Adv Tshepo Boikanyo

Adv. Tshepo Boikanyo holds a B Juris and an LLB from the University of the Northwest and a Masters’s Degree in Business Leadership (MBL) from Unisa.

Prior to joining the Information Regulator Adv Boikanyo served as a Senior Prosecutor (Johannesburg), Senior State Advocate (Witwatersrand local Division), Senior Manager: Legal Services, General Manager, Legal Services (Health Professions Council of SA), Chief Operations Officer (Health Professions Council of SA), as well as a Director and CEO at the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation, also known as the Hawks Ombud.

Adv. Boikanyo is an admitted Advocate of the High Court of SA, having been admitted in what was previously known as the Witwatersrand Local Division (now Gauteng South) in 2000.

He has also chaired the respective Professional Conduct Committees of the boards of the Health Professional Council of South Africa which adjudicates cases where health practitioners are charged for transgressions relating to the legislative framework that govern them and a contravention of the rules that govern their profession.

Adv. Boikanyo has vast experience in the regulatory environment having spent 18 years in various capacities. He is also passionate about the rights of the marginalised and downtrodden.

Mr Nemasisi served in senior management positions, in both the private and public sectors for more than thirteen (13) years and worked as a Family Advocate at the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD; as a Legal Advisor at the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC); and as a Senior Manager for Legal Services at the Independent Development Trust (IDT) and Public Protector South Africa (PPSA) respectively.

Prior to joining the Information Regulator Mr Nemasisi was the Senior Manager for Legal and Compliance at the Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) SOC Limited.