Profile

Clare Omatseye is a Healthcare Industry Leader whose career, spanning more than three decades, has been devoted to advancing quality, accessible healthcare across Nigeria and the West African sub-region. She is the Founder and Managing Director of JNC International Limited (JNCI), a leading turnkey medical equipment solutions company representing 30 Global OEMs, specialising in Turnkey Medical Equipment installation and medical imaging equipment, and the Founder and Chairman of Vaccipharm Limited, a cold-chain vaccine and pharmaceutical distribution company, which are companies she founded 23 and 27 years ago respectively.

She is an avid advocate for Healthcare Reform and has played a major role in influencing Public Health policies bringing her vast over 32 years of seasoned experience in access to quality healthcare, health system strengthening, drug security and transparent public procurement. She is at the forefront of influencing policies that unlock the potential of the private health sector investments and advocates for strategic win-win public-private dialogue and PPPs in Nigeria and Africa as a whole, making her a sought-after Regional and International speaker.

Clare is a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (FPSN), the Nigerian Academy of Pharmacy (FNAPharm), Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria (SCGN), Aspen’s African Leadership Initiative West Africa (ALIWA) and is the only pharmacist to hold an Honorary Fellowship of the West African College of Surgeons (FWACS). She is the Vice President of the African Healthcare Federation (AHF), the Pioneer President of the Healthcare Federation of Nigeria (HFN), a Past President of West African Private Healthcare Federation (WAPHF). She sits on the Boards of several reputable organizations such as Beta Glass Nig Plc, a Member of the Governing Council, Pan Atlantic University (PAU), and is the Chairman of LEAP Africa and a Director of Aspire Coronation (ACT) Foundation (of Access Bank PLC).

She has held several Executive level roles in May & Baker Nig. Plc, Aventis Pasteur Nigeria and Huntleigh Healthcare Limited. She has a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, with an Executive MBA from IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain, Barcelona and has attended several executive courses at the Harvard Business School, Yale University, INSEAD, IMD and the Lagos Business School (LBS). Clare is a committed Rotarian and a Paul Harris Fellow. She is married and a proud mother of three children.