Gonçalo Sousa Pinto, a pharmacist by background, leads the area of Development and Transformation of the pharmacy profession at the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), the global organisation representing over 4 million pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists and pharmaceutical educators. He supports the work of FIP member organisations and individual pharmacists around the world in advancing pharmacy practice and implementing pharmaceutical professional services in the areas of responsible use of medicines, in the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases as well as infectious diseases, including vaccination services. He has authored or edited several publications to support and advocate a broader role by pharmacists in vaccination.