Prof von Maltitz is a an associate professor in the Department of Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He obtained his PhD in Mathematical Statistics at the UFS in 2015 and has since split his research focus to include experimentation in learning and teaching in Mathematical Statistics.

Dr Ansie Smit is a senior lecturer in the Department of at the University of Pretoria, lecturing and supervising in both the department and the Department of Statistics. She has a background in financial mathematics and mathematical statistics with research interests that include the multidisciplinary theoretical and applied fields of statistics and geosciences with direct applications in the insurance, mining, construction, and nuclear industries. These interests include the statistical modelling of various geological, meteorological, and hydrological natural disasters, by focussing on methodologies to address the effects of missing data in statistical procedures, accounting for high levels of aleatory and epistemic uncertainty in data, developing and applying numerical and computing techniques for data analysis, and other applied statistical methods necessary for hazard and risk assessment, including geo- and spatial statistics, Bayesian statistics, and extreme value theory. 

Prof Das is a full professor at the University of Pretoria (UP). She obtained her PhD in Statistics from the University of Connecticut (USA) in 2006, and holds a C-Rating (Established Researcher) in Statistics from the South African National Research Foundation (NRF). In 2019, she became an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute, and in 2020 was one of 19 Africa-wide recipients of the Mujeres por Africa Foundation award from Spain. Her current interests lie in developing models to assess risks within the adversarial risk framework, and functional data framework, with Bayesian extensions where appropriate, all with focus on applications to climate and business problems. Along with Allan Clark, she looks after the Bayes Special Interest Group​ within SASA. 

Dr Roberts is a senior lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and holds a PhD in Applied Statistics. She has vast experience in teaching and developing undergraduate and postgraduate statistics modules and has been involved in the supervision of several Statistics and Data Science Masters students. She has also been a reviewer for international ISI journals. Her research interests lie in taking a data-driven approach to solve real world problems using applied statistics and machine learning. Her focus has been on public health and societal issues in Africa, where resources are limited. 

Professor Maposa is a distinguished Professor of Statistics and Head of Department for the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Limpopo. He holds a PhD degree in Statistics with specialisation in Extreme Value Theory (EVT) from University of Limpopo, a certificate in Doctoral Supervision from Stellenbosch University, a certificate in Research Ethics and Integrity from University of Witwatersrand, and Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education and Technology (PGDHET) from Durban University of Technology. Prof Maposa is NRF C2-Rated and is the Chairperson of the Turfloop Ethics Research Committee (TREC) which is the committee responsible for human research ethics in the University. Prof Maposa is a registered Professional Natural Scientist (Pr.Sci.Nat.) in both Statistical Sciences and Mathematical Sciences, and is a member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and South African Statistical Association (SASA) where he is also the Vice-Chairperson of the SASA EVT special interest group. He has published several journal research articles in internationally accredited journals including Springer Nature, Elsevier, Copernicus Publications, among others, and two book chapters.