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● Omnia Holdings has appointed Tina Eboka as chairdesignate. She will succeed Ralph Havenstein, who is retiring, in September.

Eboka has served as an independent non-executive director of the Omnia Board for more than six years. She has experience in both the private and public sectors in various executive and non-executive roles across a number of industries.

She has an MBA and a BSc in industrial and textile engineering as well as executive certificates from Harvard Business School and Georgetown University.

Havenstein said: “I wish Tina every success in her new role. Her wealth of leadership experience will serve her well.”

Virgin Active SA has appointed Jessica Spira as MD from October 1. Spira, a chartered accountant, is a senior investment banking executive with more than 22 years of experience in strategic business development, relationship management and deal origination in both debt and equity markets. She joined Rand Merchant Bank in 2001 and now heads the bank’s health-care and hospitality sector.

Virgin Active group CEO Dean Kowarski said: “With Jessica as MD and a strong team, Virgin Active SA will be able to capitalise on the fast-growing health, wellness and fitness market, and will enable Virgin Active to deliver new and innovative experiences to the South African consumer.”

MediKredit Integrated Healthcare Solutions has appointed Krish Pather as MD. He takes over from Dr Hein Botha, who is retiring.

Pather joined MediKredit as manager of the national pharmaceutical product interface division before taking on the role of executive at Performance Health, the managed care organisation of MediKredit, in 2010, and thereafter as director of Performance Health and chair of the Nappi advisory board, where he continues to serve.

Dr Johan Pretorius, group CEO at Universal Healthcare, the parent company of MediKredit, said: “Krish has a proud track record with MediKredit that commenced in 2005.”

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