI Women in Dentistry Worldwide Board, Chair of the Dental Committee of the Medical and Dental Board (MDB) of the Health Professions Council of Southern Africa (HPCSA) has experience spanning over 20 years. In her tenure serving on the MDB of the HPCSA she was elected as the Vice Chair of the Board and Vice Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Board.
Dr Khanyi is currently a lecturer at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in the Department of Community Dentistry where she lecturers both undergraduate and postgraduate students. She also served as the South African Dental Associations National Liaisons Officer for the FDI where she managed the implementation as FDI projects such as the World Oral Health Day. Her work experience spans over 20 years, and includes working in the public, private and mining sectors. Working in these diverse sectors gave her insight into the challenges faced by dentists daily whilst attempting to deliver quality Oral Healthcare to their patients. Her passion and drive to be part of the solution to these challenges faced by dentists prompted her to be active in all spheres of the professions, as she firmly believes in the principles that ‘we need to be the change that we see’.