South Africa

Regine Le Roux is a corporate reputation specialist. She completed her Communication Management Honours degree Cum Laude at the University of Pretoria (South Africa) in 2001, and completed her MCom within a year. Regine founded Reputation Matters in 2005 and hand picks and manages several teams that implement communication strategies. She has gained much practical… read more »

Altaaf Aboo, CFA, is senior impact investor at Edge Growth, where he sources and executes investments in the dynamic scale-up businesses of the future. His current focus on impact investing has allowed him to use his skills and experience to provide a financial return to his clients while making a social impact on an emerging… read more »

Colin Iles is a Managing Director at Absa Bank, the CEO of The Equinox Leadership and Innovation Centre and the Deputy Chair for The African Institute of Financial Markets Risk Management. He works with senior executives that want to develop disruptive strategies and accelerate their innovation cycles, to increase their chances of surviving an exponential… read more »

Dr Steve Meller is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, investor, innovator, founder and board advisor after successful careers as a corporate executive and in academia. Over his three plus decade, three-stage career, Steve has been a serial innovator and serial entrepreneur creating new and innovative strategies, businesses, capabilities, platforms and business models and disruptive approaches to… read more »

Yolisa Kani is the Head of Public Policy Uber South Africa. In this role where she focuses on stakeholder management and strategic advice on policy matters. Yolisa Kani has been with Uber since April 2016 and previously worked in the government sector as a Transport Planner, responsible for the World Cup Transport Plans and the… read more »

Dr Morne Mostert is the Director of the Institute for Futures Research at Stellenbosch University (South Africa). Dr Morne Mostert advises globally on Futures-based executive decision-making and cognitive development for senior leaders and has worked in Paris, London, Dubai and several African countries. Subsequent to his PhD in the Management of Technology and Innovation, his… read more »

July 2017 – Present – Chief Operations and Marketing Officer, Microsoft South Africa (Pty) Ltd, responsible for all local Operations and Marketing Sept 2014 – June 2017 – Services Director, Microsoft South Africa (Pty) Ltd, responsible for all design, build, implement and Services support functions for our customers across the Enterprise, Public Sector and Corporate… read more »

Anthony Nathan is a serial entrepreneur with global experience in commercializing innovations, and as co-founder of TMARA is enthused with the personal purpose of bringing innovations to life. Having been educated at UCT, WITS in South Africa and Harvard Business School, he has also served as Chairman of various industry boards, including YPO at regional… read more »

Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng (formerly Setati) is the University Of Cape Town Vice Chancellor. She was previously a full  Vice Principal of Research and Innovation at Unisa. Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng holds a PhD in Mathematics Education from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. She is a B2 NRF-rated scientist and has been invited as a… read more »

Glenn Gillis is the CEO of Sea Monster Entertainment, one of South Africa’s pre-eminent animation, gaming and augmented reality companies. He has a Business Science degree from UCT and has been a senior executive, entrepreneur and consultant with growing, knowledge intensive businesses for over 20 years. Glenn Gillis has held a number of senior marketing… read more »

Graça Machel is one of the world’s leading advocates for women’s and children’s rights and has been a social justice and political activist for many decades. She is the widow of the former South African president Nelson Mandela. She established the Graça Machel Trust in 2010 as a Pan-African advocacy organisation focused on child health… read more »

Kieno Kammies is a 43 year old South African that is a media veteran, having been part of the commercial media landscape for the past 25 years.Kieno is the host of the Kieno Kammies Show on Cape Talk and has worked on a number of other commercial radio stations across South Africa, this includes hosting… read more »

Dr Rod Crompton (Non-Executive Director) is the Director of the Energy Leadership Centre at Wits Business School, South Africa. Previously he ran Crompton Consulting specialising in energy, economic regulation and industrial policy using his experience acquired over nearly 40 years in the energy and chemical fields in various African countries.   He was a full-time board member… read more »

Nelisiwe Magubane (Non-Executive Director) holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration. She is a registered engineer and she started her career in Eskom, a South African electricity utility. After a stint in the private sector as a consulting electrical engineer, she joined the Department of Minerals and Energy as… read more »

George Sebulela, South African (Non-Executive Director) is currently the President and Chief Executive of Sebvest Holdings, a global Financial Services Group which holds strategic investments in various companies. He was an Executive Committee Member and Head of Empowerment Division of ABSA Capital responsible for Government, Empowerment and Public Infrastructure Finance. George Sebulela currently serves on… read more »