Scientific & Healthcare Leadership

Grounded in senior clinical excellence, economic analysis, and strategic health leadership.

Overview

Enabled Care is guided by executive leadership bridging the gap between rigorous scientific research, health economics, emerging technology, and strategic implementation. Our founders bring high-level experience in managing complex health enterprises, advising governments, leading clinical trials, and driving epidemiological innovation.

Executive Leadership

Dr Julian Naidoo

Co-Founder & Executive Director

PhD (Economics), Masters (Economic Policy Analysis), PGD (Health Management & Economics)

Dr Julian Naidoo brings health economics, strategic technical leadership, and financial management experience to Enabled Care. With a career spanning global development institutions, top-tier advisory firms, public finance, and major health entities, Dr Naidoo focuses on translating scientific innovation and healthcare analytics into implementable, sustainable solutions.

Key Professional Roles

  • Head of Wits Development Enterprise (Wits Health Consortium): Leads business development and serves as a strategic technical resource for large-scale healthcare initiatives within a wholly owned entity of the University of the Witwatersrand—managing portfolios across approximately 300 major health projects ranging from $5m to $120m per annum.

  • Director & Head of Economics / Health Lead Partner (KPMG): Led the Quantitative & Economic Analysis division and served as the health sector lead partner, coordinating healthcare, economic policy, and financial analysis across the firm.

  • Deputy Director General (Gauteng Treasury): Headed the Sustainable Resource Management team, managing public finance, fiscal policy, public-private partnerships (PPPs), and economic analysis across a R60bn annual budget.

  • International Advisory & Governance Roles: Served as a Financial & Economic Specialist for the World Bank (focusing on HIV/AIDS financial and economic modelling) and as Chairperson of the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Advisory Board to the Minister of Trade and Industry (2015–2020).

Academic Qualifications & Honours

  • PhD in Economics (Concentrations in Econometrics & Health Economics) — University of Maryland (2005)

  • Masters in Economic Policy Analysis — University of Maryland (2002, Mandela Economics Scholar)

  • PGD in Health Management & Economics — University of Cape Town (1999, Oliver Tambo Fellow)

Professor Umesh Lalloo

Co-Founder & Executive Director

Senior Clinical Specialist, Epidemiologist & Academic Leader

Professor Umesh Lalloo provides senior clinical, scientific, and academic leadership to Enabled Care. A distinguished authority in medical research, epidemiology, and clinical trial design, Prof Lalloo guides EC's scientific methodologies, clinical research protocols, ethical governance, and health outcomes evaluations.

Strategic Focus

  • Clinical Research Leadership: Overseeing the design, execution, and interpretation of clinical trials, observational studies, and real-world evidence research.

  • Academic & Methodological Governance: Ensuring EC’s clinical research protocols align with international Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and ethical standards.

  • Translational Science: Mentoring multidisciplinary teams in converting complex epidemiological and clinical data into published, high-impact healthcare intelligence.

Corporate Structure & Governance

Enabled Care operates under strict principles of scientific integrity, clinical governance, and health data privacy standards.

  • Registered Entity: Enabled Care (Pty) Ltd

  • Company Registration: 2017/324865/07

  • Executive Board: Dr Julian Naidoo, Prof Umesh Lalloo

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Johannesburg, South Africa

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