Directors

After several years in surgical academia and private surgical practice, Dr Matlala took up a position as a director of clinical relations at Mediclinic Limited .He is presently the Chief Clinical Officer of Mediclinic(SA)and sits on its board. He also sits on several company boards including Phodiso Holdings; Hospital Association of South Africa; Ububele Holdings . He is also chairman of the Umnotho We Sizwe Group, a junior mining company.

Dr Matlala is a member of the following professional associations,viz SAMA, South African Association of Surgeons and the Trauma Society Of South Africa.He is also a reservist Major in the South African Medical Health Services (SAMHS).

Kurt has the following degrees and qualifications: BA (Humanities), Postgraduate LLB, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Forensic Auditing and Criminal Justice. He is currently completing his MA in Applied Ethics (Biomedical) for Professionals at the University of the Witwatersrand.

In October 1998 he was admitted as an Advocate of the High Court. He lectured part-time at the University of Durban-Westville in the Faculty of Public Law and at the University of Natal (Durban) in the Faculty of Procedural Law before joining Hasa as an Executive Officer. In his work on legislative development and interpretation, he formalised the concept of a Children’s Commissioner which was initially considered for the Provincial Constitution of KwaZulu-Natal, and currently enshrined in the Provincial Constitution of the Western Cape. Before joining Hasa he also served as special legal advisor to several members of parliament.

He was also one of 47 international young achievers recognised for outstanding “social entrepreneurship”. This achievement saw the young Kurt appointed as a member of the International Common Futures Forum. His interests include mental health parity, writing, academic research and genealogy.

He holds a B. Pharm from the University of the Western Cape, B. (B&A) Hons and MBA from the University of Stellenbosch. He completed an executive development programme from Manchester Business School. He held the position of Director of Operations and Human Resources for one of the largest retail pharmacy groups in South Africa. After completing his MBA, he joined Anderson Consulting as a Senior Business Analyst specialising in strategy. He worked in a number of industries; from banking, retail, insurance, government, shipping, as well as pharmaceutical and health.

In 1999 he joined Sanlam Health as Senior Manager, Head of Medicine Management. He drove Sanlam Health's Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) Programme, where he focused primarily on risk management, implementing various business models and leading edge tools that bring sustained profitability and service excellence to all business partners.

When Sanlam Health became part Medscheme Holdings Limited in 2001 he was appointed to Medscheme Integrated Care division, now known as Solutio Health Risk Management, as Divisional Director, heading up the Medicine and Disease Management programmes. In addition to his role within Solutio he was appointed to the position of Executive Director of Medscheme (Pty) Ltd as well as Managing Director of Interpharm Data Systems (Pty) Ltd in 2004. In 2005 he was appointed to the board of Aids for Aids (Pty) Ltd.

In January 2006 he was appointed to the board of Medi-Clinic Limited as Director of Marketing and Corporate Liaison.

She is the National Training & Development Manager for Life Healthcare Ltd since August 2001. Dr Vasuthevan is married.

Dr Litlhakanyane is registered with the HPCSA as a medical practitioner and radiation oncology specialist and is an Associate of the College of Radiation Oncologists. He received the Oliver Tambo fellowship in Health leadership in 1996. Dr Litlhakanyane worked as an intern and medical officer at Pelonomi hospital from 1988 to 1990. He worked for a few months in the private sector and in 1991 returned to the public service to specialise in radiation oncology. With the advent of democracy he was appointed as the Chief Director for health service in the Free State provincial government in 1995. He was promoted to the position of Superintendent General and head of the department of health in the Free State from the 1st April 2001 to December 2004. He is presently the Stakeholder Relations Executive Director for the private healthcare group, Netcare. He is married with two children (twins) aged 16 years.

After two years he was transferred back to Bloemfontein by the Presmed Group where he became hospital manager at the Rosepark Private Hospital. Six years later, on 01 October 1998, he joined the Medi-Clinic Group as Regional Director for the Central Region and was based in Bloemfontein.  In September 2003 he was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in the Medi-Clinic Group and transferred to the group head office in Stellenbosch.   In November 2006 he was appointed as an executive director on the Medi-Clinic Corporation Board, and a year later on 01 December 2007 he became the Chief Executive Officer of Medi-Clinic Southern Africa.  He now serves on both the Medi-Clinic Corporation and Medi-Clinic Southern Africa Boards.

Koert has served on the HASA Board intermittently since 1995 including a term as chairperson.

Koert is married with four daughters.  Apart from spending time with his family, an important anchor in his life, Koert enjoys travelling, walking, running and playing golf socially.

In 1986 he was admitted as a member of the Transvaal Society of Chartered Accountants and SA Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is also a member of the SA Institute of Healthcare Managers. He completed his articles in 1985. He joined Lenmed Clinic as Clinic Manager in 1986.

Nana is married with four children and his hobbies include collecting bonsais and koi fish.

Peter’s areas of particular interest include organisation development, leadership development, change management and transformation. Peter has a B-degree and a Post-graduate diploma from the University of Witwatersrand