Making novel therapeutic medicines available in South Africa, including Advanced Therapeutic Medicines (ATMs), forms part of his mandate in this position.Steel has an in-depth understanding of the pharmaceutical sector in South Africa and internationally and considerable experience in regulation, health systems strengthening, clinical trials, making quality medicines more affordable and identifying emerging health technologies to improve health systems and health outcomes.His career spans all aspects of healthcare regulation – pricing regulations, ethics, health technology assessments and more. He is the only South African to have served on the full spectrum of regulatory bodies, mostly in leadership positions.Steel is highly regarded in South Africa’s healthcare sector as an experienced technical specialist in several key areas. These include evidence-based medicine, medicines regulation, medicines safety, clinical pharmacokinetics, pharmacoeconomics, adherence to long term therapies and human resources for health.Before joining Eurolab, he was Chief Director in the National Department of Health (South Africa) when he introduced innovative systems to prepare the country for a universal health access program. He ran the largest medicines procurement agency in Africa, a role he could not have fulfilled without a comprehensive knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), health technology assessment and pharmaceutical sector macroeconomics. His extensive supply chain experience comes from running South Africa’s national tender system for medicines (and other health commodities) and coordinating the national public health workforce to align it with international best practices.He has served on and chaired several committees. These include the Pricing Committee, the Medical Control Council, now the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), the Pharmacy Council, the Clinical Trials Committee, the National Central Drug Committee and various other technical committees. He also chaired the HIV vaccine regulatory process and served as a World Health Organisation (WHO) advisor.Steel was instrumental in establishing the package of care – medicines and treatment protocols – for oncology in South Africa.He holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree, a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and a Master of Science in clinical pharmacy. Having lectured in the early part of his career, Steel remains a passionate teacher and still makes time to supervise postgraduate students.As well as heading up the ASU, Steel is providing strategic counsel to the Eurolab group of companies in support of the company’s strategy to offer cancer patients in South Africa and on the African continent an affordable whole-of-cancer solution from diagnosis through to treatment.