Prof Petro Terblanche has a successful track record in managing technology intensive organizations in the Public and Private Sector. She has a strong association with Academic Institutions in SA and abroad. Petro holds the position as the Managing Director of Afrigen Biologics a biotechnology company based in Cape Town. Afrigen hosts the WHO mRNA vaccine technology development and transfer Hub. The mRNA Hub is a strategic iniative to create a network of mRNA vaccine capacity and capabilities in 15 to 20 LMICs. She holds a part time professor position in the Faculty of Health Sciences North West University. Prof Terblanche is the author of more than 200 publications, conference papers and peer reviewed reports. Her Masters and Doctorate degrees are in the field of medical oncology. She has also completed several management and leadership courses at Harvard University and  MIT. Prof Terblanche is a Director in several for-profit and non-profit companies as well as strategic advisory boards in the field of chemical engineering and biotechnology. She was recently acknowledged by the Acadamy of Sciences SA as one of legends of science.