Maropeng Rapetsoa is a qualified pharmacist with vast experience in the Private health insurance sector, having worked for Medihelp Medical aid scheme for 13 years, primarily focused on maintaining the scheme’s medicine reimbursement protocols, coordinating drug reimbursement reviews and maintaining PMB Formularies. She has also worked for SAHPRA in the clinical trials unit as a medicine registration officer, coordinating the review of phase I to phase IV clinical trials and the review of protocol amendments. She holds an MSc in Clinical Epidemiology which has compounded her interests in evidence-based decision making.