South Africa

Mzwandile Hewu is currently working as the Chief Director for Service Delivery Management within the Western Cape Department of Social Development. He is the former General Manager of the ruling party (ANC) in the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. Having worked as a Head Master in two different schools he has expertise in… read more »

The lead independent director of Brimstone, Leon Campher is founder of Syfrets Managed Assets as well as Coronation Fund Managers Limited and African Harvest. His current directorships include: Sun International Limited, Amalgamated Appliances Limited, Strate Limited and Investments Association of South Africa. Leon Campher also serves on the directorate of Market Abuse, Financial Markets Advisory… read more »

Keith is a CA who has over 30 years’ experience in business and commerce has held various executive management positions with a number of JSE-listed entities, since qualifying as a chartered accountant at Arthur Andersen. Besides his experience in retailing and wholesaling he also has  experience in corporate finance as well as the steel and manufacturing… read more »

Iqbal Khan CA (SA) is a former partner of Ernst & Young where he spent over 10 years. He has recently re-joined the Brimstone Investment Corporation team after having spent 2 years as Chief Operating Officer at Old Mutual Investment Group. Iqbal Khan is currently an independent non- executive director of Cricket SA.

Didier Oesch qualified as a chartered accountant in 1991, after completing his articles at Betty & Dickson. Didier Oesch gained considerable experience with the Nampak group in various financial positions, culminating in a four-year term in Europe as Financial Director of Nampak Plastics Europe. Didier joined ADvTECH as group financial manager. He was appointed a… read more »

Geoff Fortuin is a qualified chartered accountant and was a Partner at Deloitte & Touche for 15 years during which time he was responsible for a number of South African listed companies. Geoff Fortuin was also a member of the Deloitte South Africa Board. Geoff is currently serves on the boards of Oceana Group Limited… read more »

Mustaq Ahmed Brey serves as Chief Executive Officer of Brimstone Investment Corporation Ltd, a company which he co-founded in 1995. A qualified Chartered Accountant by profession, Mustaq Ahmed Brey currently serves as the chairman of the Oceana Group Ltd, Life Healthcare Ltd and International Frontier Technologies SOC Ltd. He also serves on the boards of… read more »

Stafford commenced his education in South Africa before undertaking studies in computer science at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He has been involved in the IT industry for nearly 20 years, and was associated with pre-eminent IT companies such as Dimension Data, Novell and Google. His passion for technology led to him holding senior executive positions… read more »

Fred Robertson serves as Executive Chairman of Brimstone Investment Corporation Ltd, a company which he co-founded in 1995. His Non-Executive chairmanships include Lion of Africa Insurance Company Limited, Lion of Africa Life Assurance Company Limited, Sea Harvest Limited, and House of Monatic. He also serves as non-executive director on the boards of Remgro Limited, Aon… read more »

Jonathan Jansen is Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. In 2016/17 he was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and in 2018/9 will be a Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies. He is currently President of the South African… read more »

Jane holds a PhD in education policy studies and is currently an independent education and development consultant. She has 30 years of experience and research in public and private education. She launched and managed the Education Policy Unit of the National Business Initiative, followed by 15 years heading the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa… read more »

Quinton McGeer joined Barloworld Automotive in August 1992 as Financial Manager in Motor Retail. In 2003 he was appointed as Financial Director of Barloworld Equipment’s´ International operations based in London United Kingdom. In May 2008 Quinton McGeer was appointed as deputy general director of Barloworld Equipment´s operations in Russia and in July 2012 was appointed… read more »

Brenda is an accountant by profession and has a long career in business and academia. She was previously vice chancellor of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and vice chancellor and chief executive officer of The Open University (UK). Over the years, she has held a range of positions on various boards and trusts in… read more »

Kamogelo, a qualified industrial engineer by training, brings with him 21 years of senior business executive experience in operations and management in varied sectors including Logistics, Industrial, Automotive, Food Services, Hospitality, Rail and Post Services; 18 years of which have been in senior and executive management roles with blue chip companies. In his role as… read more »

Jacqueline is the CEO of the African Leadership Institute. She is a seasoned strategist with some 17 years’ experience as both an academic and a practitioner. She is also a keen Africa-watcher and was recognised by Forbes Africa magazine as one of the 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa in 2012 – women under 45… read more »