Desmond Smith

Biography

Mr. Desmond Smith serves as Senior Non-Executive Independent Director of Mediclinic International Plc since February 21, 2017. Non-executive Director of the Company on 15 February 2016 upon the successful combination of the businesses of the Company (then Al Noor Hospitals Group plc) and Mediclinic International Limited. Prior to the combination, he served as an independent non-executive director of Mediclinic International Limited since 2008 and as the Lead Independent Director since 2010. He was the Chief Executive Offi cer of the Sanlam Group from April 1993 to December 1997 and of the Reinsurance Group of America (South Africa) from March 1999 to March 2005. He is the present Chairman of both companies. During his career, he has served on various boards and is also a past-president of both the Actuarial Society of South Africa (1996) and the International Actuarial Association (2012). He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.SC.) degree; a fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa; a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (London); and completed an International Senior Managers Program at Harvard Business School.

Research Interest

Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics Drug Targeting & Drug Development Pharmaceutical Research Pharmaceutical Materials Pharmaceutical Formulations Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology