Sini Eskola is working as Team Leader and Director Regulatory Strategy at EFPIA since February 2014. She has a degree in pharmaceutical sciences (MSc) from the University of Helsinki. In EFPIA her main focus areas are leading and coordinating regulatory policy and advocacy activities across vast spectrum of topics with emphasis on the regulatory science and EU legislation on medicinal products. She has previously worked at AstraZeneca R&D Global Regulatory Affairs in Sweden and prior to that as an Executive Director of Finnish Pharmacists' Society. She has vast experience as practicing community pharmacist. She is conducting a part-time professional PhD research at the University Utrecht Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Regulation and studying Real-World Evidence aspects in medicines development and regulatory decision making. Since 2011 she has been a member of the Executive Committee of Industrial Pharmacy Section of International Pharmaceutical Federation.