Speaker Profile

BIOGRAPHY

Mr Hiiti Sillo is Unit Head for Regulation and Safety within the WHO Department of Regulation and Prequalification, a position he has held since September 2021. He leads WHO’s global strategies to strengthen national and regional regulatory systems, promoting regulatory harmonisation, convergence, networking, and reliance. He also oversees WHO’s work on safety monitoring of medical products and efforts to combat substandard and falsified medical products. Mr Sillo previously served as Team Lead for Regulatory Systems Strengthening, Regulation and Safety Unit.
He represents WHO in several global and regional regulatory harmonisation initiatives, including the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA), the International Council for Harmonisation (ICH), and the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF). He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Governing Board of the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring at the Uppsala Monitoring Centre in Sweden.
Before joining WHO in January 2018, Mr Sillo was Director General of the Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA), the predecessor of the Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA), a role he held from May 2010.
A pharmacist by training, Mr Sillo holds a master’s degree in pharmaceutical services and medicines control. He has published in peer-reviewed journals, with a particular focus on regulatory affairs and access to safe, effective, and quality-assured medical products.