South Africa

Andy Higgins: Internet Executive specialising in assisting Internet businesses with enabling technology to achieve business objectives with an eCommerce focus on the African continent. Andy Higgins is currently on the board of directors at payfast.co.za, a company specialising in online payments for South Africa, bidorbuy.co.za, South Africa’s largest online marketplace and uAfrica.com – Everything eCommerce.

Andrew Quixley is a Senior Business Development Executive with 30+ years of experience, including 17 years in the IT industry. He has a deep background in marketing, sales and delivery of business transformation solutions based on enterprise IT and consulting services. A former Managing Director and Global Marketing Director in previous affiliations, Andrew currently leads… read more »

Andrea Böhmert: High growth Venture Investor with extensive experience in all aspects of the investment cycle: Find – Make – Grow – Realise. She is passionate about scaling businesses through the optimal use of Knowledge, Networks and Funding and really love the energy surrounding entrepreneurs. Andrea Böhmert is a Co-Managing Partner at Knife Capital. Before… read more »

Career Services Manager at Graduate School of Business – University of Cape Town & HR Management Consultant. Experienced corporate HR Practitioner, with expertise in Employer Branding & Talent Management. Skilled in Analytics, Strategic Thinking and People Management. Currently working in the higher education industry managing Careers and corporate relationships, at Africa’s number 1 Business School…. read more »

Alistair Hofert is a former Cognitive and Intelligent Automation Lead  at PwC. The PwC top staffer was axed after racially abusing a black family at Cape Town International Airport. Bio I am Alistair and lead our cognitive and intelligent automation practice and help clients introduce efficiency and performance improvement in their businesses. I have led finance… read more »

Passionate about building a vibrant, sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem and culture in South Africa. With over a decade of experience in the early stage funding space, working for government, academia and corporates, I have seen and evaluated over 4000+ businesses in a wide variety of sectors. Core skills include business development & critical and gap analysis…. read more »

Alex was co-founder of Quindiem Actuarial Consulting in 2001, which was subsequently incorporated into Ernst&Young in 2011, after which he became head of EY’s Africa Insurance Solutions business. He pioneered the use of Dynamic Financial Analysis for insurers in South Africa and the rest of Africa to optimise capital use and purchase of reinsurance. In… read more »

Head – Small Business and Professional Banking. Experienced Business Head with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Microsoft Excel, Customer Service, Microsoft Word, Strategic Planning, and Strategy. Strong sales professional with a Transition to General Management focused in Business Administration and Management, General from INSEAD.

As regional director for Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) in Sub-Saharan Africa, Akiva has grown CCL to over 20 countries throughout Africa. CCL is ranked #4 globally (above Harvard, Oxford) developing executive leaders at Google, Coke, NASA, Barclays, Gates Foundation, and more. He enables leaders and their teams to embrace change, developing their ability to… read more »

Agnes Juhasz is a job interview specialist at Ace Interviews who is passionate about helping professionals to make a powerful, lasting impression at important job interviews. She helps them stand out of the competition while remaining authentic about themselves and their values. With a business degree and management background, coupled with large and SME corporate… read more »

Born in the south of England, Adrian’s career began in the retail petroleum industry and later moved into casino administration. Adrian emigrated to Southern Africa in 1981 (acquiring South African citizenship in the new democracy), where he has worked in casino management, in financial computer systems, in payroll processing, in software development & sales before… read more »

In 1994, while completing his doctorate in economics, Adrian formed an investment vehicle which became the forerunner to Cannon Asset Managers. With a professorship in economics, Adrian could combine the two complementary activities of academia and investment management. As he says: “these disciplines feed and fuel each other richly and powerfully”. Today Adrian serves as… read more »

Adam was born and raised in Johannesburg and showed passion towards aircraft and engineering at an early age. Having completed his Matric at Crawford College Sandton, he went on to study an Aeronautical Engineering degree at the University of the Witwatersrand. Adam initially worked at a rocket design company followed by a UAV operations company… read more »

Adam Oxford is a freelance journalist based in South Africa and the UK. He’s written for most of the major technology publishers over the last 17 years, covering everything from PC gaming to photography to Linux to open data and emerging tech markets.

Abigail Viljoen: Partner, Financial Services Risk Management leader for Africa. On a 3 year assignment from EY London to Financial Services Africa, Abigail Viljoen lead the Risk Management practice, offering advisory services to the financial services industry. These services include Market Conduct, Prudential, Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Audit. She have a particular interest in… read more »