PTCMA Executive Committee 2024/2025

The PTCMA is overseen by an Executive Committee consisting of individuals elected from our corporate members.

Chairperson

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Refilwe Magano

Bayer
Head of Market Access (SA); BSc; HD (Management Development); Cert (Pharmacoeconomics); HD (Project Managment)

Treasurer

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Dr Ayanda Mbuli

PHA
Chief Executive Officer; MBChB; PGDip HE UCT; MBA student

Secretary

Sandra Slabbert

Sandra Slabbert

PTCMA

Education

Dr Heather Rens

Dr Heather Rens

Discovery Health
Head of Clinical Care Integration; MBBCh; MComm (HE); MScMed (Bioethics and Health Law)
Dr Lee Moses

Dr Lee Moses

Bestmed
Medical Advisor; MBChB
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Dr Natasha Langley

Medscheme
Acting Head: AfroCentric Training Academy; B. Pharm, MSc, PhD

Marketing and Communication

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Debra Davidson

Sanofi
Market Access Pricing & Project Manager; BA Hon (Psychology); IMM Dip
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Johan du Toit

Aspen
Head of Scientific marketing; Bachelors in Business Administration & Arts
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Mpume Nhlapo

Astellas
Market Access Manager; Dip (General Nursing), Dip (Marketing Management) and MAP (Wits)
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Ruth Field

AstraZeneca
Director: Market Access and Government Affairs; BCom Economics

Board of Directors

Dr Jacqui Miot

Dr Jacqui Miot

HE2RO
Co-opted - PTCMA Director; Division Director at HE2RO; B Pharm; PhD; Vice Chair Pricing Committee
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Dr Ayanda Mbuli

PHA
Chief Executive Officer; MBChB; PGDip HE UCT; MBA student
Sandra Slabbert

Sandra Slabbert

PTCMA
Managing Director

Honorary President

Prof Marc Blockman

Prof Marc Blockman

UCT & Groote Schuur Hospital
Medical Specialist and Professor: Clinical Pharmacology @ UCT and Groote Schuur Hospital; Chair Pharmacovigilance Commitee SAHPRA

DUTIES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (as per our constitution)

There are approximately four to five ExCo meetings a year, each of a two-hour duration.

ExCo shall:

    • Manage the Association on behalf of the members
    • Promote the vision, mission, and goals of the PTCMA
    • Ensure that resolutions taken at general meetings are carried out.
    • Promote the activities of sub-groups
    • Promote the activities of regional groups
    • Examine and either authorise, amend or reject proposals made for the organisation of conferences or meetings held under the aegis of the PTCMA
    • Examine and either authorise, amend or reject constitutions of proposed PTCMA sub-groups and regional groups
    • Lay down any annual subscriptions and define the monetary value tabulated in member’s subscriptions

Officers of PTCMA in accordance with the constitution are authorised in case of urgency where there is insufficient time to constitute a full ExCo meeting and where immediate action on behalf of the PTCMA is called for, to take decisions and such actions as are deemed necessary, provided that;

    • 50% Of the ExCo officers shall constitute a quorum;
    • Decisions and any actions taken shall be reported to the full ExCo as soon as possible

The Chairperson or, in his or her absence, the vice-chairperson, or any other member of ExCo nominated by the ExCo, shall be ex-officio a member of all sub-groups and regional groups, and of the committees of such groups, and of any other committees or sub-committees that may be formed under the auspices of the PTCMA.

Scheduled Events

Please note that dates, topics and presenters are subject to change.

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