Our Leadership Team
As a service-oriented company, the quality of our service is directly related to the employees’ competencies and commitment.
- Our culture of respect and endorsement of ordinary people, capable of doing extraordinary things, produce dedicated PPSHA employees.
- Employees are trained to become specialists on scheme rules and scheme policies. This ensures tailored and focussed service delivery to members and providers for each of our clients.
- Continuous education is necessary to develop a pipeline of future leaders and is closely aligned to PPSHA’s employment equity and succession plans.
- Our philosophy promotes a culture of ownership and accountability within each business unit.
PPSHA employs highly skilled staff due to the nature of our business. The Executive team is very stable with majority employed by PPSHA for over 10 years.
Our Executive Team

Simmi Bassudev
Chief Executive Officer

Fanus van Molendorff
Chief Financial Officer

Heleen Prinsloo
Chief Operational Officer

Theo Leonard
Chief Information Officer

Irma Joubert
Executive Training and Development

Subashnee Ramiah
Executive Human Capital

Bruce Mosiane
Executive Compliance and Audit

Zukie Lekgothoane
Executive of stakeholder relations

Varsha Vala
Executive Managed Health Care
Our Executive Team

Our Board of Directors

Dr N H P Khosa
MB ChB, MBA
Appointed Chairman 1 July 2021
Appointed Chairman 1 July 2021

Mrs S Bassudev
B Pharm
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer

Dr F Mansoor
BDS, MBA
Appointed 1 July 2021
Appointed 1 July 2021

Dr R Putter
B ChD, MSc (Dental Public Health), CFO(SA)
Appointed 1 July 2021
Appointed 1 July 2021

Mr I Kotzé
B Pharm

Mr I J Smit
B Com (Hons), FASSA

Mr S J van Molendorff
B Compt (Hons), CA(SA)
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer