Johannesburg - Medi-Clinic announced on Tuesday that Danie Meintjes will succeed Louis Alberts as CEO of the hospital group during the first quarter of 2010, when Alberts will reach the group's compulsory retirement age.
Meintjes joined Medi-Clinic from the Human Resources Department of the then Rembrandt Group (now Remgro) in 1985. He was the manager of Sandton Medi-Clinic for some years, before he was appointed as the head of the Medi- Clinic human resources department, and has been a member of the Medi- Clinic's executive committee since 1996.
In January 2006 he moved to Dubai where he is currently the CEO of Emirates Healthcare, the company housing Medi-Clinic's activities in the Middle East.
Meintjes is 53 years old. He is married to Petro and they have two daughters.
Medi-Clinic owns and operates private hospitals in South Africa, Namibia, Switzerland and Dubai with a total bed capacity of approximately 8 000 beds.
- I-Net Bridge