Tahir Pillay  is full Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Pathology and overall Pathology Head, University of Pretoria & National Health Laboratory Service(NHLS),  Honorary Professor of University of Cape Town (UCT) , Senior Fellow of the African Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AfriDSAI), University of Pretoria; Clinical Director for International Activities, Royal College of Pathologists, London. He is past President of the South African Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory  Medicine (SAACB). He is past Chair of the Communications and Publication Division(CPD) of the International Federation of  Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine (IFCC), the first person from Africa to lead a division of the IFCC  in its 75 year history. He was previously head of Chemical Pathology at UCT and Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal; Deputy Director, Institute of Cell Signalling, University of Nottingham, UK.  He is also currently the highest  research rated chemical pathologist  in South Africa by the National Research Foundation, South Africa and an elected member of the Academy of Science, South Africa. He is a board member of the World Association of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (WASPALM) and the Medical Research Council(MRC), South Africa.