Jaco Hoffman

Jaco Hoffman (DPhil, Oxon) is Professor of Socio-Gerontology in the Optentia Research Unit, North-West University, where he leads the Ageing and Generational Dynamics in Africa (AGenDA) programme and non-stipendiary Professorial Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing / Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, where he co-ordinates the African Research Network on Ageing (AFRAN). He is Honorary Professor in the Institute of Ageing in Africa, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town; a past president of the South African Gerontological Association (SAGA) and founding member of the South African Older Persons Forum. Jaco co-directs the International Longevity Centre (ILC) South Africa and is a director of the International Federation of Ageing (IFA) Board as well as a Trustee of HelpAge International. He is one of 14 Lancet Journal Commissioners on Long-Term Care for Older Persons.