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.

Prof. Aboud has immense experience in clinical research and management. He has served in numerous administrative positions relating to medicines regulation and clinical research in several institutions as follows - Chairman of Special National Committee for Evaluation of Covid-19 Pandemic in Tanzania, Member of TFDA Vaccines Technical Committee (Nov 2005 - Dec 2008), Member and Chair of TFDA Human Medicines Registration Technical Committee (Dec 2008 - Nov 2011), Member of Ministerial Advisory Board (MAB) of TFDA (Jun 2016 - Jun 2019), Member of Ministry of Health and Social Welfare HIV Testing Evaluation Technical Committee, Member of Laboratory Quality Systems, Global Fund Activities Steering Committee at MUHAS from 2005 to date and Member of Kenya AIDs Vaccines Initiative (KAVI) Steering Board (Oct 2011 - Sep 2013).

Furthermore, he was the Chair of Tanzania Working Group for the Global Antibiotics Resistance Partnership (GARP), Member of Committee on Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) - Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (2013 to date), Member of National Polio Preparedness Task Force (NPPTF) and National Polio Expert Committee (NPEC) (2013 to date), Member of WHO Advisory Group of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework, Member of Board of Trustees of Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI), Member of the Private Health Laboratories Board (PHLB), Member of National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) and Health Technologies Assessment Committee of the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children.

He has more than 100 published papers as first and co- author in scientific publications. He has a vast experience in management of National and international issues in medicines and clinical research.

She also has an Advanced Diploma in Certified Accountancy (ADCA) from the Institute of Development Management - Mzumbe and a Diploma in International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) from the NBAA. She is also a Certified ISO 31000 Risk Management Professional – the expertise she acquired from the Global Institute for Risk Management Standards - G31000 as well as a Certified Internal Audit Quality Assessor of Institute of Internal Auditors holding a Certificate of Accreditation in Internal Audit Quality Assessment / Validation as established by the Institute of internal Auditors.

CPA Zaina pioneered the establishment of the Internal Audit Unit whilst working with the Workers Compensation Fund (WCF). She was also engaged in crafting the Risk-based Internal Audit Manual and participated in the development of various Enterprise Risk-based Management Systems while still working at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). CPA Zaina also served as the member of the TANROAD Management Audit Committee and ex - treasurer of the Tanzania Association of Women Certified Accountants (TAWCA).

She had also been the member of the NBAA Steering Committee for the establishment of TAWCA, NBAA, Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) - Tanzania, Certified Trainer of Institute of Internal Auditors - Tanzania and former member of Governing Council of Tanzania Women Certified Accountants.

CPA Zaina has vast experience in risk-based internal audits, corporate governance, risk management and controls including practical experience in evaluation of design and effectiveness of controls.

She offers MAB technical abilities in risk management and governance processes to include specialist advice on internal audits, procurement management, construction projects, estate management (leasing rent collection and maintenance), investment and finance operations.

He is also currently serving as the Board Member of the Council of Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (CUHAS) – the position he has been in since 2019. He has been the member of MUHAS Committee of Deans and Directors since 2007. By virtue of his position, he is also serving in the MUHAS Senate, Planning and Finance Committee. He was also the member of NACTE Health and Allied Sciences Board between 2014 and 2016.

He worked as the Director of Planning and Investment for the new MUHAS Campus Project between 2015 and 2016. Before his confirmation, he was in acting capacity as the Vice-Chancellor and Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Planning, Finance and Administration at MUHAS.

Prof. Kamuhabwa is a prominent researcher and consultant in clinical pharmacy and pharmacology with over twenty years of experience. He has over-researched many interventions related to malaria, cancer, HIV, cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases including publishing over 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He has presented his research findings at several international conferences in Africa, Europe, Canada and Japan.

Prof. Kamuhabwa has collaborated with many organizations and research institutions to include Management Sciences for Health (MSH), USAID, SIDA - Sweden and Tufts University (USA). He had also worked with the Ministry of Health - Tanzania for training and capacity building of human resources for health, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Control Programme, National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) and TMDA.

He has been involved in several national projects to embrace Pharmacovigilance of Drugs Used for Mass Drug Administration (MDA) for NTDs, Meeting the Needs for Public Health and Workforce Training for Disadvantaged Populations in Tanzania.

From July 2018-February 2021, she worked as a Project Manager for Health Links Initiatives. As a manager, she played a key role in the introduction of quality improvement initiatives in public health facilities in 14 regions through capacity building of health management teams and respective healthcare workers by working closely with the Ministry of Health (Quality assurance Department) and the National AIDS Control Program (NACP). These efforts were geared toward improving the performance of healthcare workers in reaching the target of better delivery of services to clients and improving health outcomes.

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 March 2012 to November 2013, she worked as a Program Manager for LIFE Project; which was implemented by the Tanzania Red Cross Society, a volunteer-based organization in which her role was to oversee a USAID-funded HIV and AIDS Home-Based Care Community Program in five regions of Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar

Between March 2004-February 2012; Mrs. Msuya worked at National AIDS Control Program as a Program Pharmacist and Public Health specialist where she was a key person in the introduction of the care and treatment program for people living with HIV and AIDS in health facilities of Tanzania. During this period, she participated in the development/adaptation of HIV/AIDS training materials for health care providers of Care and treatment clinics and developed systems that ensured the smooth delivery of Antiretroviral medicines in health facilities that were and are currently providing ART services.

Emma has participated in several works which were aimed at improving access to medicines and public health delivery in the country through consultancy which included the Assessment of ADDO supply chain deficiencies and recommending possible solutions for strengthening the ADDO supply chain system in Tanzania through the support of Management Sciences for Health (MSH) between March - September 2012 and Evaluation of Procurement, Storage, Distribution, Availability and utility of EmONC equipment in Tanzania through Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. (April – June 2013).