Dr Flavia Senkubuge is a medical doctor specialising in public health medicine. She is the Vice-President of the African Federation of Public Health Associations and senior lecturer of Health Policy and Management at the School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria. Her interests lie in global health diplomacy, health policy and management, leadership, tobacco control and the social determinants of health.
Mr Shadrack (Shad) K Mapetla is the founding shareholder and chairperson of Biotech Laboratories, the first black-owned and run pharmaceutical manufacturer in South Africa. His involvement in the pharmaceutical industry covers a number of years at a senior level for Aspen Pharmacare (as Chief Executive and Director: Corporate Affairs), Lesotho Pharma Corporation as Chief Executive and Boots Pharma in the UK. Mr Mapetla holds a number of qualifications which includes an MSc in Analytical Chemistry from the USA and a Drug Quality Assurance qualification from Stockholm in Sweden. He has held a number of directorships and is the current Executive Chair of Forever Afrika, the founding company of Biotech Laboratories.
David Sanders, Emeritus Professor and founding Director of the School of Public Health at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, is a paediatrician qualified also in Public Health. He has over 35 years' experience of health policy and programme development, research and teaching in Zimbabwe and South Africa, having advised governments and UN agencies and published extensively on primary health care (PHC), child health and nutrition, and health human resources, including three books on global health and Primary Health Care. He is an Honorary Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town and in the School of Medicine, Flinders University, Australia; and Visiting Professor at the Centre for International Health at the University of Bergen, Norway.
Mr Aziz Kader brings deep experience in strategy, marketing, operations management and risk management in a number of industries and institutions in locations across Southern Africa. He has worked as senior management in insurance and actuarial consulting, and served as a non-executive director with Glenrand MIB Employee Benefits Company. He has managed a consulting firm operating widely in the South African market and served many international clients. He has a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and Chemistry from the University of Cape Town, and an MBA from the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business.
Prof. Esther Kibuka-Sebitosi holds a PhD, an MBA (Open University UK/UNISA), an MSc, and a BSc (Hons) and is based at the University of South Africa's Institute for African Renaissance Studies where she is responsible for lecturing Master's and PhD students. Her focus areas include public health, gender and HIV and AIDS, sustainable development, food security and indigenous knowledge systems. Prof. Kubuuka-Sebitosi's active involvement in projects globally and in Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa, as well as her previous work in Uganda, together with her training and experience in formal education, are highly valuable for HST's expansion into accredited training activities and southern African regional involvement.
Mr Thulani Masilela is based in the Presidency in the Republic of South Africa focusing on health. As a qualified clinical psychologist, Mr Masilela has previously worked in the South African National Department of Health and in the non-governmental sector focusing on the health sector. His previous roles have included developing community-based mental health programmes; supporting the development of the District Health System; providing national leadership in planning and policy development, as well as strengthening health information management, monitoring and evaluation and health systems research.
Ms Mandisa Hela is a pharmacist. She holds an MPH from the University of Hawaii and a post graduate diploma in Health Management from the University of Cape Town. She retired as Registrar of the Medicines Control Council. She has extensive experience in pharmaceutical policy, having worked at both provincial and national levels. She has vast experience in and medicines regulation. She is currently a member of the Medicines Control Council.
Ms Francisca Teressa Duduzile Nzama (commonly known as Zethu), holds a BA in Law from the University of Cape Town and an LLB from the former University of Natal, and has gained 13 years’ experience as an admitted attorney. She is Executive Director of FZ Nzama Attorneys.
Dr Dumani Kula has an MBChB and a Master’s degree in Business Administration, and offers 17 years of professional experience spanning the public and private sectors, local and international enterprises, as well as clinical and executive management roles. Currently serving as Deputy CEO at Clinix Health Group, Dr Kula was formerly the senior executive overseeing health expenditure at Discovery Health. Leading a team of doctors, pharmacists, nurses, actuaries, statisticians and other allied health professionals, he was responsible for provider contracting, the managed care strategy, clinical policy and health economics, risk intelligence, and business intelligence. Dr Kula serves on the boards of the Witkoppen Health and Welfare Centre, Montrose Primary School, and Kingdom Development Initiative, and is an author and motivational speaker.
Dr Themba Moeti is the current Chief Executive Officer of Health Systems Trust. He serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the University of the Witwatersrand Centre for Rural Health, and of the National HIV Think Tank co-ordinated by the National Department of Health. Dr Moeti has previously served as a member of the Task Team for the Global Health Thematic Consultation on Health in the post-2015 Development Agenda.
Dr Themba Moeti is the current Chief Executive Officer of Health Systems Trust. He serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the University of the Witwatersrand Centre for Rural Hea...