Elsabė Klinck is the Managing Director of Klinck & Samuels, an entity that specialises in health law, health policy and ethics. She has worked in the health sector for 24 years, as legal advisor, director, projects manager and consultant. K&S provides consulting services to healthcare professionals, professional societies, health products suppliers and health facilities.  

Prior to her health sector involvement, she was a senior lecturer in constitutional law. During that time, she also worked at the Free State Centre for Human Rights Studies. There she worked on projects relating to paralegals, land reform and social security (which includes social insurance mechanisms, such as the current proposed NHI). 

She has published and spoken widely on topics relating to constitutional law, human rights, health law, ethics and social security. She is co-author of, among others, the books, Employment Equity Law and International Human Rights Standards, and has published chapters in Social Security Law and Occupational Health Nursing. She has undertaken research for, among others, the Taylor Committee of Inquiry into Social Security and the SA Business Coalition on HIV & AIDS. She holds degrees in law, German and applied psychology.