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THE COHSASA BOARD
The Board of Directors is collectively accountable to the community, funders and other stakeholders for COHSASA’s performance in relation to its mission and strategic objectives and for the effective stewardship of its operations, including financial and human resources.
The Board meets four times a year and one of its main tasks is to ratify decisions taken by the Technical Committee regarding accreditation and graded recognition awards to be given to healthcare facilities.
Since COHSASA is a section 21, not-for-profit organisation, it has no share capital and its Board members receive no remuneration. The Board consists of a minimum of six and a maximum of 16 directors with a quorum of at least 75% of Directors present or represented by proxy for valid decisions and resolutions.
Board Members are appointed for their knowledge, skills and experience in a particular field of endeavour and they include doctors, nurses, administrators and entrepreneurs drawn from both public and private sectors who are considered leaders in their field.
A Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson are elected from the ranks of the board members to conduct meetings and assume leadership in decisions of policy and finance.
In 2010, the COHSASA Board expanded to include a proportionate number of representatives from our partners in the Netherlands, the PharmAccess Foundation.
Professor Gert J van Zyl
Mr Onno Schellekens
Managing Director, Investment Fund for Health in Africa (IFHA) (The Netherlands); Chairman, Medical Credit Fund (MCF)
Professor Stuart Whittaker
Extraordinary Professor, School of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria; CEO, MD of COHSASA
Mr Albert Ramukumba
Senior Manager District Hospital Services in Limpopo Province
Dr Hélène Visser
Manager: Specialised Health, City of Cape Town
Mrs Sharon Slabbert
Executive Officer: Health Services Delivery for the Hospital Association of South Africa and Chairperson of the Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA)
Dr Rajesh Patel
Head of the Board of Healthcare Funders of Southern Africa Benefits and Risk department
Dr Shadrick Mazaza
Senior Lecturer in Health Management (Oliver Tambo Fellowship Programme) at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
Prof Erwin Schwella
Current Professor and former Director of the School of Public Leadership at the University of Stellenbosch
Professor Tobias Rinke de Wit
Director Advocacy, Technology and Research at PharmAccess Foundation, Netherlands and Chair in Affordable Diagnostics at the Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam
Mr Arie de Groot
Managing Partner in Couloir Partners Jouxtens-Mézery Switzerland
Mr Jan Willem Marees
Director Operations & Finance at PharmAccess Foundation, Netherlands.
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