COLLINS AGORO, Founder and Director, Evolve Traceability

Mr. Collins Agoro is the founder and director of Evolve Traceability Africa, a start up involved with offering consulting services on topics surrounding implementation of GS1 standards, Traceability, Supply chain security, Capacity building, Digital health, in Low Middle Income Countries. He has previously worked with notable companies namely Roche, USAID and B.Braun.

Collins has been working in the counterfeit and traceability space for the last 8 years and has gained considerable experience working in Europe, Middle East, Africa and currently the United States.  His key assignments have been Supporting African governments in the GS1 standards and Traceability implementation initiatives and as a Project Manager for the European Union Falsified Medicine Directive Implementation. Additionally, Collins has been involved in the support group for the US DSCSA implementation, alongside participating in various Technical Working Groups on Policy and Governance development around GS1 standards implementation and traceability.

He is a seasoned speaker in various forums around supply chain security and patient safety and derives passion from growing up in Africa and understanding explicitly the danger of counterfeit and falsified medicine in the public health system. Collins holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Industrial Systems Engineering and a Master’s degree in project planning and management focusing on the impact of global health standards implementation in public health supply chain systems.