Dena van den Bergh

Dena van den Bergh
Dr Dena van den Bergh has over 30 years of successful healthcare executive experience with large multinational hospital and healthcare organisations in which she has led large-scale change to improve healthcare outcomes and drive efficiencies. With a doctoral degree in Engineering from Warwick University, a master’s degree in Pharmacology and a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree, her expertise spans a unique blend of healthcare knowledge, clinical know-how and systems engineering skills. Dena is passionate about leading innovation and health systems change through technology and systems improvement co-designed with stakeholders. In 2018 she started her own healthcare strategic leadership company that is committed to co-creating positive change in health systems and growing leaders across a wide spectrum of healthcare and health technology clients.
Dena is an honorary lecturer at UCT Dept. of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV and a founding member of the SA Antibiotic Stewardship Program (SAASP). In 2015 she was awarded the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Leadership in Quality Improvement in South Africa by Discovery Health, South Africa’s largest administrator of medical schemes. Dena is also an internationally certified coach, advanced Presencing and Theory U facilitator and certified Feminine PowerTM leader. Outside of work Dena is a committed yoga and wellness practitioner and a keen lover of nature.
Speaking seminar: New Directions - Revisiting the Value Compass in Healthcare