Staff Writer
The Welwitschia Health Training Centre (WHTC) has announced the appointment of Professor Marius Hedimbi as the Deputy Rector of Academic and Research as well as Edward Kafita as the Chief Executive Officer of Welwitschia Integrated Services.
According to a statement issued by WHCT, the appointment will be effective from 1 June 2023.
Prof. Marius Hedimbi has over 15 years of experience in higher education. He held various academic ranks such as lecturer, senior lecturer, associate professor, and full professor.
He also served in numerous administrative capacities such as Director of the Graduate School of Business (IUM); Coordinator: The School of Postgraduate Studies (IUM); Director: Centre for Postgraduate Studies (UNAM); Vice-Chairperson: Africa Interprofessional Education Network (AfrIPEN); Vice-Chairperson: National Student Research Symposium (NSRS); Coordinator: Consortium of New Medical Schools in Southern Africa (CONSAMS). Edward Kafita has over 20 years of experience in the higher education environment at UNAM and abroad. He has extensive exposure to stakeholder relationship management at national and international levels and participated in countless internationally aligned collaborations, and commercialization programmes. He has more than ten years of experience in risk, corporate governance and compliance and served on various boards in both private and public sectors.
According to the statement, the appointment of the two executive members is crucial to the growth of the WHTC which is undergoing a transitional phase for educational service delivery improvement and business development.
“The two strategic appointments come at a time when WHTC is striving to break barriers in the higher education environment as the institution is diversifying its programmes and service offerings.” the WHTC Rector, Dr Andreas Mwoombola said. He said that with their combined experience, Prof. Hedimbi and Kafita will play a vital role in this process.
