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Governance

Corporate Governance

The South African National Blood Service is a non-profit organisation, which serves the public through services procured from the public. SANBS must therefore operate within a sound corporate governance framework in order to give all its stakeholders the assurance that the organisation is operated, managed and governed in a manner which is appropriate to a non-profit organisation.

The corporate governance landscape in South Africa has changed significantly during the past decade, as a result of corporate governance scandals in both the public and private domain. The result of these governance catastrophes was the publication of the Third King Report on Corporate Governance (King 3), in addition to the promulgation of the Companies Act of 2008.

When the 2001 King Report was issued, the SANBS Board recognised that various changes were required to the SANBS governance structure in order to comply with the report. These changes were implemented as appropriate. With the implementation of the King 3 Report and 2008 Companies Act, the SANBS Board must realise that corporate governance is a continuously evolving process. Therefore, the Board must be prepared to reassess its corporate governance framework on a regular basis, in order to take cognisance of changes to SANBS’ internal and external environment, as this will be the only way of ensuring that SANBS remains sustainable into the future.

SANBS has now embarked upon a process to ensure that it complies with:

  • The requirements of the Companies Act 2008
  • The requirements of the King 3 report
  • All relevant legislation, and
  • Appropriate codes of good practice

The Board recognises that any processes implemented must be flexible to ensure that SANBS is able to respond swiftly and appropriately to the challenges of the health services sector.

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SANBS Team

Ms. Ansie Ramalho

Chairman of the Board

Ms. Ansie Ramalho

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Ms. Ansie Ramalho

Ms. Ansie Ramalho

Chairman of the Board

Ms Ramalho is a lawyer by training and believes that corporate governance can and should be harnessed for the benefit of the economy, society and the natural environment. She obtained her B.Juris from UNISA in 1988 and her B.Legum in 1991. She has also specialised in Insolvency Law and was the appointed King IV Project Lead with responsibility for the successful finalisation of the King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa, 2016. She serves on a number of SANBS Sub-committees including the audit committee, Governance Social and Ethics Committee and is also a member of the HR & Remuneration Committee. Furthermore she chairs the SANBS Risk sub-committee.

Mr. Ravi Reddy

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Ravi Reddy

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Mr. Ravi Reddy

Mr. Ravi Reddy

Chief Executive Officer

Ravi Reddy has worked for the Blood Transfusion Services in South Africa for 36 years and was COO for 15 years prior to his current position.  He is has served as President of the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) from 2016 to 2018, serving on the Executive Committee of ISBT. Ravi has also served on the Board of the African Society for Blood Transfusion for 8 years and is currently a member of the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardisation.

He is author/co-author of approximately 40 scientific publications in international journals and has presented numerous posters and papers at International and National Congresses.  He has also provided technical assistance and support related to blood safety to a number of African countries.

Mr. Shauket Fakie

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Shauket Fakie

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Mr. Shauket Fakie

Mr. Shauket Fakie

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Fakie is a passionate advocate for blood transfusion and is a independent non- executive director on the SANBS Board of directors. He also serves a director on a number of other NPO’s and Companies.  He is Chartered Accountant (CASA) and has a B. Compt. honors from the University of South Africa (UNISA), which he obtained in 1984.  He serves as the Chairperson for the Governance Social and Ethics Committee and is also a member of the Audit Committee as well as the HR and Remuneration Committee.

Ms Phindile Mthethwa

Non-Executive Donor Director

Ms Phindile Mthethwa

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Ms Phindile Mthethwa

Ms Phindile Mthethwa

Non-Executive Donor Director

Phindile Mthethwa joins the South African National Blood Services (SANBS) as a member of their Board. She has been a member of various boards in South Africa with her most recent role being that of the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO)from 2009-2013. Prior to this, Phindile held a seat on the Nedbank Medical Aid Board of Trustees, as well as, on the Township Aids Project (TAP). She has a wide range of expertise and has held various roles at companies such as Standard Bank and Nedbank. In her current role as Enterprise Development Executive Manager in the Equity Equivalence Investment Program at IBM South Africa she is responsible for the management of the development of aspiring entrepreneurs, start-ups and the deep skills program.

Ms Faith Burn

Non-Executive Donor Director

Ms Faith Burn

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Ms Faith Burn

Ms Faith Burn

Non-Executive Donor Director

Faith Burn has twenty six years experience in various industries and knowledge areas. She has held various leadership positions over the past 18 years, ranging across a number of disciplines. Her current role is that of Group Chief Information Officer at Tsebo Solutions Group.  She is experienced in operating and engaging on Board and Executive Committee level. She was a board member at the Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa between April 2015 to April 2017 and has served as an Audit Committee Member at the CCMA between May 2015 – March 2018. Both these were Independent Non-Executive Director positions. She is also Co-Founder and Director of a Non-Profit organization  called Kingdom Consultant Center that seeks to improve education in impoverished communities.

Mr.Gary Leong

Non-Executive Donor Director

Mr.Gary Leong

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Mr.Gary Leong

Mr.Gary Leong

Non-Executive Donor Director

Strategy

  • Develop and maintain the internal audit strategy to ensure it is aligned to the business strategy in order to directly add value to the business while providing the requisite assurance

Planning, budgeting and resourcing to execute the strategy

  • Oversee the preparation of the long-term and annual internal risk-based audit and IT audit plan by obtaining input from all stakeholders to identify the appropriate coverage of the entire audit universe over a 3-5 year period based on the current resources;
  • Ensure governance and strategic related reviews are included such as overall compliance with King IV, enterprise-wide risk management, compliance, IT governance, ethics, etc.
  • Review the annual audit plan for alignment to the strategic risks of the organisation to ensure assurance provided is relevant, submit proposed changes to the audit committee;

Internal auditing

  • Manage the timely execution and completion of internal audits to meet the annual plan in line with the IIA and Implats standards;
  • Oversee the outsourced IT auditors to ensure they perform IT audit in accordance with the approved IT audit plan and that the quality of the audit reports meet with Implats standards
  • Audits and consulting work provided on many areas within the organisation which include King IV application, Ethics, Risk Management, IT governance, Information Security, Internal Financial Controls, SHE (Safety, Health and Environmental).
  • Provide an opinion on the internal controls reviewed that contributes to the written assessment on internal controls and risk management required in terms of King IV.

Quality assurance

  • Chairman of the quality assurance team overseeing all aspects of quality within Implats Group Internal Audit
  • Oversee the Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme to ensure conformance with the IIA Standards, compliance with internal reporting standards and internal policies and procedures

Combined assurance

  • Established the combined assurance function at Implats
  • Maintain the combined assurance model and prepare reports for the audit committee
  • Obtain inputs from the other lines of defence
  • Continuously seek opportunities to enhance the combined assurance model

Fellow of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and

Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)

Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA)

DR. M Vaithilingum

Independent Non-Executive Director

DR. M Vaithilingum

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DR. M Vaithilingum

DR. M Vaithilingum

Independent Non-Executive Director

Dr M Vaithilingum is a Paediatric Haematologist in Private Practice at Parklands Hospital, Durban(2002 – to date), involved currently in the clinical management of both Haematological and non Haematological malignancies, benign Haematology as well as general Paediatrics.  She was a senior consultant with the Department of Paediatrics, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, KwaZulu Natal from 1996 -2002, involved with clinical, academic(both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching) and research activities.  She has been involved integrally in the field of clinical haematology for the past twenty-two years. She has presented at both local and international meetings and has co-authored papers published in international peer-reviewed journals.

Although in Private practice, Dr. Vaithilingum is still involved in clinical trials and involved in national executive roles, which span the Private – Public sector divide, as Chair of the South African Children’s Cancer Study Group(2013 –  to August 2017), as well as a current director on the boards of the  South African Bone Marrow Registry and the South African Oncology Consortium and the  National Paediatric Management Group. She is also integrally involved with many NGO’s in a supportive capacity, (CANSA; REACH FOR A DREAM and CHOC).