Dr Anna T Mokgokong

Chairperson

The former President of the SA Women Entrepreneurs Network ("SAWEN") and the International Women’s Forum of SA ("IWFSA"), she is also a Board member for various listed and unlisted companies in South Africa and abroad. She is one of the founding members and Group Executive Chairperson of Community Investment Holdings, a leading black empowerment company. With a medical degree and Doctorate in Economics, she has served in academia and the public sector and is a much sought-after public speaker with a keen interest in community development as well as Women Empowerment. She has received numerous accolades and acknowledgements both locally and internationally.

Mr Dewald Dempers

Group CEO

Dewald Dempers has a wealth of experience in the private and public healthcare industry. In 1989 he joined TPS Mutual Trust ("Medikredit") as Trust Fund Accountant. He then joined Air Liquide as a National Asset Manager, before joining SAIMR as an Administration Manager, where he later became a Cost Accountant. A few years later Dewald co-founded Executive Practice Management Services, a small network of General Practitioners and Optometry practices. After establishing a 24-hour emergency unit at a Pretoria-based private hospital, he co-founded Executive Hospital Management Services, which later led to the founding of the Community Hospital Group. After the disposal of the hospitals Dewald was appointed as CEO of AfroCentric Health Limited (previously Lethimvula Investments Limited) and in September 2012 he was appointed CEO of the AfroCentric Group. During his 25-year career he has gained experience in a wide range of healthcare services in private, state and academic environments including pharmacy, pathology, GPs and specialists, radiology, oncology, trauma and casualty, hospitals (private, state, PPP and academic) as well as the healthcare funding industry.

Mr Wallace Holmes

Group CFO

A qualified Chartered Accountant, Wallace completed his articles in South Africa and later in London with Coopers & Lybrand before accepting financial and secretarial positions at The Boots Company, Joy Manufacturing and Alpha Cement. He was then appointed Group FD for Adcock Ingram, before moving to Tiger Brands as CFO. Prior to joining Medscheme, Wallace served as CFO for the Airports Company of South Africa ("ACSA"). He has successfully fulfilled the role of Medscheme’s CFO since 2003 and his portfolio has since grown to include the role of Group CFO.

Mr Michael (Motty) Sacks

Founder

Motty is a qualified Chartered Accountant with an esteemed career in business. He was the co-founder of Netcare Limited and served as Chairman of the Board for 15 years until his retirement in 2011. Motty was also a co-founder of Net 1 (Aplitec Limited) and also served as its Non-executive Chairman.Motty has served as a Non-executive Director on several listed institutions, including being the Non-executive Chairman of Advtech Limited, South Africa's largest private education institution. Motty has also served as a Director of the International Association of Political Consultants, of which he has been a member since 1983. He is actively involved in black economic empowerment initiatives and serves on numerous committees and trusts dedicated to supporting these objectives.

Mr Joe Appelgryn

Non-Executive

Joe Appelgryn is a Chartered Accountant, having served articles at Ernst & Young, with experience in transaction advisory, capital raising and business and project appraisals. He founded Sinergi Corporate Advisors and has since raised more than R2 billion in funding for his clients and has led transactions for a range of businesses. His experience spans a range of industries focusing on Healthcare and Wood & Paper industries. Prior to Sinergi, Joe worked at the Industrial Development Corporation of SA Ltd ("IDC") for eight years where he was active in the Wood & Paper Business Unit and in the establishment of the Healthcare & Education Business Unit. He has served on a number of boards and as Acting Chairman, Vice-chairman and Trustee of Resolution Health Medical Scheme ("RHMS"). He was also member of RHMS’s Audit and Risk Management Committees.

Ms Brigalia Bam

Non-Executive

Brigalia is the Chancellor of Walter Sisulu University and Founder of the Women’s Development Foundation for Social Development & Community Services. She was Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission from 1999 until her retirement in 2011. She has previously served on a number of Boards and has received many awards for her achievements including but not limited to the Shoprite Checkers Women of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award, the Chancellors Medal awarded by the University of Pretoria, Grand Counsellor of the Baobab for Distinguished Service awarded by Former President Thabo Mbeki and honorary doctorates awarded by various universities.

Mr Joe Madungandaba

Major Shareholder

Having received a Bachelor of Commerce from Unisa and studied at the Cranfield School of Management (UK) and Wharton Business School (USA), he also became a member of the Institute of Commercial and Financial Accountants of Southern Africa. A keen businessman, Joe is also an Independent Non-Executive Director for Distell Group, CEO for Community Investment Holdings and a Board member of Jasco Electronic Holdings. He serves on a number of Boards of companies, both listed and unlisted, locally and internationally. He is a recipient of the Black Management Forum ("BMF") Manager of the Year Award and has helped shape government policy on taxation, reconstruction and development.

Ms Yasmin Masithela

Independent

She has qualified with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor in Law degree from UCT, a Higher Diploma in Company Law and a Masters of Laws in Taxation from the University of the Witwatersrand. She held the position of the Head of Project and Export Finance at Siemens Limited from 2001 to 2004. She thereafter moved on and started up a successful law practice, Phukubje Pierce Masithela Attorneys. Yasmin, as founder and owner, practiced as an attorney and managed this practice from 2005 to 2011. She is currently General Counsel at ABSA Financial Services.

Mr Garth Napier

Independent

Garth is currently a Chief Executive of the Discount Division at Edcon. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Natal and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He has filled senior positions at local and international companies in the fields of marketing and strategy over the last 10 years. Garth was formerly employed at McKinsey & Company.

Mr Meyer Kahn

Founder

Meyer is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Comair Limited Board and Chairman of the Risk Committee for Network Healthcare Holdings. In 2012, he retired as Executive Chairman from SABMiller after a 46-year career within the Group. Meyer has served on the Boards of 16 listed companies, as a trustee of numerous organisations and is a past-president of The South Africa Foundation. He has received a number of awards, amongst others, one of the five Top Businessmen (1983), Marketing Man of the Year (1987), Business Manager of the Year (1990), the Award for Business Excellence from Wits and has been honoured by the University of Pretoria as Professor Extraordinaire by way of an honorary doctorate in Commerce.