Mr. Shitindi served as the Director of Management Services at President’s Office, Public Service Management (PO-PSM) between 2007 and 2011. In February 2011 he was appointed as the Permanent Secretary - Ministry of Labour and Employment where he served up to December, 2015. Between January 2016 and December 2018 he was shifted to the Prime Minister’s Office as the Permanent Secretary – Labour, Youth, Employment and People with Disability. Before his appointment as the Board Chair, he was the Regional Administrative Secretary (RAS) of Njombe Region, the position he served between July 2018 and May 2019.

In his tenure as public servant, Mr. Shitindi chaired the Government Steering Committee for merging of Social Security Funds from five to two Social Security Funds one for for Public Sector employees and another for private sector employees (2016 - 2018). He was conversely the Chair of Tripartite Steering Committee involving Government, Private Sector and Trade Unions to review labour laws & skills for the purpose of reforming them. The review led to agreement of formula for Skills Development Levy and development of Guidelines for Skills Development and Internship Programme in the country.

Mr. Shitindi had also been a Member of Labour, Economic and Social Council (LESCO) - a tripatite council responsible for advising the Minister for Labour on labour, economic and social matters between 2011 – 2018.

He had also been the Board member of various institutions to embrace the Vocational Educational and Training Authority (VETA), the National Examination Council of Tanzania (NECTA) and the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI). Mr. Shitindi was also a member of the Inter-Agency Task Team (ITT) of Legal Sector Reform Programme and the inter-ministerial Education Sector Management Group (ESMG) responsible for overseeing education sector reforms.

During her tenure of office with the Ministry, she spearheaded a number of policy and legal reforms related to health and social welfare. A number of health legislation related to public health including HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, health care financing, professional legislation and health regulatory legislation were developed. Also, Social Welfare Legislation was developed in relation to the rights of the child and persons with disabilities. Furthermore, draft legislation on the Elder Persons and Social Welfare Professional Council, were developed.

Adv. Patricia Maganga is a holder of Bachelor Degree in Law LL.B (hons.), University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Master’s degree of Arts Public Policy and Administration (MA-PPA), Institute of Social Studies, The Hague the Netherlands and a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Care Law, from the University of Wales, Swansea Wales in the United Kingdom. The areas of expertise of Adv. Maganga include but not limited to, legal aspects of health care services, public service laws, environmental laws, nuclear and atomic energy laws, local government and education laws respectively, advocacy, policy formulation, legislative drafting, litigation just to mention but a few.

Owing to her personal qualities, academic qualifications, experience and nature of the organizations she worked for, Adv. Maganga exemplifies professionalism in her field of work and is a person of integrity, committed to a cause, ethical values and standards required of a lawyer, counsel and counselor.

For her 25 years of work experience as a public sector servant, she has acquired various skills, knowledge, and experiences, including; leadership, social, communication and other skills, and also gained competence in areas of strategic management, operations management, financial accounting and reporting, internal audit, risk management and governance. Chiku has assumed different positions both at management and technical levels. Currently, she is Head of Accounts at one of the National Social Security Fund's - NSSF offices. Prior to that, she served the position of Director of Finance at the Tanzania Social Action Fund -TASAF from November 2017 to March 2020; and also served different positions at NSSF, including; Manager for the Government Departments and Embassies Office (December 2016 to October 2017), Manager for the Contributions’ Accounts Department (January 2015 to November 2016), Principal Internal Auditor (December 2002 to December 2014), Senior Internal Auditor (May 2002 to November 2002), and Internal Auditor (August 1998 to April 2002).

Chiku was among the Members of the Committee for the National Government Project Preparation Team for TASAF III - the Productive Social Safety Net (PSSN III) 2019 – 2020, and successfully led the first Tanzanian finance team that prepared the PSSN III programme's costing - the costing for the previous programmes since 2000 were done by consultants from the World Bank in Washington. She managed the establishment of the Contributions’ Accounts Department under the Directorate of Finance at the NSSF. She is also among the founder members of the Tanzania Association of Certified Women Accountants (TAWCA), and she served on the first Board of the Association. She also served the position of Vice Chair Person for the Daarul Arkam Schools Board from 2019 to 2022.

As a Professor in Pharmacology, I have carried out a number of researches including communicable and non-communicable diseases. I have conducted a number of researches in Bladder Cancer, HIV, malaria during pregnancy, hypertension and rheumatic heart disease. I have over twenty-years’ research experience in Cancer, HIV, Malaria, and cardiovascular diseases. Recently, I have been involved in research and advocacy for Sickle Cell Disease in Tanzania. As an advisor for Sickle Cell Program at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, since 2019, I have participated in high level side meetings during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, US.

I have published over 110 papers in peer reviewed research articles. I have supervised 16 Masters and 6 PhD students. I have received grants and collaborated with a number of organizations and research institutions including Management Science for Health, USAID, Sida-Sweden, and The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCPT). Locally I have worked with the Ministry of Health in Tanzania for training and capacity building of human resource for health; Neglected Tropical Disease Control Program, National AIDS Control Program, Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority, National Clinical Trial Committee, and National Council for Technical Education.

I have served as the Director of Planning and Development at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences from 2007 up to 2015. I also served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Planning, Finance and Administration at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences from 2015 up to 2017. I served as Acting Vice Chancellor for Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences from September 2017 up to June 2018. I also served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor responsible for Academic, Research and Consultancy (DVC-ARC) at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences from July 2018 to June 2023. Since June 2023, I served as the Acting Vice Chancellor of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. From 2nd January 2024, I am serving as the Vice Chancellor of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences.

I am also serving as a Board Member of the Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority, Muhimbili National Hospital, Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute and Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania.

She had attended several courses in leaderships, Labour laws and Industrial relations, Management by objectives, computer applications, integrations of Human Resources and Payroll Systems, Diploma in Human Resources Management course, balanced Score Card, performance management system, Performance Based Pay system, Quality management system, Human Resources information System, directorship training course and Good Governance

Mrs Mwanilwa is currently working at the President’s Office, Public Service Management and Good Governance as Director for Salaries, Incentives and Benefits (DSIB) –Government City, Mtumba Dodoma from December, 2020.

She also worked at President’s Office, Public Service Remuneration Board (PSRB) as Acting Executive Secretary from September 2017 to November 2020. Also, from June 2015 to August 2017, she worked as Assistant Secretary - Productivity & Research Section at the President’s Office, Public Service Remuneration Board (PSRB).

She also worked as a Senior Supply Chain Advisor under Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) and Global Health Supply Chain (GHSC-TA) Projects of John Snow Inc-USAID funded projects, where she was responsible for providing leadership to develop and implement GOT strategic plans aimed at improving ART and PMTCT commodity availability in the health facilities that were providing Antiretroviral treatment in the country.

From June 2000 to May 2015, she worked with TRA from the titles of Senior Human Resources Officer to Principal Human Resources Officer at Kinondoni Tax Region, Domestic Revenue Department and TRA Headquarters dealt with Disciplinary matters, staff matters, Recruitment, Salaries, Benefits & Incentives, and integrated System of Human Resources Information & Payroll-system.

Mrs Mwanilwa, also had worked as Senior Human Resources and Administrative officer at Sokoine University of Agriculture – Morogoro from November 1995 to May 2000 and as Manpower Management officer-Mzinga Corporation Morogoro from November 1992 to October 1995.