South Africa

Anna Collard is founder and MD of Popcorn Training, which promotes IT and information security awareness training by using innovative, story-based techniques. Collard has been working in the information security field for 15 years, assisting corporates across South Africa, Europe and the US keeping their information assets safe. Collard is a certified information privacy professional,… read more »

Andrew Whittaker – As practice lead at Ubusha Technologies, Andrew is responsible for researching industry trends and integrating new concepts into the Ubusha “Protection of Access to Information” solution delivery model, including educating customers of these industry trends and assisting them to make strategic planning decisions for their ICT investments. A key part of that… read more »

Amanda Hechter, who will be co-presenting, has extensive consulting experience, specifically in the identity and access governance field and related disciplines. Her approach to IAG issues is practical and multi-disciplinary. She played the role of lead business analyst of two multinational firms in the financial services sector during IAG implementations.

Alex Cruz Farmer has over 10 years experience in Security from both an Enterprise and Service Provider background. He started his career in the Service Provider industry, focusing on building and scaling networks and platforms. With the increased threat of Cyber attacks, particularly DDoS, he quickly transitioned towards architecting solutions to protect against such attacks…. read more »

Dr Philippa Malmgren helps companies, investors, policymakers and the public better understand the interplay between politics, policy, geopolitics and economics. She is a regular commentator and guest anchor on CNBC, BBC, Bloomberg and Sky News. She founded DRPM Group, an economic advisory firm whose clients include investment banks, fund managers and hedge funds, as well… read more »

Maya Fisher-French is a well-known South African personal financial journalist and author of Maya on Money: Implement your Money Plan. She is twice winner of the prestigious Sanlam Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism for the category of Consumer Financial Education. Apart from managing the website, Maya is editor of My Money My Lifestyle, the… read more »

Anton was appointed chief executive of Glacier by Sanlam in January 2005. He is a chartered accountant with higher diplomas in Accounting (University of Witwatersrand) and Tax Law (University of Cape Town). Anton began his career at Ironside Greenwood before joining Southern Life in 1983. In 1996 he was appointed director: Business Services at Southern… read more »

Jurie grew up in Bellville near Cape Town and completed his Bachelor of Business Science degree at the University of Cape Town in 1993 as a Sanlam bursary-holder. After spending a year on an internship in London after graduation he joined Sanlam in employee benefits in 1999. When he left in 2004 he was head… read more »

Nicolaas Marais is president and head of Multi–Asset Class Solutions and New Product Research & Development for Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). His team focusses on the development and management of strong multi–asset class solutions and oversees product development and research to ensure future-focussed offerings across asset classes, geographies, and investment products. Nicolaas most recently… read more »

Brian Foster has been a financial planner for over 30 years and has been charging fees for financial planning since 1997. He has owned and managed two successful UK financial planning firms, the last of which was sold in 2012 when he emigrated to South Africa. He is the author of the e-book Keep Calm… read more »

Max du Preez is one of South Africa’s foremost journalists and political analysts. After working as, a political correspondent for various newspapers, he founded Vrye Weekblad, South Africa’s first anti-apartheid Afrikaans newspaper, in 1988, and after 1994 he launched the television programmes Special Report on the Truth Commission and Special Assignment. His books include Pale… read more »

Reverend Frank Chikane is one of the founding members of Kagiso Trust and is currently its Chairperson. He is also Chairperson of the Kagiso Capital board and a member of the board of Sci-Bono Discovery Centre and the Kagiso Shanduka Foundation Trust Advisory Committee. He is currently the Moderator of the Churches Commission on International… read more »

Kate is an accomplished business woman with a number of academic qualifications which includes a Masters in Law. She began her career in legal but quickly moved into the financial services industry and insurance in particular. Kate has gone from strength to strength starting as a Candidate Attorney with Deneys Reitz. She became a Legal… read more »

Thabi Leoka is an Economist who has worked for various organisations in the financial sector. Thabi started her career as an Economist at Investec Asset Management in South Africa and London. She has also worked as an Emerging Markets Economist at Barclays in London and Head of Economic Research, SA at Standard Bank and the… read more »

Vivienne Lawack was born and bred in Clarkson, a Moravian mission station, in the Tsitsikamma. She attended Gelvandale Senior Secondary School and became the head girl in 1989. Vivienne obtained the B. Juris degree cum laude at the then University of Port Elizabeth (UPE), South Africa, in April 1993. In April 1995 she obtained the… read more »