Prof. JH (Hannelie) Nel is an emeritus professor in the Department of Logistics at Stellenbosch University, with a DSc in Statistics and Operations Research. Her academic career started as a junior lecturer and a lecturer at the Vaal Triangle Campus of the PU for CHE (1979–1984) in Operations Research, and lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of the North (now Limpopo) (1984–1995). She also obtained an MBA (cum laude) at Stellenbosch University in 2002. She has lectured Operations Research, Quantitative Management, and Forecasting for undergraduate and postgraduate students since 2004, and supervised several postgraduate students. She is author and co-author of more than 60 accredited publications. She is an expert in the analysis of anthropometric and nutrition data, questionnaire design and analysis, as well as the analysis of census data, with specific reference to socioeconomic and sociodemographic analysis. Apart from the academic publications, the following are some of the projects she was involved with: The National food Consumption surveys, 1999 and 2005; Report on South African Food Intake Studies in 2002; the Provincial Dietary Intake Study (2018); the Household Travel Survey 2012 for the City of Cape Town; and socioeconomic and demographic analyses for several municipalities.