Gerrit brings over two decades of senior leadership experience within the private healthcare sector.
This portfolio includes AHC owned and managed Acute, Mental Health and Rehabilitation facilities a Same Day Surgical Centre and the corresponding hospital Pharmacies. His career is marked by a consistent track record of strategic foresight, operational excellence and a deep commitment to improving patient outcomes across all levels of care in line with the value proposition of AHC. His leadership is defined by a hands-on yet visionary approach, aligning operational efficiency with clinical quality to drive sustainable performance.
He has been part of the AHC team since inception. His journey started in the Occupational Health environment within the Mining Sector and then moved to the Private Healthcare Sector. He has held various positions within the healthcare environment with exposure to different departments – Patient Administration, Billing Management, Case Management, Internal Control, Marketing, Finance Management and Hospital Management.
Apart from Gerrit’s operational experience he has experience in systems and process management that comprises of Pharmaceutical Retail Systems, Hospital Information System Management and Financial Accounting System Management.
His oversight is based on strategic and operational management of Acute and Sub Acute facilities including Rehabilitation and Wound Care, Mental Healthcare, Pharmaceutical services delivery, Complete Facilities Management, Emergency Services Management and ICT.
Gerrit is a Director on the Board of the National Hospital Network (NHN)
Gerrit is passionate about healthcare innovation and quality patient outcomes, he is committed to driving operational excellence across all levels of care.