Key Summary
- In 2024, Okereke was elected Honorary Secretary of the PDA BAME Network.
- Gbajabiamila has served as a locum pharmacist for almost 20 years.
- Wye Bing Chan was re-elected and will continue to support NAWP as Honorary Secretary.
Oluomachi Yvonne Okereke was elected President of the National Association of Women Pharmacists (NAWP).
Okereke started her role on 1 September 2026, and had earlier served as a co-opted committee member of the NAWP since February 2024.
She started her journey with Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) as a PDA Trainee Rep and later as a PDA Workplace Representative, including serving on the Joint Negotiating Consultative Committee at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where she works as a Rotational Pharmacist.
In 2024, she was elected Honorary Secretary of the PDA BAME Network.
Okereke will be the 51st President of NAWP since the organisation was originally founded in 1905, and the fourth since NAWP became part of the PDA.
She said, “I feel especially privileged to be the incoming President of NAWP. My journey with the PDA has grown from starting out as a pharmacist trainee representative, knowing that I wanted to make a difference but still finding my voice, to becoming actively involved in advocacy, representation and the work of NAWP.
“Over the years, I have had the opportunity to learn from incredible women, work alongside past and present leaders, and contribute to conversations and initiatives that help move the network forward.
Other members
Ayisat Bolanle Gbajabiamila was appointed as the Vice President of the organisation.
She is a locum pharmacist with almost 20 years’ experience across community pharmacy, primary care, clinical practice, and pharmacy leadership.
Alongside her pharmacy career, she has been an active advocate for women’s leadership, equality, wellbeing and professional development.
Ayisat said, “Being elected Vice President of the PDA NAWP Network is not merely a position I have been entrusted with; it is a profound honour and a responsibility I accept with humility, gratitude, and purpose.”
Wye Bing Chan, a Senior Clinical Pharmacist and Independent Prescriber, was re-elected and will continue to support NAWP as Honorary Secretary, a role she has held since 2022.
The newly-elected committee will work alongside Lourette Latif Philips as Immediate Past President and several co-opted committee members.
