Board of Trustees

Adv JJ Crouse

BCom, LLB

Adv Crouse has held private Advocate chambers in the Western Cape, inter alia, specialising in medico-legal matters, alternative dispute resolutions and labour law since 2017. Prior to his current activities, for 10 years Adv Crouse held various managing executive roles in the corporate healthcare environment with, inter alia, niche medical provision funds, including at Barclays Africa Consultants and Actuaries. Before joining Barclays Africa, he served for eight years as a Senior Judge in terms of the Military Courts Act promulgated in 1999 after practising in the legal profession for many years and also having flown as a qualified pilot for two airlines. Adv Crouse is also an acknowledged international authority in the fields of medical ethics, international humanitarian law and “Medicine and the Law”. His unique contribution to this field currently includes being the Senior Legal Advisor to the Secretary General and Chairman of the Scientific Council of the International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM), based in Brussels, Belgium. Adv Crouse is also the Head of an international course of ICMM, which has been presented to medical practitioners for the past 15 years in various countries.

Mrs NE Curry-Jandrell

MCom, FASSA, CQF, FRM

Nicola is a qualified actuary and obtained her Master of Commerce in Mathematical Statistics at the University of the Free State. She is a fellow Member of the Actuarial Society of South Africa. She began her career at Old Mutual in 2007 where she held a number of positions. Currently, she is the Managing Director of Tyesdale Actuaries and Consultants, a boutique actuarial consultancy. This role affords her the opportunity to not only consult for her own clients but to also mentor and place young newly qualified actuaries in positions best suited to them.

Mr GS Harvey

Chairman
BSc (Hons) Computer Science

Mr Harvey completed his BSc Honours degree, majoring in Computer Science, at the University of Cape Town. Until recently, he was a partner in a technology company providing essential technology systems to a variety of healthcare companies. Mr Harvey, together with his partners, built and developed the enterprise into the largest independent IT provider to healthcare in the country until it was acquired by The Liberty Group in 2008. Mr Harvey, whilst retired from active corporate life for the past four years, has continued to be involved in entrepreneurial technology start-up companies.

Prof CA Joseph

Professor Joseph is the founding member of SAPPF (South African Private Practitioners Forum) and current board member for surgical disciplines. Serving on the SAPPF Procedural Coding Reference Group responsible for liaising with the funding industry to establish fair and reasonable remuneration for the medical profession and establishing a way forward to value-based care and funding. Serves on the Outcomes Reporting Advisory Group of SAPPF tasked with determining clinically relevant outcomes measurement in collaboration with all involved parties within the South African healthcare environment. He established a Multidisciplinary Team of medical and allied healthcare professionals for head and neck cancer patients in 2009 managing their full cycle of care.

ORL-HNSociety coding and audit committee collaborating with the funding industry and Healthman on coding issues and queries in ENT practice. Professor Joseph is also an external examiner for the Department ORL-HNS at Sefako Makgatho University.

MS N Maidi

CTA, LLB, EDP, MDP, B-BBEE

Nthabiseng is currently serving as the Principal Director of the MMCP Advisors. The companies include, MMCP Wealth and MMCP Business Advisory Services Practice. The business advisory services to SMMEs spans across diverse sectors, including, financial services, agriculture, healthcare, engineering consulting, education, property and mining.

She was involved in a woman-owned fund management firm that focuses on business rescue and private equity. Her accomplishments include serving as Chief Financial Officer of an ESD fund management firm, where she was instrumental in its establishment. She also served at a company that delivers STEM education solutions to schools and tertiary education institutions.

She headed the Private Equity Fund and held directorial roles in both listed and unlisted companies, as an Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairperson of various committees, and member of Audit & Risk Committees.

Ms KPM Simelane

BA, HDPM, MPhil

She started her career in corporate as a human resources practitioner in various positions. She has over 25 years’ experience in human resources leadership in various industries including FMCG, telecommunications and investment banking at executive level. Subsequently co-founded The HR Touch, a Human Resources Management consulting business with interests in executive search and coaching in which she is still a shareholder.

She has since 2001 been serving on various Boards and still is a non-executive director on several not-for-profit, state owned and private sector companies. In 2022 she was appointed as the lead independent director for the AHRI Board.

She is registered as Master Human Resources Practitioner (Generalist) and HR Auditor with the South African Board for People Practices [SABPP]. She is registered as a Fellowship Member of the Institute of Directors SA and an accredited Sirdar Group Governance Panelist, an organisation that provides governance for family business, SMEs and privately held companies. She currently devotes time to mentoring aspirants and those interested in directorship as part of paying it forward.

Dr J Welgemoed

BChD, Business Administration (Hons.)

Dr Welgemoed has been in full-time private practice for 30 years. Apart from working full time in dentistry she also manages a team of 14 people in two practices located in Noordhoek and Simon’s Town in the Western Cape. Dr Welgemoed is a member of SADA, International Team for Implantology (ITI), South African Association of Osseointegration (SAAO) and the Paedodontic Society of South Africa. She is also a board member of the South African Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry (SAAAD).

Mr CW Comrie

Principal Officer and Chief Executive
BCompt (CTA Hons)

Mr Comrie qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2000. After seven years in both the auditing and investment banking fields, he moved into the medical scheme administration industry with a large administrator. Over a period of 17 years, Craig was responsible for, amongst others, marketing, business development, service provider negotiations, amalgamation projects, and the management of 11 corporate medical schemes.