WikiMzansi is South Africa's free online information resource profiling the continent's prominent leaders. 
WikiMzansi is South Africa's free online information resource profiling the continent's prominent leaders.
Steve completed his articles at Ernst & Young in 1983. After spending several years as a senior lecturer at Unisa, he joined the banking industry, where he held various positions. In 2004, he was appointed group Chief Executive Officer of Absa Group Limited, a position he held until February 2009. In addition to being Chairman… read more »
Louis is the Chairman of Good Bank (African Bank) and currently serves on the boards of a number of companies including AFGRI Limited, Cricket South Africa, MMI Holdings Limited, Telkom SA Limited, Mahela Boerdery Proprietary Limited, MyPlayers Rugby Proprietary Limited and Paycorp Investments Proprietary Limited. He spent 32 years at Absa Bank during which time he acted… read more »
Anthony (Tony) Phillips has extensive experience in the industrial sector and was formerly CEO of Barloworld Limited and Chairman of PPC Limited. Anthony (Tony) Phillips is currently non-executive Chairman of Mpact Limited, senior advisor to Nomura and Associates and Vice-Chairman of Kansai Plascon Africa Limited. Tony was a non-executive director of eXtract until 24 November… read more »
Paul started his career in auditing and became a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers South Africa before spending time in the construction industry in South Africa, Africa and in the Middle East. He first served as CFO and deputy CEO of Group Five Limited and then CFO of Al Naboodah Construction Group. From 2010 to 2013, he… read more »
Mpho Makwana is currently Chairman of ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited. He is a non-executive director on the boards of Adcock Ingram Holdings Limited, Sephaku Holdings Limited, Nedbank Group Limited and Nedbank Limited, Biotherm Energy Proprietary Limited, LR Management Proprietary Limited and ITNA Proprietary Limited. Mpho Makwana further serves as trustee of various boards including The… read more »
Steven is the CEO of Wild Rose Management and a director of various portfolio investments. He was formerly CEO of Gold Reef Resorts Limited. Steven is an indirect shareholder in Wild Rose Capital, which owns 6.4% of enX.
Bram finished his schooling in Germany and then moved to Cape Town where he completed his tertiary education at the University of Cape Town. He joined PwC in Cape Town in 2002 as an articled clerk and was admitted as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 2005. He was admitted as a partner in the PwC… read more »
Riaan graduated with BA (Law) and LLB degrees from the University of Stellenbosch after which he joined one of SA’s leading law firms, Hofmeyr, Herbstein Gihwala Inc. (now known as Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc.) As a director of the firm, Riaan practised in the commercial department with a strong focus on mergers and acquisitions and… read more »
Andrea graduated with a BSc Hons degree in Mathematics and Management from King’s College, London. He immigrated to South Africa in 1995 and initially worked as a Commercial Property Broker in Bellville. He was one of the founding members of a food import business (Rialto Foods) in April 1998 and was instrumental in growing this business into… read more »
Danladi Verheijen is the co-founder and Managing Director of Verod Capital, a leading Anglophone West African private equity firm established in 2008. Prior to founding Verod, Danladi Verheijen was a Vice President at Citibank Nigeria, where he led corporate finance and investment banking transactions. He also managed a private equity portfolio and represented Citibank on… read more »
Dave Uduanu is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sigma Pensions Limited. He currently serves as the Chair of the Africa Pension Funds Network (APFN) and is also a past Chairman of the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria. He previously worked with Ernst and Young in Lagos; was a Partner in a Lagos based Consulting and an Executive Director of an Insurance company in Nigeria. Dave was also a… read more »
Wilfried Tamegnon is a seasoned investment professional, specialized in financial services. He is currently Senior Investment Officer within the International Financial Corporation (IFC)’s Financial Institutions Group. In this capacity, he is responsible for sourcing and structuring complex equity, debt and quasi-equity investment s as well as managing a large portfolio of existing investments both in… read more »
Andrew Takyi-Appiah is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Zeepay. He is an expert in Banking and Mobile Payments, with over 15 years of experience in Banking and Business Development. Andrew’s experience spans the world of Marketing and Banking in which he has held various positions, from being a Brand Manager for Nescafe to holding several… read more »
Lorna Smith, OBE, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of LGS and Associates. Ms. Smith has more than three decades of experience at the highest levels of the public service in the British Virgin Islands. Over the course of her senior-level service, Ms. Smith developed extensive relationships with leaders from the business community, international… read more »
Madji Sock is Senegalese and a Partner in Dalberg’s Dakar office. She is also Dalberg’s Global Operations Partner. She has close to 20 years of experience implementing, managing and evaluating projects in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the United States. Madji recently partnered with three other Senegalese women to design and launch a Dalberg-incubated initiative… read more »