Elize Joubert

Chief Executive Officer, CANSA

Elize Joubert is Chief Executive Officer of CANSA, in the role since September 2015.

The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) is a non-profit that provides cancer education, care, support and research funding. Joubert has been with the association since 1990 and was acting CEO from February 2014 before her permanent appointment.

In the job

  1. CANSA opened a new care home in Pietermaritzburg for out-of-town cancer patients after the closure of its Richards Bay home. Source

Career before

  1. 1991Provincial Head, Free State and Northern Cape, CANSA
  2. 2008-2015Chief Operations Officer and Executive Director, CANSA
  3. 2014-2015Acting CEO, CANSA

Education

Social work degree (cum laude) and a management diploma from the University of the Free State Business School

Sources

  1. cansa.org.za
  2. cansa.org.za
  3. cansa.org.za
  4. bizcommunity.com

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