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Caren Scheepers is Senior Lecturer at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr Caren Scheepers holds a PhD in Psychology and has extensive experience as an Organisational Development Consultant and an Executive Coach. She has been lecturing on the GIBS MBA Organisational Development and Transformation module for eight to nine years and conducts research on leadership and change. She publishes in books, academic journals, business press and five teaching cases studies with Ivey Publishing and two with Emerald Emerging Markets’ cases.

Leena Thomas is Head Clinical Unit: Public Health Medicine Specialist at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of District Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. Dr Leena Thomas is a Public Health Medicine specialist employed by the Gauteng Health Department, and is a joint appointment with the Schools of Public Health at both the Universities of Pretoria and Witwatersrand. She has approximately 25 years of experience in the public health sector in South Africa and has published several research papers related to her work. Her areas of interest include health systems strengthening, human resources for health, district health services and community health worker programs. In 2016, Dr Thomas and her team were recipients of the Khanyisa awards, the Gauteng Premier’s Service Excellence award for their work in a district based community health worker program.

Ellenore Meyer is Senior Medical Officer/Lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. Dr Ellenore Meyer of Family Medicine is based at Faculty Health University Pretoria, Head of Programmes, District Health.