Richard Neci is the Executive Director of the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN). Richard officially assumed office on 1st March 2020. He holds a Bachelor’s degree with Honors in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Kinshasa, an advanced diploma in humanitarian Logistics from ISS-DRC and a Postgraduate Certificate of Management from Cumbria University.
He was formally the Managing Director of the Dépôt Central Médico-Pharmaceutique 8e CEPAC (DCMP 8th CEPAC). During his 10 years tenure as the Director of DCMP 8th CEPAC, he took the company to high levels, making it one of the largest drug store organizations in DR Congo today. He worked closely with Dr. Denis Mukwege – Nobel Peace Prize 2018 winner and Head of the Medical Department of CEPAC and implemented different Projects in DRC with German Institute for Medical Mission e. V. (DIFAEM) and the EPN.
Richard is passionate in fighting fake and substandard medicines. From 2013, he was responsible for monitoring the quality of medicines in health facilities of the Church of Christ in Congo, by using the GPHF Minilab in partnership with DIFAEM.
In his position, started in 2016 as President of the Provincial Council of Pharmacists, Richard succeeded in influencing his leadership, pharmacists, colleagues and health authorities, to get involved in the sanitation of the pharmaceutical sector and the fight against fake and substandard medicines in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Richard has developed a servant leadership and management skills demonstrated through the results of his work. Richard was born in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and is bilingual (French and English).
