Heinrich Nashenda is currently a trustee of Gemhealth Medical Aid Scheme. Gemhealth is a closed fund serving the employees of the Namdeb Holdings Group (Namdeb Holdings) and Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC). Namdeb Holdings and NDTC are joint venture partnerships between De Beers and the government of Namibia. He has been a trustee of Gemhealth since April 2016 and served as Chairperson from April 2017 until March 2024. He is a trained risk management professional having worked for PwC as a governance risk and compliance specialist for seven years before joining Debmarine Namibia as a management accountant, later transitioning to the position of Business Planning Manager. He holds a B Comm (Honours) degree in management accounting from the University of Stellenbosch and qualified as a certified internal auditor in 2002.  

He currently serves as country representative to the BHF. He served as a director on the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority from January 2010 until October 2013. He currently serves as a committee member of the Namibian Association of Medical Aid Funds’ Affordability Committee (AffCom), which is mandated to consider all matters relating to affordability and accessibility. The AffCom is comprised of experts in the private healthcare funding industry and corporate risk management. He has a special interest in universal healthcare and recently completed a Certificate in Health Economics and Policy with the London School of Economics and Political Science. He intends to make meaningful contributions towards the effective introduction of universal health coverage in Namibia.