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Members of the Council represent a
variety of skills and backgrounds, and include experts in law,
finance, actuarial sciences, economics, medical sciences,
corporate governance and consumer affairs. Council members are
appointed on a part-time basis for a period of up to 3 years.
The Minister
appoints a chairperson to the Council. Currently,Professor William Pick
is the Chairperson - He is the past President
of the Medical Research Council, and has recently retired from
active work. Professor Pick brings considerable skills in a
number of key areas, including corporate governance,
understanding of health policy, medicine and leadership.
The members of the Council elect a vice
chairperson from their own ranks. The vice chair is still to
be appointed.
Other members of the Council
are: *
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Dr Zola Njongwe, a senior lecturer at the University of
Pretoria. Dr Njongwe
is a noted community health specialist and was previously
Chief Director at the Gauteng Health Department. She also
has considerable experience of sitting on boards of
directors in the public and NGO sector, and brings
considerable experience in this regard to the
Council;
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Ms. Zandile Mjoli has a BCom in Accounting and Business
Management, and an MBA from Wits
University
. Ms Mjoli
is currently Senior General Manager (Resources and Strategy)
at Eskom, and is a member of the Institute of
Board of Directors in Southern Africa. She has an
understanding of the medical schemes environment, having led
ESKOM's team that resolved the medical scheme challenge
faced by the company in 1999;
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Professor Alan Rothberg is currently head of the
Therapeutics
School
at the Wits
Faculty of Health Sciences. Prof Rothberg has substantial
experience in medical schemes and managed health care,
having previously worked as an administrator of medical
schemes and also in the first experiences with managed care
in
South
Africa
. He brings to
Council an independent and in-depth knowledge of the medical
schemes environment ;
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Dr Kamy
Chetty,
Deputy Director General at the National Department of
Health;
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Ms.
Thembeka Gwagwa,
is the CEO of DENOSA and has considerable experience of the
functioning of boards in the public and NGO sector. She also
brings an important understanding of trade unions and
consumer perspectives to the work of the Council;
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Ms.
Tracy Fortune
completed her LLB at the University of the
Western Cape in 1996 and an LLM
(commercial law) at the
University of
Cape Town. She is
currently the Executive Director of the Non-Profit
Consortium which works with the NGO sector on issues of law
reforms, complying with legislation and providing support on
governance on non-profit entities;
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Mr.
Archie Phalane
is the deputy secretary general of the National Union of
Mineworkers and has considerable experience in issues
relating to employee benefits and negotiation on employee
benefits, including medical schemes. Mr. Phalane brings an
important dimension to the work of the Council on working
with consumers, trade unions and shop stewards on improving
understanding of the workings of medical
schemes.
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Mr.
Tamsanqa (Thami) Bolani
Tamsanqa (Thami) Bolani is the Chairperson of the National
Consumer Forum and Managing Director of the Consumer Fair
newspaper. He's currently working on the launch of Consumer
Action Groups nationally. In 2003, he was awarded the dti
Award for Consumer Champions (Individual Category). He
serves on the following Boards and committees: Policy Board
for Financial Services and Regulation (National Treasury),
Consumer Sector Board (South African Bureau of Standards
(SABS)), South African Tourism Grading Council, Consumer
Advisory Panel (Independent Communication Authority of South
Africa (ICASA)), and the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS).
He was previously a manager with the Business Referral and
Information Network (BRAIN), a Small Business Specialist
with the Department of Finance and Economic Development
(Limpopo Province), a Financial Advisor (Southern Life), and
a journalist for Radio Freedom (Lusaka,
Zambia).
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Mr.
Rob Rusconi
is an actuary with working experience in healthcare,
insurance product development, investments, and pensions,
both in South Africa and in the United Kingdom. He is
self-employed and carries out independent research and
consulting for public- and private-sector entities, locally
and abroad. His primary interests are long-term saving and
pension provision, the operation of markets, and social
security
systems.
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