AFSA Board 2024 to 2027

I hold the portfolios of Treasurer and Compliance on the AFSA Board, and as Treasurer, I assist in all matters relating to the financial control of the Academy, as well as the finances for compliance. This includes oversight of all income and expenditure and maintenance of the Academy’s bank accounts. For Compliance, I am responsible for all regulatory requirements of our registration in the country of domicile, including tax, laws and reporting. I completed a MBA at University of Stellenbosch Business School, graduating cum laude as the top student, which is invaluable in this portfolio. I joined Ulster University Medical School in 2021 as Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, a discipline in which I have more than 25 years of experience in teaching and research. As an academic, I have experience of teaching several Forensic Science disciplines, to develop and supervise research projects, and to develop associated curricula. I have trained and taught Forensic Science for all levels of practitioners, and I have particular experience of standards for international accreditation. I am also a Forensic Practitioner, with experience in Crime Scenes and Forensic Entomology and Taphonomy. I was the driving force behind the highly successful Biomedical Forensic Science programmes at University of Cape Town, and worked closely with the Forensic Pathologists in one of the busiest mortuaries in South Africa. I also established CapeFORTE within the Forensic Entomology Unit at UCT, a laboratory that offers specialised forensic entomological and taphonomic analysis services to the Western Cape Forensic Pathology Services, providing valuable information on Post Mortem Interval and the circumstances surrounding death in cases where individuals are in a state of decomposition or the remains skeletonised. I am also a Founding Director of SAAFS, the South African Academy of Forensic Sciences, which is the only learned society that represents forensic science practitioners in South Africa.