THE OHSC BOARD

Professor Dudley has held leadership roles in health policy, planning and implementation at national and international levels over three decades. Her research has focused on health systems strengthening and quality of care, particularly in tuberculosis and HIV, health information systems, capacity development of health workers and managers in LMICs, and synthesis of research findings. This included several international collaborations funded by the EU, NIH, CDC and PEPFAR. At SU, she established new postgraduate training programmes in public health, health systems research, and healthcare leadership and management, and led the renewal of public health teaching in the undergraduate medical curriculum.

Prior to her time at SU, she was Chief Executive Officer of the Health Systems Trust (HST), a leading national health NGO in South Africa, and worked for several years as a senior health executive in local and provincial government. She has served on various national committees, including chairing a panel of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) to review the management of the South African health system, as a member of the National Lancet Commission on Quality Health Systems, as past president of the Epidemiological Society of SA (ESSA), the TB Alliance DOTS Support Association (TADSA) and as founding president of the Public Health Association of SA (PHASA). She has served on the board of the Health Information Systems Program (HISP) and was a member of the Council for Public Health Medicine of South Africa and Chairperson of the Medical Management sub-division.

Professor Dudley is a member of the TDR Scientific Working Group and the Committee on Postgraduate Training; she was a Fellow of the Takemi International Health Program, Harvard Chan School of Public Health, with which she remains associated, and has served on international committees, including the WHO committees on tuberculosis, primary health care and health systems research. Her key strengths lie in translating her strong technical skills and experience in public health into policy and practice through strategic leadership of teams and organizations at national and international levels.

dentistry at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and obtained an Mdent degree. He received an MSc from University College London, and he completed a PhD at the University of Stellenbosch.
Professor Chikte has held numerous academic and leadership positions throughout his career. He served as a principal dentist in Cape Town, South Africa, and London, United Kingdom, as well as a clinical dental officer in the Department of Health in South Africa. He was also a registrar and later a specialist in community dentistry at the University of the Witwatersrand.Professor Chikte served as the chief specialist, professor, and executive head of the Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University. In this position, he oversaw five centres/units and nine disciplines, including community health, family medicine and primary care, emergency medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, human nutrition, centre for rehabilitation studies, speech-language and hearing therapy, and nursing. He was also responsible for the budget of the Dental School and served as the Chair of the Finance and Investment Portfolio of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).

Professor Chikte has played a significant role in health policy formulation in South Africa. He assisted in drawing up the National Oral Health Policy and served as the chairperson of the National Fluoridation Committee appointed by the National Minister of Health. He has also demonstrated his negotiating and conflict resolution skills during the political transition period at national, provincial, and regional levels.
Professor Chikte has served on various councils, regulatory bodies, academic bodies, and professional bodies. He has been an executive member of the Medical and Dental Professions Board and served as the Chair of the Dental Examinations Committee, the Committee for Disciplinary Enquiries in Dentistry (Prelim Dent), the Tariff Committee, and the Standard Generating Bodies (SGB). He has also chaired both the Education and Training Committees (ETQA) and Finance Investment and Tariffs Committees.

He serves on the Senate of Stellenbosch University, Western Cape College of Nursing, and formerly on the Senate of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. He has served as a Council Member of the Western Cape College of Nursing and Hospital Facilities Board (Tygerberg Hospital). He currently serves as the chairperson of the National Fluoridation Committee and has held positions as the President of the South African Dental Association, President of the College of Dentistry, and Registrar of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. He was also the Editor of the South African Dental Journal.

She subsequently earned a Doctorate in Business Administration from the Central University of Technology in the Free State. In addition, Dr. Adv. Peenze is a certified fraud examiner, having obtained her certification from the International Association of Fraud Examiners (New York). She completed the Africa Directors Programme at the University of Stellenbosch Business School and the Ethics in the Public Service course at the National School of Government (South Africa).She was also the Ombudsman of the University of South Africa (UNISA). Her other notable positions include Chief Executive Officer of the Public Protector South Africa and Deputy Director General of the National Department of Transport. She was also head of the Legal Services at the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA).

In addition to her professional activities, Dr. Adv. Peenze is actively involved in governance, management, and community activities. She is currently a part-time member of the National Consumer Tribunal and a non-executive director of the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport, the Road Accident Fund of South Africa and the Office of Health Standards Compliance. She is also a director of Aviva Business Consulting (Pty) Ltd and a committee member of the Legal Practise Council in Gauteng. Dr. Adv. Peenze is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and a practicing attorney at the High Court of South Africa. She is also a member of the Institute of Directors of Southern Africa.
Dr. Adv. Peenze has in the past served as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Department of Defence and as a member of the Central Johannesburg TVET Council. She was also a non-executive director of So-Ja Share Block Scheme (Pty) Ltd, a member and chairperson of the Risk Committee of the Limpopo Department of Finance and a member of the Free State Society of Advocates.