RAPS launches Spanish network and debuts reinvigorated Irish association
The Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) is bringing a networking group for regulatory professionals to Spain, and is teaming up with a group of local regulatory professionals to re-engage Ireland’s regulatory professional community.
These moves mark another step in RAPS’ mission to unite the global regulatory community in education, knowledge-sharing and career development. With the addition of Spain, RAPS now boasts 31 chapters and local networking groups spanning six continents.
“I am passionate about learning and sharing experiences,” Raquel Carnero, a founding member of the RAPS Spain LNG, writes in a discussion post on the group’s new website. “And I hope this will allow us to network and create a useful platform for other regulatory affairs colleagues.”
Carnero, Irene García Bravo, Alexandra Rosa and María José Sancho are the RAPS’ founding members in Spain and will engage with members in discussions on the chapter website to create a more formalized group.
Introduced in 2018, RAPS’ Irish network is now under new leadership.
“I am passionate about RAPS and the value it can bring to one’s career and personal development,” Colette Shortt writes in a discussion post. “I look forward to building and fostering a vibrant RAPS Ireland Local Networking Group and meeting new colleagues working in Ireland!”
Shortt, Mary Corcoran, Derry Dillon, Orla Finneran and Tom Melvin make up the group’s new leadership team. With help from RAPS staff, they’ll work to create an active community of regulatory professionals in Ireland.
Chapters and local networks allow regulatory professionals to take career development into their own hands, with support from RAPS staff. Each chapter has a website, where members can team up to answer questions specific to their geographic location, brainstorm in-person and online and arrange networking events.
Interested in contributing to your own chapter or local network? Explore our groups here.