Charmaine joined Asia Actual in 2015 as the Principal Consultant of Asia Actual in Manila. Charmaine is one of the most experienced regulatory affairs professionals in the country with more than 500 successful medical device application approvals to her credit. Prior to Asia Actual, Charmain spent more than 15 year leading medical device registration operations for multinational companies such as Terumo, Becton Dickinson, Baxter Healthcare and B. Braun.

Charmaine holds a BS degree in Pharmacy from Centro Escolar University and maintains certification as a Philippines FDA Qualified Person in Industry for medical devices, drugs and vaccines. Charmaine is one of the founders and officers of the Philippine Association of Medical Device Regulatory Professionals (PAMDRP) and is active as a medical mission volunteer to depressed areas of the Philippines.