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Chipiliro (Chippy) Katundu is a Digital, Product, and Marketing specialist born in Malawi, and currently Group Chief Product Officer of Letshego Holdings Limited.
Chippy has 20 years of experience in the Banking and Financial services sector working in over 13 sub-Saharan markets. Some of his key roles include being CEO for Letshego Bank Mozambique; Country Head of Retail & SME at BancABC, General Manager for Lonrho- Swissta, Marketing Director at Unilever in Mozambique and Group Chief Marketing Officer for Letshego based in South Africa.
Chippy has an MBA (University of Liverpool) and a BSoc from the University of Malawi (Chancellor College). He has completed various Executive Leadership programs from GIBS and WIT's business schools. He has also completed the Digital Financial services program at Fletcher school at Tuft University.
Chippy’s passion is to transform businesses by unlocking their digital, sales, and marketing potential. Chippy has a passion for financial inclusion on the African continent, demonstrated by his years of collaboration with the MasterCard Foundation, DFIs, and the development of high social impact products, including implementing a Programmatic Approach for MSEs.
Chippy is a positive, proactive, and energetic professional who extracts the best value from the people who work with him. Chippy is married to Yvonne and they have two children - Qualexus (Girl) and Xyrvdatua (Boy).
Mr. Ezekiel Odiogo is a global investment banker, thinker, cross-industry expert, and leader - spanning multiple sectors (Energy, Transport, Technology Media Telecoms (TMT), Financial Services, and SME Development). As Head, Private Sector Investment Operations at the Africa Investment Forum (AIF), African Development Bank, Mr. Odiogo led the AIF - the fully transactional investment platform, from concept with no historical precedent, into record breaking back to back progressive successes, translating the platform into “Africa’s premier investment marketplace”, in just 2 years, with a growing tracked portfolio of US$115+ Billion, US$78 Billion Investment interest secured, and over US$3.1 Billion worth of deals closed under a year cycle. In 2019, AIF was globally acclaimed by the G20 Eminent Persons Group (EPG).
Mr. Odiogo has held several leadership positions at the African Development Bank, managing multi-billion-dollar portfolio traversing advisory and investment operations including PPPs and Funds, across industries and infrastructure asset class. He successfully led and championed several landmark initiatives such as the multi-billion Lusophone Compact (LC) – an investment platform to accelerate infrastructure investments into Lusophone Africa Countries, as well as Boost Africa, and Rwanda Innovation Fund, to deepen the continent’s venture capital market development. He is notable for leveraging innovative finance structures and mechanisms to attract private sector investment at scale, particularly institutional investors, to deliver first of its kind signature transactions - such as US$280 Million Air Cote D’Ivoire fleet modernization project, US$1.5 Billion Kampala – Jinja Toll Expressway project, amongst many others. Before the AfDB, Mr. Odiogo held senior positions as Investment & TMT Lead at the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), where he led from scratch the establishment of the Bank’s global TMT operations, growing the portfolio to over US$1 Billion within a year, part of the team that pioneered the Structured Finance/PPP Unit, and as Business Development Manager at the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), IDB. Before his sojourn to development banking, Mr. Odiogo held key positions in various blue-chip multinationals such as Shell International, nPower Business Energy, UK, and Santander Bank, UK.
Mr. Odiogo is a Sloan Fellow and earned an MBA at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. He also has Masters degrees from the London School of Economics (LSE), UK, and Bradford University, UK, in addition to executive education at the University of Oxford, UK, Duke University, USA, Queens University, Canada, and The Wharton School, US. A UNESCO Fellow, he is a well sought speaker, advisor, and industry expert. He is also a serial entrepreneur and was Legatum and MasterCard Foundation Fellows at the MIT Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship, and at MIT Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship where he sat at the advisory board of its Global Founders’ Skills Accelerator, and mentored at the MIT COVID Challenge, advising several global ventures. Mr. Odiogo is also a Governing Board Member at the US Business in Africa Award – an initiative to ramp up US trade and investments in the continent.
Seelan Naidoo has extensive oil industry experience within Refining, Sales, Marketing and Distribution environments on the African continent. He has operated in diverse markets with varying regulatory frameworks and was appointed as Engen’s Retail General Manager in 2017, carrying the responsibility for the company’s 1000+ service stations and 650 convenience stores in South Africa. It’s against this background that Seelan was appointed as the CEO of Engen Petroleum Ltd in 2022.
Seelan started his career at the Engen Refinery in 1986, moving through various technical and management roles at the Refinery, all of which incrementally added to his knowledge of the Oil and Gas industry.
In 2007 a move to Engen’s International Business Division provided him with international exposure. Following a stint as Regional Project Manager for East Africa, he served as Managing Director of Engen Uganda and Engen Tanzania, before taking over as the Regional Business Manager responsible for Engen’s operations in East Africa. In this role Seelan assumed line responsibility for Engen’s sales and marketing businesses in seven countries, including its secondary supply infrastructure.
Seelan’s skill acquisition and hard work over a 36-year career has enabled him to transfer his knowledge and talent to various senior roles. When he does have time off, travelling, especially off the beaten track with his family, revitalises his body and mind making his time in East Africa even more memorable.
Simon is the chief executive
office of Goldman Sachs
International Bank,
Johannesburg Branch, Goldman Sachs
International Johannesburg branch manager
and head of the Johannesburg office. Simon
joined Goldman Sachs as a managing
director and head of the Investment Banking
Division in South Africa in 2021.
Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Simon
was the joint country head for South Africa
and head of investment banking for Africa at
Barclays, based in Johannesburg. Prior to
that, he spent more than 10 years at Deutsche
Bank, most recently as the head of corporate
finance in South Africa and as a member of
the South African executive committee.
Simon earned a Bachelor of Commerce,
with first class honors, from the University of
the Witwatersrand and a Bachelor of Laws
(LLB) from the University of South Africa.
He is a qualified chartered accountant.
Sophie Masipa is an entrepreneur, marketing and communications specialist and speaker.
Sophie Masipa is the Co-Founder and CEO of MwunganoESG, the first a pan-African ESG specialist consultancy that assists local and international organisations to develop a curated holistic communications approach to ESG, and to have a sustainable, more prosperous and inclusive African economy.
Sophie is Founder of Kgommuu International, an environmental infrastructure development and investment company that aims to bridge the blue economy, circular economy, technology, and inclusive industrialisation.
Sophie also is the Founder of Fikira Consulting, a pan-African consultancy specializing in strategic brand and communications, market-entry as well as philanthropy consulting.
Prior to returning to her entrepreneurial endeavors in 2018, Sophie was the Head of Communications and Media Relations at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. She has also occupied various brand and marketing positions within Brand South Africa Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive and Nedbank. She has solid experience and track record in areas of marketing, branding and communications.
Sophie is a non-Executive Director of Ocean Hub Africa. She is the Southern and East Africa Associate for the World Ocean Council. She sits on the Advisory Board of Africa Communications Week. She is a member of AfroChampions, the ULTRAMARINE Community, Women in Sustainability, the African Circular Economy Network, Africa 2.0 and the African Leadership Network.
Sophie was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People of African Descent under 40 in the Diaspora under the Governance and Politics Category. She is a Crans Montana Forum New Leader for Tomorrow
She is passionate about African development.
Kevin Latter is the Senior Country Officer for Sub-Saharan Africa and is responsible for overseeing J.P. Morgan’s activities across lines of business in the region. Kevin is also responsible for the firm’s Investment Banking business in the region, covering Sub-Saharan Africa’s most influential clients,
with the business ranked as one of the leading international investment bank in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Kevin’s banking career spans 23 years including eight years based in London. Over this period Kevin has advised on numerous high profile, transformational and typically cross-border transactions.
Kevin holds a BCom (Hons) degree from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal and qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
Simpiwe “Sim” Tshabalala is Chief Executive of the Standard Bank Group.
Sim was born in Hlabisa, in rural KwaZulu-Natal. He grew up in Soweto and was educated at Sacred Heart College in Johannesburg.
Sim attended Rhodes University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988, and a Bachelor of Laws in 1990. He served his articles at Bowman Gilfillan, and went on to do a Master of Laws at Notre Dame in the US, which he was awarded summa cum laude, in 1993.
Sim was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 1994. He joined Real Africa Durolink Investment Bank in 1994 and worked in its structured finance division until 2000. In that time he continued his studies on a part-time basis, and completed the Higher Diploma in taxation law from the University of the Witwatersrand (‘Wits’) in 1996.
Sim joined the Project Finance Division of Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank as head of structured finance in 2000, becoming a Director in 2000 and Managing Director of Stanbic Africa in 2001. In 2006 he was appointed Chief Executive of Personal and Business Banking, South Africa. In the same year, he completed Harvard University’s Advanced Management Programme.
In March 2008, Sim was appointed as Chief Executive of Standard Bank South Africa. He was appointed as one of three Deputy Chief Executives of the Standard Bank Group in April 2009. In June 2012, Sim took on the additional responsibility for Corporate and Investment Banking’s client franchise in South Africa.
In March 2013, Sim was appointed joint Chief Executive of the Standard Bank Group, extending his responsibilities to the banking businesses on the African continent outside South Africa and to the bank’s Wealth businesses. In September 2017, Sim was appointed as the sole Chief Executive of the Standard Bank Group.
Sim serves on the boards of the International Monetary Conference, and the Institute of International Finance, of which he is Vice-Chairman and Treasurer. In August 2018, Sim was made a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers of South Africa. Sim is an Honorary Professor at the University of Stellenbosch Business School for 2021 to 2023.
Chris Griffith was appointed CEO of Gold Fields on 1 April 2021. Since joining Gold Fields, he has overseen a review of Gold Fields’ strategy and in June this year announced a bid for Canada’s Yamana Gold, which, if approved by shareholders later this year, will catapult Gold Fields into the top echelon of global gold producers.
Before his move to Gold Fields, Chris was CEO of Anglo American Platinum between September 2012 and April 2020, and CEO of Kumba Iron Ore from 2008 to 2012. He was part of Anglo American’s Global Management Committee from 2009 to 2020.
Chris graduated with a PR Eng from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, in 1988.
André started his investment management career in 2002 as a dedicated short selling analyst at Ziff Brothers Investments, a multi-billion dollar hedge fund, where he employed forensic accounting analysis to identify short sale candidates in markets outside of the US. He then joined Temujin Fund Management UK, as CEO & Partner, where he was responsible for non-US Investments. André founded Steyn Capital Management in 2009, where he has been CEO and CIO since inception. André is a qualified CA(SA) and CFA, having completed his B. Accounting (Hons) degree at Stellenbosch University in 1997 and Audit Trainee articles at Andersen in 2000.
Redefine Properties Limited’s CEO, Andrew König, who is a qualified chartered accountant with 30 years of commercial and financial experience was previously Redefine’s financial director. In his capacity as CEO, Andrew has been integrally involved in shaping Redefine’s local and international asset platform into what it is today through merger, acquisition, development and disposal activities exceeding R100 billion. A seasoned real estate executive, he is responsible for the day-to-day management of Redefine and for ensuring the board’s strategy is implemented as-well-as all aspects of regulatory compliance, corporate activity and reputation management.
Mr. Duffy assumed the role of CEO in April 2019. He leads the management of the Company, implements the agreed strategy and runs the business on a day-to-day basis. He has 27 years of global mining industry experience, initially with Anglo American plc and then AngloGold Ashanti Limited, from its inception in 1998. In 2008 he was appointed Executive Vice President, Africa Region and continued in this role until January 2010 when he took charge of the Continental Africa Region, with operations in Namibia, Tanzania, Guinea, Ghana and Mali and a Joint Venture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2013 he was appointed Chief Financial Officer with direct responsibility for all financial matters including the formulation and execution of financial business strategy, debt and equity financing. In 2015 Richard became a co-founder and director of Africa Energy Management Platform, a private energy company targeting industrial and mining clients in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mr Duffy holds a B. Com degree from the University of Witwatersrand and an MBA from Henley Management College in the UK.
Mr Bailey’s portfolio includes stakeholder relations and the broader ambit of sustainability policy and oversight. He leads a strong team of specialists covering investor relations and communications, alongside the core sustainability disciplines, namely safety, health, environment, community and government relations, and security and human rights. Over 11 years with AngloGold Ashanti, based both in the US and South Africa, he has built in-depth knowledge of the Company and its stakeholders. Mr Bailey was the senior vice president of investor relations and group communications before he was appointed to his current role in 2019. In his previous role, Stewart covered debt and equity investors in the US, South Africa, the UK, Europe and Asia, was a key member of the company’s team which successfully completed debt issues of more than $3 billion between 2010 and 2019, and was a member of the team that has executed acquisitions and asset sales over that period. He also held line responsibility for AngloGold Ashanti’s corporate communications programme, which included engagement with financial news media in South Africa, US and UK. He is a former financial journalist with Bloomberg LP in New York and Johannesburg.
Richard studied at UCT where he obtained his B.Com (Honours: Fin Man), CTA and C.A. (SA). He worked for Price Waterhouse from 1985 to 1992 and this included two years in their Philadelphia, USA office.
Richard then moved to NDH Bank Limited, where he worked for two years. Richard was the founder shareholder of Circle Risk Management Limited, which was set up by the previous management of NDH Bank. Richard was responsible for commencing the structured finance and interest rate swap trading divisions of Circle from 1993 to 1995. He then joined Investec Bank Limited in 1995 where he was responsible for setting up the Financial Products team, which included the starting of a Project Finance team as well as Public Sector Finance team. Richard was appointed South African Head of Investec Corporate and Institutional Banking in 2001. Richard has been CEO of Investec Bank Limited since 2016, and was appointed MD of Investec Limited in September 2020.
Marc is responsible for GCR’s strategy and operations across Africa. He has more than twenty years of experience in the credit rating industry, all served at GCR, and spanning multiple sectors and countries across the African continent. Marc also previously held various senior analytical roles within the organisation. He has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) Degree in Business Economics from the University of the Witwatersrand. Marc is also a Board member across GCR group and subsidiary companies.
Deon joined the Discovery Group in May 2017 as Group Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Discovery Group Executive Committee. Deon also serves on the Boards of various of the Group’s subsidiaries including Discovery Life, Discovery Health and Discovery Vitality, he also serves on various Discovery Governance Committees.
Before joining Discovery, he was Group CFO (and interim CEO) of the Alexander Forbes Group. In this role, Deon served as Executive Director on the Board of Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Limited, and the listed special purpose vehicle Alexander Forbes Preference Share Investments Limited, as well as on subsidiary Boards and Committees. Deon was instrumental in the strategic repositioning during the private equity holding and the relisting in 2014. Deon was named CFO of the Year 2015 by CFO SA.
Earlier in his career, he was a partner and director in the audit practise of PricewaterhouseCoopers Johannesburg. As part of his specialisation in banking and financial services, he also advised clients and presented on topics such as financial risk management and served as Chairperson of SAICAs Fund Managers Industry Group and Collective Investment Schemes Industry Group and also served as a member of the Banking and Capital Market Industry Group.
Andrea established his own property development company in 2006 and built up a substantial portfolio of modern logistics assets for his own account over the following 8 years. This became an important component of the Equites portfolio on listing. This development expertise and his previous experience in the UK, are key success factors for Equites.
Mr Brown joined Fortress REIT Limited from Capital Property Fund Limited after its acquisition in December 2015. He entered the property industry in 2008 as a listed property analyst for Corovest after completing his articles. Following this, Mr Brown joined Standard Bank’s global markets division in the equity derivatives finance team, thereafter, joining the South African real estate division, where he focused on structured lending and equity transactions. He has been involved with several listed real estate companies since 2013, focusing on deal origination and structuring. Since 28 April 2020, Mr Brown has been a non-independent non-executive director of NEPI Rockcastle N.V.
Busisa Jiya is the CEO of the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA). A seasoned investment professional, Busisa holds a Bachelor of Business Science with majors in Economics and Actuarial Science from the University of Cape Town. He started his career as an equity analyst in 1996 and from there he progressed into senior leadership roles. He has served as MD of Absa Asset Management, MD of Thomson Reuters (Africa), and acting CEO and Principal Officer of Eskom Pension and Provident Fund.
Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa joined Naspers as South Africa
CEO, in July 2019. Before joining Naspers, she was the cofounder
of Sigma Capital, an investment holding company
formed in 2015. Prior to that, she held the position of CEO
at Shanduka Group, an investment holding company from
2004 to 2015. Prior, she was the Head of the Project Finance
South Africa business unit at the Development Bank of
Southern Africa. Early in her career, Phuthi worked in New
York at Fieldstone, an international firm specialising in the
financing of infrastructure assets. She later transferred to
the South African office, where she served as a Vice
President.
In 2020, Phuthi ranked number 42 in Fortune’s Most
Powerful Women International list. In May 2016 Phuthi
became a member of the Rutgers University Hall of
Distinguished Alumni. She has been awarded several
accolades such as CNBC Africa’s All Africa Business Leaders “Woman of the Year Award”
in 2019 and the Forbes Woman Africa “Businesswoman of the Year” Award in 2014. In
2013, she was awarded a “Distinguished Achievement” Award by The Douglass Society,
and the Africa Investors recognised her as a “Leading Africa Woman in Business of the
Year” in 2012. In 2011, Rutgers University conferred on her the “Rutgers Vision of
Excellence Award”. In 2009, she was awarded the “Most Influential Woman in Government
and Business” by Financial Services. The Wall Street Journal counted her among the “Top
50 women in the world to watch”. Phuthi was also selected as a Global Young Leader in
2007 by the World Economic Forum. She was awarded “Top in Project Finance, 2003” by
the Association of Black Securities & Investment Professionals.
Phuthi completed a BA Economics from Rutgers University, USA in 1993, and an MBA from
De Montfort University in the UK in 1996. She also completed the Kennedy School of
Government Executive Education programme “Global Leadership and Public Policy for the
21st Century” at Harvard University in 2008.
She is the Vice Chairperson of the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation and is an independent
director of Vodacom Group. She serves on the advisory board of Stellenbosch University’s
business school. Phuthi also serves on the board of the United Nation’s Global Compact
Network SA. She is also a council member of the BRICS Business Council in South Africa.
Erol joined Sasfin Wealth in 2017 as Chief Executive Officer following Sasfin’s purchase of SIPP Investments. He was a founding shareholder and the CEO of SIPP. Prior to establishing SIPP, he was the CEO at FNB Securities (formerly BJM Private Client Services). Erol is a CFA Charter Holder, BCom Hons (University of Pretoria), BCom (University of Pretoria) and a Registered Member of the South African Institute of Stockbrokers (SAIS).
Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, Regional Senior Commercial Officer for Sub-Saharan Africa
Ms. Griffin assumed her duties as Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the U.S. Consulate in Johannesburg in September 2021 where she has regional coverage of sub-Saharan Africa.
A member of the Senior Foreign Service, Ms. Griffin most recently served as Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing (2017-2021). While on detail to the U.S. State Department, Ms. Griffin served as U.S. Consul General in Perth, Australia (2013-2016). She has served as Regional Director, Western Hemisphere for the U.S. Commercial Service in Washington, DC (2011-2013), where she oversaw the operations of 14 offices throughout North America, Central America, and South America. Prior to her Washington assignment, Ms. Griffin served as Commercial Counselor in Bangkok, Thailand (2008-2011), as Regional Senior Commercial Officer for West & Central Africa (2004-2007) based in Dakar, Senegal, and as Regional Senior Commercial Officer for East Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya (2001-2004). Ms. Griffin began her career at the American Institute in Taiwan where she served as Commercial Attaché (1995-1998). From 1998-2000, she served as a Senior International Trade Specialist advising U.S. exporters.
Originally from Connecticut, Cynthia speaks Mandarin Chinese and French, and is proficient in Thai. She holds a B.A. in Chinese & Asian Studies, from Connecticut College, and an M.A. and post graduate degree in China Studies from the Johns Hopkins University, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, and the Hopkins Nanjing Center. More recently, she attended Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Executive Education program.
In 2018 Michael Sassoon assumed the helm of Sasfin, a business that has been in his family since 1951, led first by his grandfather, Sydney, and then by his father, Roland. As Group Chief Executive Officer, he is known for his relatable and human approach, a factor that has driven phenomenal growth and expansion for the Group, having himself led both Sasfin Wealth and Sasfin Capital and then as Executive Director of Sasfin Bank and Sasfin Holdings in 2014.
Michael’s focus on relationships, as a calm, level-headed and approachable leader, has been the anchoring factor in Sasfin’s agility as it launched and evolved its new digital banking platform B\\YOND.
His introduction of ‘business with purpose’ has seen the bank rapidly advance as a social impact leader, increasing its focus on ESG investments in the Wealth space, focussing on the needs of corporates, institutions, high-net-worth individuals and entrepreneurs, recently achieving a R1bn SME funding line from the Dutch Development Bank, FMO, to support COVID-affected, women-led and youth businesses.
“We continue to invest in the SME sector and, as a dedicated Business Bank, we look forward to continuing to grow and evolve alongside our clients through every phase of their businesses” –Michael Sassoon
To build an economy, you need the right levels of savings and the ability to deploy that capital back into the economy. Michael believes that Sasfin is perfectly positioned to collect savings and deploy that back into the economy through client-centric funding solutions. “We will continue to invest into this sector and, as a dedicated Business Bank, we look forward to continuing to grow and evolve alongside our clients through every phase of their business. Small and medium-sized organisations are the lifeblood of our economy and by supporting the growth of SMEs, we are supporting South Africa’s economic growth.”
Michael holds an MBA with a special interest in finance from the Simon Graduate School
John Humphrey is Her Majesty's Trade Commissioner for Africa as of June 2022.
Prior to joining DIT, John was the Group Chief Executive Officer of Kent HoldCo Limited (KHL). Between 2012 – 2019 he was with the UK Hydrographic Office (an MOD Trading Fund) as Chief Executive & Accounting Officer, from 2015, and previously as Chief Commercial Officer & Deputy Chief Executive and Interim Chief Commercial Officer. Earlier in his career, John worked in the technology sector in a variety of commercial, general management and executive roles in the UK and overseas.
He is also a Lay Trustee of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy and a Younger Brother of Trinity House.
Martin Kingston has had some 40 years’ experience in the
financial services industry, initially as a chartered
accountant tax specialist and, for the majority of his career,
as an investment banker focusing on a wide variety of
disciplines, based in the UK and South Africa but travelling
extensively internationally and advising entrepreneurs,
corporates, governments and state owned enterprises
around the world on major transactions, capital raisings and
strategic initiatives across a wide variety of sectors He has
also intermediated extensively between government the
public sector and the private sector
Martin has been involved in a significant number of
mergers, acquisitions and disposals unbundlings and
listings major structuring and financing of projects
privatisations and restructurings bond issues and equity
and debt capital raisings as well as the direct provision of
finance
His geographical experience has included responsibility for activities in Latin America the
Former Soviet Union Africa (with a particular focus on South Africa and Southern Africa)
and the UK In addition, he has been involved in transactions and the provision of advice
in North America, Australasia, the Far East, the Indian sub continent and Western Europe
Martin has a broad range of experience including
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Advising both the private and public sectors on strategy development as well as the
implementation and review of key strategic initiatives
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Familiarity with the views and requirements of current and potential investors,
funders and ratings agencies with respect to emerging markets
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Exposure to infrastructure, financial services, natural resources, utilities,
manufacturing, retail, telecommunications and other sectors
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Comprehensive understanding of the financial sector and financial systems
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A detailed appreciation of regulatory environments including a practical
understanding of policies to encourage transformation, development and growth
Pieter Boone is PnP’s Group CEO since April 2021. Pieter is a Netherlands-born (Utrecht) businessman with over 25 years of global retail experience.
Pieter’s previous experience includes member of the management Board and Chief Operating Officer at Metro AG Dusseldorf, CEO at Metro AG Moscow, he also held senior roles in SHV Holdings N.V. operating in Latin America and Asia. He has exceptional global retail & foodservice experience across diverse geographies. He has consistently demonstrated the ability to lead and deliver sustainable growth in tough and emerging markets.
Colin, based in Johannesburg, is presently a Distinguished Fellow with Insead, and in 2020 served as a Senior Fellow and Lecturer at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs where he taught a course "Doing business in Africa, the last Frontier of Global growth."
Colin is an independent non-executive member of the Board of The Foschini Group. Colin is a member of the advisory board of AriseIIP, a developer and operator of industrial ecosystems in Africa. He also served on the Steering Committee of the CEO Initiative, and is Co-Chairman of the Youth Employment Service (YES). In 2020, he served as a Senior Advisor to the political risk consultancy, Eurasia. Colin consults to a number of companies.
A former partner of Goldman Sachs, he was Chief Executive Officer, Sub Saharan Africa, Goldman Sachs up until his retirement end 2019. He was head of the Goldman Sachs South Africa office from 2000. In 2008, he was named head of the Investment Banking Division for Sub-Saharan Africa. He was named managing director in 2002 and partner in 2010.
In the 1980's Colin was an anti-apartheid activist, and from 1989 deeply involved in South Africa’s constitutional transition from apartheid to democracy. He served in working groups of the multi-party talks, facilitated the International Mediation Forum and helped to negotiate the agreement to facilitate all parties’ participation in South Africa’s 1994 elections.
Colin was named one of the World Economic Forum’s "Global Leaders for Tomorrow". He was also a recipient of Harvard Business School’s “Business Statesman Award” on behalf of the Consultative Business Movement and was named one of Euromoney's World Top Ten “Financing leaders for the 21st Century."
Hanré Rossouw is an Executive Director on the Sasol Limited Board (the Board)
and is Sasol’s Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed to these positions effective
1 July 2022. Hanré is a member of the Capital Investment and Digital Committee
and chairs the Capital Structuring and Allocation Committee.
As Chief Financial Officer, Mr Rossouw is accountable for Financial Controlling, Corporate
Finance and Treasury, Mergers and Acquisitions, Information Management and Investor
Relations.
With extensive experience in Finance, Procurement, Corporate Governance, Treasury,
Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance and Projects, Mr Rossouw is responsible for
supporting the Board in various aspects of strategic decision-making, effective capital
allocation and financial risk management via the corporate’s budgeting, forecasting and
scenario analysis processes.
Prior to this appointment, Mr Rossouw gained invaluable experience as Chief Financial
Officer of Royal Bafokeng Platinum. He was previously a fund manager and sector head
for resources at Investec Asset Management (now Ninety-One) managing global gold and
natural resources funds, with added responsibility of integrating Environmental, Social
and Governance (ESG) aspects into the general equities investment process. His earlier
experience includes Chief Financial Officer, Mergers and Acquisitions and
Busisiwe Mavuso is a Chartered Certified Accountant, CCA, qualified with Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA –UK) and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Leadership, a Postgraduate Qualification in Management from GIBS and a B. Compt in Accounting from the University of South Africa (UNISA). Busi is currently completing her PhD.
She is the Chief Executive Officer at Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) and a Non-Executive Director on the Board of ESKOM; Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) and Resultant Finance (a PIC investee company) and serves on the Human Resources Development Council (HRDC), the Advisory Committee of the Local Government Ethical Leadership Initiative (LGELI), The Alcohol Industry Advisory Council (TAIAC) and the Social Justice Council. Furthermore, Busi is a Visiting Adjunct Professor at the Wits Business School (WBS).
Busi is a member of the YPO (Young President’s Organisation), the IoDSA and ACCA.
She was awarded the ‘2020 Influencer of Influencers Award’ by the Africa Brand Summit in October 2020 and was named second runner up for ‘Businessperson of the Year’ by Daily Maverick in 2021. In 2022, the Women in Economic Development Leadership Forum awarded Busi a Certificate of Acknowledgement to acknowledge the years of dedication to the field of business leadership and economic development in South Africa.
Emrie Brown is a seasoned investment banker whose career in Investment Banking started in 1997 in Structured Finance.
She began her career with RMB in 2001 as a transactor and became head of Leveraged Finance in 2006. In 2009 she moved to Cape Town to head up the Western Cape investment banking team. She relocated to Johannesburg after being appointed as co-head of the Investment Banking Division in July 2015.
Brown is currently the Head of RMB’s Banking Division (which includes Corporate Transactional Banking, Investment Banking and Coverage), which represents the most significant portion of RMB’s total earnings. She has extensive experience in investment banking and holds strong, long-term client relationships.
Emrie obtained a B.Com Accounting degree in 1990 at the University of Pretoria and completed her Honours degree the following year at what used to be called Rand Afrikaans University. Emrie qualified Cum Laude as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1994.
Diversity and inclusion in financial services and growing the number of females in managerial positions in the bank are two of Emrie’s many passions. When she is not hard at work growing RMB’s Banking business, she enjoys traveling to the bush, and having good food and wine with friends and family.
In May 2022 Emrie was appointed as CEO-designate at RMB and will effectively take over as chief executive on 1 October 2022.
Vincent (Vinny) Spera arrived in South Africa in July 2021 as the U.S. Consul General in Johannesburg. Prior to this assignment, he was Director of the Office of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. From 2017-2019 he served as Acting Director of the Department’s Office of East African Affairs.
From 2014-2017, Mr. Spera was Acting Deputy Chief of Mission and Political/Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Prior to Tanzania, he served as the Crisis Management Coordinator in the U.S. Department of State Operations Center in Washington, DC. Earlier in his career he served in assignments in Mongolia, Canada, and Chad. Before entering the Foreign Service, he worked in the U.S. non-profit and private sectors, focusing on education and workforce development policy.
Mr. Spera holds a Master’s of Public Policy from Georgetown University in Washington, DC and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Stockton University in Pomona, New Jersey. His wife, Marissa Maurer, is a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer, and they have two daughters. He speaks Swahili and French.
Mark is the Chief Representative Officer in Johannesburg and is responsible for MUFG Banks business in South Africa including responsibility for our Global Corporate and Investment Banking offering in the region. He joined MUFG in 2014, having previously worked at HSBC both in South Africa and the United Kingdom. Mark started his career with Standard Bank of South Africa and has 25 years’ experience in the CIB environment, majority of which has been spent in South Africa and Africa. Mark has strong experience in Financial Institutions, SOE sector and Corporate sector in South Africa and has been a driving force behind financing transaction to these customer sectors in the region.
Ms Mukhuba is the Finance Director of Sanlam Group and was appointed to the Board in October 2020.
She joined Sanlam from African Rainbow Minerals Limited where she held the position of Finance Director. She has held several senior financial positions at Exxaro Resources Limited, BMW SA and KPMG Inc.
Ms Mukhuba is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Directors South Africa.
Ms Mukhuba is a Chartered Accountant and holds a BCompt (UNISA), BCom Honours Accounting (RAU), MCom South African and International Taxation (RAU) and an MBA (UCT).
Alan qualified as a CA(SA) in 1995 and has been a CFA charter holder since 2001. He earned his BCom (Hons) and MCom (Accounting) degrees from Wits University, completed his articles at Deloitte & Touche, and in 1996 became a partner at the auditing firm. In 1998 he joined RMB and was appointed to RMB’s management board as co-head of structured finance in 2005. In 2006, Alan became co-head of RMB’s Investment Banking Division before being appointed as CEO of RMB in 2008. In 2015, Alan moved to FirstRand as deputy group CEO and has been in his current role as group CEO since 1 April 2018.
Penwell Lunga is the Corporate Executive Director of KAP Industrial Holdings Limited and has been with the KAP group for 17 years. He is responsible for the management of government relations with a specific focus on trade and industrial policy matters and their impact on the KAP group. His academic qualifications include the BJuris, LLB, MSc and MBA degrees and holds various leadership positions in industry bodies in sectors in which KAP operates.
Heather Jackson is the founding CEO of RBN Fund Managers and has 30 years of capital market experience. Prior to founding RBN she was head of Impact Investing at Ashburton Investments, following the acquisition of Atlantic Asset Management. She was the founding CEO of Atlantic Specialised Finance. In her early career she headed Fixed Income teams at asset managers including African Harvest, Investec, and Prudential. RBN has a ground-breaking joint venture with Sasfin Wealth to drive a combined impact investing strategy.
RBN focuses on developing blended finance solutions – aligning interests between business, government and society to develop sound impact investment solutions to some of our social and environmental needs. This has resulted in many successful partnerships, over the years, including with USAID, DFID, The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, and South Africa’s National Treasury (The Jobs Fund) to successfully catalyse significant institutional investments into bespoke impact solutions from pension funds and other long-term investors.
She is an economist, a CFA Charter holder and holds a masters in Sustainability Leadership from the University of Cambridge.
Heather is also the founding chair of the Responsible Investing subcommittee at ASISA and a member the Infrastructure and Development Committee. She is deputy chair on the board of Impact Investing South Africa, a part of the global taskforce of National Advisory Boards to promote Impact Investing, and is a previous chair of the ANDE SA Chapter. She is also an advisor to The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance SADC branch and an advisory member on WWF and NBI’s Just Transition Working Committee.
Stephen Boyer is a technology entrepreneur and executive, currently serving as the Chief Innovation Officer at BitSight. Stephen ensures an aligned vision between industry challenges and platform offerings, enabling organizations to create trust in the digital economy. He is a frequent speaker for security, risk, and insurance topics. He co-founded BitSight in 2011.
Werner Kapp is a globally recognised leader in digital transformation and is known for championing employee experience as a critical element in serving customers in a digitised world.
Werner joined JSE-listed technology company Altron as Group Chief Executive in October 2022.
He was previously the CEO of Dimension Data Middle East and Africa and was with the company for 22 years in which time he oversaw the globalisation ambitions of parent company NTT.
Werner started in the IT industry in the mid-1990s and joined Dimension Data in 2000, in its services division. As Dimension Data’s Regional Executive for the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, and Gauteng regions, he led the best performing regions for the company. He became Chief Operating Officer for Dimension Data with responsibility for crafting and executing the company’s Middle East and Africa strategy.
Over that time and in these roles, he gained vast experience in client, revenue and people management.
Werner is passionate about the impact technology can have on economic and social growth in South Africa and beyond. He enjoys working in diverse teams and cultures and strongly believes in corporate citizenship.
Werner holds a law degree from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and a Master’s degree in Business Leadership from the UNISA School of Business. He has a global leadership development certification from IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Deon has been with Absa for over 20 years of his 22 years in banking. Most recently, Deon was the Group Treasurer, primarily responsible for the liquidity risk, funding, capital, and non-traded market risks of the Group. Deon has held a variety of roles within the organisation, including within Enterprise Risk, Finance, Investment Banking, Credit Portfolio Management and Global Markets, and is a seasoned banking professional with deep institutional knowledge of the Group, as well extensive and diversified banking experience in business, finance and risk management. Deon is both a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst. He holds a BCom (Honours) from the University of Natal and is currently completing his MSc in Finance at the University of Michigan (Dearborn).
Michael studied at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, earning his BCom in Accounting (summa cum laude) in 2004 and Honours in Accounting the following year. He completed his articles at Deloitte Johannesburg in 2008, qualifying as a CA(SA). Taking advantage of the secondment opportunities presented by Deloitte, he worked in Tunisia, the Cayman Islands and the United States before returning to South Africa in 2011, joining Standard Bank’s Personal and Business Banking division. In 2013, he joined Aspen Pharmacare’s treasury team and in 2019 was appointed Group Treasurer.
Martin obtained a BSc Honours: Quantitative Risk Management and a MSc: Business Mathematics and Informatics from the Nort-West university. He is a fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa (FASSA) and a Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary (CERA). He is also obtained the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation through the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).
Martin began his career at Absa Capital working in various quantitive roles after which he moved into the consulting space first with KPMG and then True North Partners. He has been with Old Mutual since 2016 and heads up the Group Treasury team responsible Asset and Liability Management, Group Cash, Liquidity and Funding Management and Banking Operations.
Martin is a non-executive Board member of Old Mutual’s Joint-Venture company in China and serves as the Director of the South African chapter of GARP.
Ramasela Ganda is the Chief Executive of Zeda Limited, at the helm of all car rental and leasing operations in Sub-Saharan Africa. The accomplished leader brings extensive experience acquired from several blue-chip companies including Vodacom, Telkom, and the National Nuclear Regulator. Having joined the Barloworld Group in 2017 as Chief Financial Officer of Barloworld Equipment: Rental and Used, as well as being appointed Executive Head of Business Services. Ramasela is a qualified chartered accountant with a B. Com (Hons. & CTA) from the University of Pretoria. With over 24 years of strategic and financial experience, she is a distinguished professional. Some of her notable accolades include Public Sector CFO of the year 2017 from CFO SA. was named Public Sector CFO of the year 2016 by African Women Chartered Accountants. Ramasela was a finalist for Business Woman of the Year 2016 and CFO of the year 2016 awarded by The Association Black Securities and Investment Professionals (ABSIP). Women empowerment is close to her heart as she believes in paying it forward. She has committed herself to empowering and offering young women opportunities that will see them assuming positions of influence.
Shawn Flatt is the Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria. He most recently served as the Political Economic Counselor at Embassy Guatemala City (2016 to 2020) and the Political Counselor in Abuja, Nigeria (2014 to 2016). He joined the Foreign Service in 1995 and previously served as a Vice Consul and Economic Officer in the Dominican Republic, as Assistant Financial Attaché in Mexico, and as an Economic Officer in Japan and Venezuela. Following his tour in Venezuela, he served in Washington D.C. working on China relations, and as a United States Trade Representative. Shawn has also done tours in Afghanistan and in the State Department’s Economic Bureau.
Mr. Flatt holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from the University of Illinois, a Juris Doctor Degree from Duke University School of Law, and a Master’s of Law Degree from the University of Edinburgh. He is a distinguished graduate of The Dwight E. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy at the National Defense University where he received a Master’s of Science Degree in National Resource Strategy. He is married to Tere Flatt and they have one son.
Richard Stewart, is the Chief Regional Officer: Africa for Sibanye-Stillwater, subsequent to being the Group Chief Operating Officer (COO) and prior to that the Executive Vice President: Business Development at Sibanye-Stillwater.
Richard has more than 22 years’ experience in South Africa’s geological and mining industries and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of South Africa and a Registered Natural Scientist. He joined the Sibanye Group in 2014, and has contributed significantly to a successful and value-accretive acquisition and growth strategy. Prior to joining Sibanye-Stillwater, he served on the Gold One Executive Committee from 2009, where his last appointment was Executive Vice President: Technical Services. Prior to this Richard served as CEO of Goliath Gold Limited, held management positions at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Mining Technology division, Dunrose Trading 186 Proprietary Limited trading as Shango Solutions and Uranium One, and was an investment consultant for African Global Capital Proprietary Limited.
Mary-Anne is the Chief Financial Officer and Financial Director of Coronation Fund Managers. Mary-Anne is a qualified Chartered Accountant with an additional qualification in taxation both of which she received from the University of Cape Town. Her career over the past decade has been spent across various companies, with her honing her skills at amongst others Deloitte, Standard Bank, BancABC a subsidiary of Atlas Mara, DirectAxis as well as Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC (Stanbic IBTC) where she spent 18 months in Nigeria. Her time in Nigeria as well as being a part of the Standard Bank Africa and Atlas Mara finance teams deepened her passion for the African continent and her aspirations of being part of the ‘African rising’ growth story.
Bachelor of Accounting (University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa); CA (SA); Member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
Michael Jones is the Chief Finance Officer of the Group and is responsible for the overall financial operation, funding and the financial reporting management of the Group. Michael has more than 12 years’ executive financial management experience in the mining sector. In addition, he has 20 years’ experience in investment banking, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and capital raisings of both equity and debt.
Shabir is the Chief Executive of Albaraka Bank Limited and was appointed in 2004. He previously served as the Chief Executive of Ithala Development Corporation Limited and has extensive experience in Banking, Finance and Accounting. In addition, he is also currently a Non-Executive Director at the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC).
Constança is an experienced Business Development Executive at Africa Specialty Risks. She has a strong track record in stakeholder management and is responsible for growing relationships with private equity funds, development finance institutions, banks, as well as corporates and other strategic partners.
Constança brings an extensive African network to the Group, having held managerial roles over the past ten years supporting companies such as Moody’s Investors Service, Invest Africa and Mitrelli Group. She was particularly successful in growing their market coverage across Africa. Prior to that she worked at Santander UK Plc in London and Banco BPI in Lisbon. Constança is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and speaks conversational French.
Ms. Portia Derby is the current Group Chief Executive of Transnet SOC Ltd, appointed February 2020. She has occupied senior positions in the South African government during a period of major economic reform. Portia is the former Director-General of Public Enterprises (2005 - 2009) responsible for Corporate Strategy and Structure of the Investment Portfolio (2004 - 2005) and former Chief Operating Officer of the Department of Trade and Industry (2002).
Portia’s career in government started at the National Institute for Economic Policy (NIEP), as a financial researcher where she played an integral role in working on the quantification of the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP).
Portia previously served as a non-executive director of Metair Investments and Safcol.
She has also worked in the private sector as an Executive Director: Clients Africa at Aurecon, an international engineering and infrastructure advisory company.
Portia holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (majoring in Economics and Geology), an Honours degree in Economics from the University of Natal, as well as a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Mr Fullerton commenced his career at Deloitte, where he completed his articles in 1992. He has held numerous senior finance positions in various JSE listed groups, including Hunt Leuchars & Hepburn, before joining the Malbak Limited group in 1995, where he was a key member of the team responsible for the group’s unbundling in 1997. Post the unbundling he held the positions of Finance Director of two of the divisions in Malbak’s remaining listed packaging group, Kohler Packaging Limited, until 2000. Mr Fullerton then joined MB Technologies Group as Chief Financial Officer which grew into Africa’s largest IT distribution business and in 2009, became Chief Executive Officer until October 2013, when he left on a sabbatical due to a cycling injury. He became Chief Financial Officer of Nampak in September 2015.
Debbie is Managing Director of a successful advisory business, 8Hundred. 8Hundred focuses on facilitating access to funding and reducing the cost of capital. Debbie has vast Treasury and Investor Relations experience in the telecommunications, retail and ICT sectors having worked for both MTN and Vodacom during the very exciting and high growth period of the sector (1999 – 2018). She also spent 2/3-year periods at both South African fashion retailer Edcon, when a listing seemed possible, as well as EOH, as part of the turnaround team.
Debbie is Chairman of the Investor Relations Society of South Africa and a director of the Wildlife Environmental Society of South Africa.
Raisibe Morathi was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of Vodacom Group with effect from 1st November 2020. She joined Vodacom from the Nedbank Group where she had been the Group Chief Financial Officer since September 2009.
She has a cumulative 26 years’ experience in Financial Services in various large corporates in South Africa, including Nedbank Group, Sanlam Group and the industrial Development Corporation. Raisibe was also the patron of its Women’s Forum, demonstrating her commitment to the development of women and young people.
Raisibe Morathi is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and has also completed an Advanced Management Programme (AMP) with INSEAD (France). She also holds a Higher Diploma in Taxation (Wits University) and is currently pursuing a Masters in Philosophy (Corporate Strategy) at GIBS.
