Carl Naraynassamy is a Senior Lecturer in the Medicines Development Group of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Prior to joining King's in 2015, he was the senior tutor for the MSc in Pharmaceutical Medicine at Hibernia College, Dublin, and a tutor at the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London. He has also spent many years working in the pharmaceutical industry in clinical development, quality assurance, marketing and legal affairs. He has also spent eight years working for professional associations, particularly in developing international collaborations, policy generation, implementation and certification. He has academic degrees in Law, Physiology and Education.