Mr Dewald Dempers

Group CEO

Dewald has dedicated his career to numerous aspects of the private and public healthcare industry. Following a successful career at Air Liquide, he founded Executive Active Management Practice, a company which provided a range of strategic and operational services to medical institutions. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of AfroCentric Health Limited (previously Lethimvula Investments Limited) until September 2012, when he was appointed CEO of the AfroCentric Group.

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 Kevin Aron

Medscheme Holdings CEO

A qualified Chartered Accountant and Henley (UK) MBA graduate, Kevin completed his articles at Ernst & Young before starting his career at SA Druggists and then Healthcare Management Systems. A move to Medical Services Organisation followed during which he rose from Financial Director to Chief Operating Officer after which he accepted a position at Investec and later at Medscheme. During his tenure at Medscheme, Kevin has led the Sales, Marketing and Operations units and now leads the South African operations of Medscheme.

Mr Lee Callakoppen

Medscheme Holdings – Human Capital

Lee achieved an Information Science degree and an honours degree in Business Management through the Rand Afrikaans University. Lee qualified as an Industrial Sociologist in 1999 and began a career in operational management within the retail sector before moving into Human Resources. He has held various positions in a range of industries including retail, telecommunications and media. Lee held the position of HR Executive for the Primedia Content Division before joining Medscheme in 2007.

Ms Ettie da Silva

Bonitas Marketing – CEO

A qualified attorney and MBA graduate, Ettie served articles at MacIntosh Cross & Farquharson Attorneys ("MC&FA") before joining the Road Accident Fund as a Legal Officer in 1990. She later returned to practice as an attorney with MC&FA. In 1999, Ettie opened her own practice where she specialised in the High Court litigation of commercial law, personal Injury claims, matrimonial law, labour law and BEE compliance. She joined Medscheme Holdings in 2005 as the GM of Legal, Governance, Risk and Compliance and was later promoted to Executive Director of this unit. She was then promoted to the role of CEO for Bonitas Marketing.

Ms Grace Khoza

Medscheme Holdings – Executive Director: Group Branding, Marketing and Corporate Affairs

Grace has a wealth of experience at executive level in both the private and public sector. A recipient of the Nelson Mandela Scholarship, she holds a Master’s degree in Media Policy, Communication and Economics from the London School of Economics ("LSE") and a BA (honours in Journalism) from Rhodes University. Prior to joining AfroCentric Health, Grace held the position of Public Relations and Marketing Manager at Bain Management Consulting. She has also served as the Head of Strategic Communications and Marketing within the Department of International Relations and Cooperation for a number of years, overseeing the communication, branding and marketing of the country across 126 embassies.

Mr Aklaaq Mahmood

Medscheme Holdings – Business Development

Aklaaq has more than 10 years worth of experience in the healthcare industry as the deputy CEO of LA Health Medical and the former Principal Officer of ProSano Medical Scheme. An accountant and MBA graduate through the University of Stellenbosch, he received the Dean's merit award for the highest achievement attained in the strategy component of the programme. Aklaaq has served on the Board, Audit Committee and Pension Fund of Global Health Medical Scheme. He has also been a member of various other committees and forums, including as Chairman of the Audit Committee of the City of Cape Town and a member of the Risk Committee and Mayoral Performance Evaluation Panel.

Adv JL Andy Mothibi

Medscheme Holdings – Legal, Governance, Risk and compliance (“LGRC”)

Andy joined AfroCentric Health and Medscheme from 1 October 2013 as Executive Director responsible for Legal, Governance, Risk and Compliance. He is currently providing Executive oversight over the Medscheme Road Accident Fund Business Unit. He has championed the implementation of Enterprise Risk Management Framework for the Group. Before joining Medscheme he was at Standard Bank Group where he worked as Group Executive and Group Head of Operational Risk Management. Prior to Standard Bank, he worked at Nedbank where he was the Group Executive and Group Head of Operational Risk Management. At both banks his major achievements were the implementation of Basel II Programme on Advanced Measurement Approach to Operational Risk Management.

Mr Anthony Pedersen

Medscheme Holdings – MD International Operations

Anthony is a qualified Chartered Accountant and began his career at Arthur Andersen before accepting a position as Internal Audit Manager at the Retail Apparel Group. A move to the Momentum Group followed as CFO first for the Medical Scheme Administrator company and thereafter for the Group Benefits company. In 2007 he moved to Mauritius where as GM of Momentum Health he was responsible for establishing the new insurance business. Currently he runs the international operations for Medscheme.

Mr Vijay Pillay

Helios IT Solutions – MD

Vijay achieved his BCom degree through Unisa and later studied toward his MBA before beginning his career at Spoornet. After a senior position in Nedcor’s IT department he moved to First National Bank, where as Chief Information Officer, he was responsible for the full end-to-end IT solutions for the bank’s Home Loans business unit. He also served as a member of FNB’s Advisory Board.

In 2011, Vijay was recruited by Medscheme as the Group’s Chief Information Officer (CIO). More recently he was appointed MD of Helios.

Mr Tim Rametse

Medscheme Holdings – MD Africa Operations

Having studied Labour Law and Tax at the University of Pretoria, Tim was employed in the Employee Benefits Department of the Public Service Commission. After moving to National Sorghum Breweries, he joined Pretoria Medical Brokers which was subsequently acquired by Thebe Investments, where he was rapidly promoted to Executive Director of the Healthcare division. He then moved to Polmed as the medical scheme’s COO. Tim joined Medscheme in 2006 as GM in the Bonitas business unit and was later promoted to Deputy MD of Medscheme Health. In 2010 Tim assumed responsibility for Medscheme Africa, now known as AfroCentric Health Solutions.