South Africa

Ashruf Kaka has been an attorney for more than 25 years, having specialized in commercial transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Ashruf Kaka has held executive management positions since 2006, particularly in the platinum and chrome beneficiation operations with concentration in mining technologies related to beneficiation. Following the acquisition by Newshelf 1005 Proprietary Limited of the… read more »

Tshepo Monica Shabangu is a legal professional with significant experience in managing the commercial and intellectual property portfolios of blue-chip companies. This includes the negotiation and drafting of commercial agreements and advising local and international companies regarding the identification, protection, exploitation and management of intellectual property. Tshepo Monica Shabangu is also has extensive experience in… read more »

Member of the Social and Ethics Committee from November 2011 Started his career in 1997 as Animal Nutritionist for Meadow Feeds Delmas and Meadow Feeds Welkom. In 1998 he was appointed as the Technical Manager for Meadow Feeds Delmas, and in 2001 appointed as the Technical Manager for Meadow Feeds Northern Region. In 2004 he… read more »

Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee from October 2010. Chairman of the Social and Ethics Committee from November 2011. Member of the Human Resources, Remuneration and Nominations Committee from June 2014. Chairman of the board from June 2014. Served as minister of religion of a congregation in Pretoria since 1983. Completed doctorate in… read more »

Daniel Dirk Ferreira: Employed by ICS Group Limited before the acquisition of ICS by Tiger Brands, where he held positions in operational financial management, tax management, project management and later as Group Financial Manager. Daniel Dirk Ferreira later joined Genfood as Group Financial Manager for two years before joining Astral in February 2001 as Group… read more »

Joined Golden Lay Farms, a division of Tiger Brands, the leading egg producing organisation in Southern Africa, in October 1984 as Assistant Farm Manager. Spent 18 years with the group in various positions including Sales Director from 1996 to 2002. Joined Astral Foods Limited in May 2002 as Manager of Retail Sales for Meadow Feeds… read more »

Best-selling author and New Yorker columnist Malcolm Gladwell wants people to think again about what they thought they knew. His book, Tipping Point, has sold over five million copies and his podcast, Revisionist History, is number one on the iTunes list. He says we need to constantly revise our conclusions, and that’s a prescription for… read more »

A seasoned executive with global experience in human capital and financial management, Ettling recently led the SAP SuccessFactors business for SAP SE, which includes the leading cloud solutions from SAP SuccessFactors, and its 60 million users, and the SAP® ERP Human Capital Management solution with today over 19,000 customers worldwide. Successfactors was one of the… read more »

Charlie is best known as, “the chef who fed Google.” It was a job he won in a cook-off in 1999, judged by the company’s then 40 employees. By the time he left Google in 2005, his team of five chefs and 150 employees were serving 4,000 lunches and dinners a day at the company’s… read more »

Will.i.am is a creative innovator with a passion for merging the worlds of technology and design. His i.am+ company is fusing the worlds of technology, culture, fashion, and AI (artificial intelligence), to offer stylish products including BUTTONS Bluetooth Wireless Headphones. will.i.am previously served as Chief Creative Officer of 3D Systems, and Director of Creative Innovation… read more »

Hajra Mahomed-Tajbhai holds an MBA (with a focus on markets in emerging countries) from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town (SA). Hajra Mahomed-Tajbhai also holds a BSc in Complementary Health Sciences and a Bachelor in Complementary Medicine (Naturopathy) from the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town​. With her entrepreneurial… read more »

Peter Small was appointed as the Managing Director for Broll Kenya in March 2016. His role entails general business development. Prior to joining Broll Kenya, Peter was the Chief Operating Officer for Colliers International in Myanmar. Peter Small has previously held senior management positions with Jones Lang LaSalle in the UK, Hong Kong and the… read more »

Emilie Oliver is currently the Property Sales and Marketing Manager at Omnicane Ltd, a modern sugarcane group based in Mauritius. Omnicane was among the first entities to be listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. Prior to this, she was Business Development Manager: Property for Omnicane Ltd; Sales and Marketing Coordinator for TNS ANALYSIS; Marketing,… read more »

Tara O’Connor is ARC’s founder and executive director. She has provided risk management to corporates in Africa for +20 years and has profound knowledge of Africa, it’s opportunities and risks. Her expertise is Francophone and southern Africa. Since founding ARC in 2006, she has advised on pre-investment/expansion strategies for Algeria, Angola, Congo-DRC, Cote d’Ivoire, Congo-Brazzaville,… read more »

James Nathan is Investment Manager (VP Investments) at Hospitality Property Fund and is an experienced real estate investment professional with a strong focus on Hospitality, Real Estate Capital Markets, M&A Advisory, Investment Management, Development Management, and Real Estate Private Equity. Having gained exposure to strategies such as core, core-plus, value add, opportunistic, and alternative and… read more »