Shamala Hinrichsen

Shamala Hinrichsen is Founder & CEO at HANAI. It has been my mission for the last 15 years to make sure medical information is communicated effectively. I have had the privilege of working across continents – North America, Asia, Europe. It has been a pleasure of setting up laboratories, growing medical communications teams, implementing national strategies in the fields of biomedical life sciences, branching out to clean technologies, ICT. Traversing a career from the laboratory to now communicating crucial scientific results, I now run a boutique medical communications agency providing bespoke services. I am currently on a sabbatical where I am consulting on a pivotal nutritional information awareness initiative across India. I also sit on boards to influence effective healthcare communication strategies within the mandates of the organisations. My other passions include writing – I have published a collection of short stories and had my work appear in anthologies, besides a series of illustrated children’s books. I also founded and advise on a ‘Safe Space’ project in Malaysia for women to exchange and empower each other. I co-host a podcast to inspire women with other successful women's stories.