BOBS APPOINTS A MANAGING DIRECTOR

                                              

Dr Elsie Meintjies,Managing Director of the Botswana Bureau of Standards.

Dr Elsie Meintjies has been appointed as the Managing Director of the Botswana Bureau of Standards with effect from January 1, 2007.

Dr Meintjies, a South African citizen, brings to BOBS a wealth of experience gained from a varied and interesting career in South Africa which spans twenty-five years, and includes Directorship on a number of Boards namely: National Laboratory Accreditation Service (NLA), Board of Agrément South Africa, South African National Accreditation Service (SANAS), Global Conformity Services (Pty) Ltd and SABS Certification (Pty) Ltd.

Her experience includes strategic development & management of national, regional and international certification business, materials testing, chemical analysis and chemical research, project management, developing, implementing and auditing of accredited laboratory quality systems.

She has worked for CSIR as a Chief Research Officer, Rand Water as a Head of the Organic Chemistry Unit, Manager Chemical Sciences and Manager of Special Projects, Vereeniging Refractories as Research & Development Manager and occupied a number of senior management positions at the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS).

Dr Meintjies has published several publications in international scientific journals and presented at local and international conferences. She is a Fellow of the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) and a Member of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI) and was actively involved in these professional bodies serving terms of office after being elected as the President of the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) and President of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI). She has served as Chairperson of Southern African Association of the Certification Bodies (SAACB).

She holds a Ph.D degree in Organometallic Chemistry from the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, a Post Graduate Certificate in Management from Henley Open University and an Advanced Executive Programme, School of Business Leadership, University of South Africa.