Dr. Kariuki Gachoki is the Deputy Director of the Department of Product Evaluation & Registration at the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, Ministry of Health, Kenya. He provides strategic leadership in the regulation of health products and technologies, spearheading initiatives to enhance efficiency, reliance, and harmonization of marketing authorization processes.

At the continental level, Dr. Gachoki serves as the Chairperson of the Continental Forum of Heads of Registration and Marketing Authorization under the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) initiative, where he champions regulatory convergence and capacity building to strengthen medicines regulation across Africa.