Mr. Nyaladzi Comfort Maphorisa is a Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer registered with the Botswana Health Professions Council. He is a product of Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia. He possesses twelve years’ work experience in the medical laboratory field for which six years were in managerial position. He is currently the Clinical Laboratory Manager at Botswana Harvard HIV Reference Laboratory (BHHRL). The Clinical Laboratory Manager (CLM) under delegated authority laboratory director is responsible for the technical and delegated administrative functions of the clinical laboratory day-to-day operations, including facilitating the conduct of BHP clinical research studies, maintenance of equipment, infrastructure and collaborative activities that involve laboratory operations. The CLM is required to ensure adherence to defined quality standards, regulatory and sponsor requirements, including timely, consistent, proficient and competent laboratory outputs.