Board of Trustees
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Profmed medical aid scheme is governed by a Board of Trustees. Half of the Board of Trustees are elected by members of the Scheme, and half are appointed by the Board. Trustees must be members of the Scheme, which means that Profmed’s members are served by professionals drawn from various fields.
The Board is responsible for ensuring the proper and sound management of the Scheme and must act with due care, diligence, skill and in good faith.
Members serving on the Board for the 2024/2025 year

Mr GS Harvey
Chairman
BSc (Hons)
Mr Harvey is an accomplished business leader with extensive experience in healthcare administration, technology and governance. He has held senior leadership and director roles across several organisations, including Liberty Health Holdings and Neil Harvey & Associates, where he played a key role in business growth, healthcare innovation and strategic partnerships across South Africa and the SADC region.
At Profmed Medical Aid Scheme, he served as a Trustee for seven years and as Chairperson for three consecutive years, providing oversight of governance, compliance, risk and investment matters. His leadership and strategic insight have contributed significantly to strengthening organisational governance and supporting the long-term sustainability of South Africa’s leading medical scheme for professionals.
Ms NE Curry-Jandrell
FASSA, FRM, CQF, MSc
Nicola Curry Jandrell is a qualified actuary with more than 18 years of experience across the health, life insurance and financial services sectors. As Managing Director of Tyesdale Actuaries and Consultants, she provides actuarial and strategic advisory services to insurers, InsurTechs and cell captive businesses, helping organisations navigate complex regulatory and commercial environments while driving sustainable growth.
She served on the Profmed Board of Trustees from 2021 to 2025, contributing to governance, audit, investment and actuarial oversight. Her extensive expertise in financial management, product development, reinsurance and risk management, together with her strong actuarial and strategic background, has enabled her to make significant contributions to the healthcare and financial services industries.


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).


Dr HJ Woermann
HBChB
Hans Woermann is a General Practitioner with more than 30 years of experience in Private Medical Practice as well as a degree in Business Science with subsequent university diploma courses in Economic Evaluation in Health Care and Health Care Finance. Alongside his General Practitioner work he has been involved in the economic evaluation of chronic disease management (for Access Health) and more recently he was involved in a medical advisor collaboration (Life Choice). He has served in an interim position as trustee on the Profmed Board in 2022/23.
Mr AHG Wright
BCom (Legal), LLB, PGDA, CA(SA)
Tony Wright was admitted as an attorney and notary in 1988 and qualified as a chartered accountant (SA) in 1995. He brought his legal and accounting experience together as a commercial forensic practitioner for twenty years with KPMG, where he was a partner until 2018. He has expertise in complex commercial forensic investigations; fraud risk management; forensic technology; dispute advisory; third-party contract compliance; corporate governance, enterprise risk management and internal audit; and sustainability. He was part of the global leadership team that developed programmes for companies to protect their intellectual property and enhance revenue from it. He has led numerous contract compliance reviews for global technology vendors of their major customers in every sector of business across Africa.
Tony has relevant experience in the medical aid industry. He was seconded to a national medical aid administrator to lead its forensic function, including the restructuring of its existing operating model to enable the prevention, detection and investigation of fraud, waste and abuse across the claims universe. He has also led various forensic assignments in the medical aid industry. Currently, Tony is practising as Wright Advisory in commercial dispute investigation and resolution,
and as an independent trustee.


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.

