Marlie Smit

Marlie Smit brings more than 20 years of experience in clinical research to her role as Director, Clinical Operations, under the FHI Clinical SA umbrella. Starting as a clinical assistant at a large multinational CRO in 2000, she has since held roles as a clinical research associate (CRA), Senior CRA, clinical team lead, project manager, and clinical operations manager as well as the Associate Director of Clinical Operations and Associate Director of Regulatory and Start-up. She joined a private development partner in 2014 as Associate Director and was promoted to Director Clinical Operations in 2017. She subsequently joined TCD in 2018 as a Senior Project Manager, following which she was promoted to Head of Project Management and the Associate Director of Operations before moving to her current role in February 2022. Marlie’s therapeutic area experience includes cardiology, vascular (devices), dermatology, gynecology, HIV prevention, musculoskeletal, oncology, psychiatry, psychology and urology (devices).