Executive management
Back row from left: Jonathan Lowick, Dr Steve
Taylor, Adam Pyle, Roger Hogarth, Peter Scott,
Colin Davidson and Chris Redfern.
Front row from left: Fazila Patel, Dr Keith Shongwe,
Michael Flemming, Dr Dena van den Bergh,
Dr Nilesh Patel.
Jonathan Lowick (40)
BCom, HDip (Acc), CA(SA)
Advanced Cert in Taxation
General manager strategy and development
13 years’ service
Jonathan Lowick has been with the
Group since 1997, and has gained
wide experience through the various
positions he has held at head office and
hospital operations, including finance and
administration, as well as national credit,
patient services and funder management.
His last position before his appointment
to the executive in April 2009 was that of
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Dr Steve Taylor (53)
MD ChB, FFCM(SA), MMed
General manager coastal region
18 years’ service
Dr Steve Taylor has a wealth of healthcare
experience both in the public sector where
he worked as a public health specialist,
and in medicine administration, as a chief
medical superintendent. Since joining
the Group, he has specialised in hospital
management and administration. As
general manager: coastal region, Steve is
responsible for 26 hospitals. |
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Adam Pyle (44)
BCom, LLB
General manager marketing
7 years’ service
Adam Pyle’s responsibilities include investor
relations, health policy, funder negotiations,
marketing and product development. He
has worked in the healthcare industry for
several years and was previously marketing
director at HealthBridge. He is a director
of the Hospital Association of South Africa
(HASA). |
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Roger Hogarth (56)
BAcc (Wits), CA(SA)
Financial director
31 years’ service
Biography set out under board of directors
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Peter Scott (46)
BA
General manager human resources
8 years’ service
Peter Scott heads human resources and
employee services and is responsible for
the Life College of Learning. His experience
in human resources has spanned several
years in a corporate and consulting
environment with organisations that
included Accenture (Pty) Limited, Standard
Bank Limited and CNA Limited (CNA).
Prior to his current position he was human
resources director of CNA. He is a director
of HASA. |
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Colin Davidson (53)
General manager information management
10 years’ service
Colin Davidson spent more than 20 years
in the IT consulting industry before joining
the Group as manager of healthcare
information management. He was appointed
general manager information management
in 2002 and is responsible for information
management strategy and delivery to all
lines of business. |
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Chris Redfern (62)
General manager inland region
40 years’ service
Chris Redfern joined Afrox in 1971,
transferring to the hospital division in 1987,
and worked in hospital management before
assuming his current portfolio. He now has
responsibility for 30 inland hospitals and
sameday surgical centres. |
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Fazila Patel (42)
BA LLB, Cert Programme in Corporate
Governance
Company secretary
4 years’ service
Fazila Patel gained extensive experience as
legal adviser for the Greater Johannesburg
Metropolitan Council before joining City
Power as general manager legal services in
2001. In this position she managed the legal
department and was company secretary.
She was appointed as company secretary
at Life Healthcare in August 2006. |
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Dr Keith Shongwe (47)
BSc, MBChB, Dip Ed
General business manager health policy
1 year’s service
Dr Keith Shongwe has extensive clinical,
business as well as government experience.
Before his appointment to the Life
Healthcare executive management team
in January 2010, he held the position of
deputy director-general in the Department
of Communications. His responsibilities in
his present position include matters relating
to the healthcare regulatory environment,
health research and economics, and
government relations and strategy. |
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Michael Flemming (53)
BCom, BJur, BProc, AMP (Harvard)
Managing director
26 years’ service
Biography set out under board of directors
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Dr Dena van den Bergh (48)
BPharm, MSc (Med) EngD
General manager national healthcare
functions
27 years’ service
Dr Dena van den Bergh has a wide ranging
portfolio that encompasses the national
nursing services, pharmacy management,
pharmaceutical procurement, clinical
directorate and quality management
systems departments. She is chairperson of
the Life College of Learning and of the Life
Healthcare Foundation. She is the chair of
HASA quality sub-committee and the Best
Care ... Always industry wide collaborative
quality improvement campaign. |
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Dr Nilesh Patel (41)
MBBCh, MPhil (cum laude)
General business manager healthcare
services
11 years’ service
Dr Nilesh Patel has gained extensive clinical
and management experience in both the
public and private healthcare sectors. He
joined Life Healthcare in 1999 as national rehabilitation manager and established
the Group’s first acute rehabilitation
unit. He was managing director of Life
Esidimeni from 2007 until his appointment
to his current position in 2009. As general
business manager healthcare services
he is responsible for Life Esidimeni, Life
Occupational Health and Life Healthcare’s
rehabilitation business. Nilesh Patel served
as the founding chairperson of the Southern
African Neuro-rehabilitation Association from
2005 to 2009. |
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