Originally trained as a physician in South Africa, he also read for a master’s degree in Public Health (University of London) and an MBA (University of Oxford) as a Rhodes Scholar. He has worked in paediatric clinical medicine, as well as in humanitarian and development programmes. As a Global Leadership Fellow of the World Economic Forum, he worked on developing public-private partnerships and innovations for development, later heading up the Forum’s own Schwab Foundation work in social entrepreneurship in Africa and the Middle East. He co-founded the African Social Entrepreneurs Network and, with colleagues, has established an award-winning social venture that builds low-cost medical devices for low-resource settings.

Solange is an independent public policy and strategy consultant, Associate Faculty and Adviser with the Allan Gray Centre for Values-based Leadership and the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, based at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town (UCT). Her clients include international organisations, national and provincial government departments, academic institutions, non-government organisations and philanthropic foundations. She teaches on Executive Education and MBA programmes at the UCT Graduate School of Business and the UCT School of Economics. She has a Doctorate in Constitutional Law from the University of Stellenbosch and a Masters degree in Law from the University of Cape Town. She worked for the Western Cape government for 10 years as the head of the Policy and Strategy Unit in the Department of the Premier.

Katusha has served as the project manager for the Groote Schuur Hospital Innovation Hub as a part of her work with the Healthcare Innovation Initiative, was the editor of the first Innovative Finance in Africa Review, published in 2016, and facilitated and co-designed innovation workshops in partnership with IDEO.org and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design Thinking at UCT. Prior to joining the Bertha Centre, Katusha worked with Surgical Directions, a boutique peri-operative healthcare consultancy based in Chicago, IL, and with PricewaterhouseCoopers, as part of the Chicago Health Advisory practice working on multiple payer, provider, and pharma/life sciences projects across the American healthcare system. Katusha has a JD from the University of Kentucky Law School, and a Masters in Health Service Administration from Xavier University. She is Lean Six Sigma certified from Villanova University, and holds a certificate in Project Management from DePaul University.