Dr. Jonathan Harper

Jonathan Harper graduated in Psychology and Medicine from Leeds University in 1988 and until 1991 worked as a junior doctor in the UK National Health Service before completing a full time master degree in Business Administration in 1993 at London Business School.

Since 1993 he has worked as a management consultant and policy adviser in the field of health and pharmaceutical sector development and reform, predominantly in Central / Eastern Europe and developing countries in Asia and Africa where he has undertaken many field assignments. He has detailed experience of pharmaceutical regulation, policy and financing as well as undertaking academic research in medicines assessment, pharmacoeconomics and pharmacoepidemiology.

From 1993 – 2000 he was resident in the Russian Federation, first working as a field manager for a health technology development company, then as manager for EC technical assistance programmes in pharmaceutical sector development, evidence based medicine, health system management and primary health care development. From 2000 – 2002 he was resident manager of the EC Bosnia Herzegovina health sector development programme and from 2002 – 2004 he was resident in Kosovo as EC/UN Adviser for pharmaceutical sector development.

From 2004 - 2005 he worked as principle consultant to the Council of Europe on Counterfeit Medicines and was the author of their report on Counterfeit Medicines published in February 2006. He recently wrote a substantial report on European parallel pharmaceutical trade (European Patient Safety and Parallel Pharmaceutical Trade - a potential public health disaster?) for the European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines that was published in November 2007.

He currently works on designing and managing pharmaceutical sector development and reform interventions in developing countries as well as on pharmaceutical policy and regulatory issues for public and private sector clients.  

Since 2004, he has lived in Budapest Hungary.