Graça Machel
Graça Machel is an African stateswoman whose decades long professional and public life is rooted in Mozambique’s struggle for self-rule and international advocacy for women and children’s rights. She is a former freedom fighter in Mozambique’s FRELIMO movement and that country’s first Minister of Education. In the years following her tenure in government, Machel produced a […]
Mr Josias de Kock
Mr Josias de Kock has held various senior level positions within South Africa’s banking and investment sectors, with nearly thirty years of experience. This includes having served as the former Chief Financial Officer for Premier Foods; and as Chief Risk Officer for the Sanlam Group. Other positions have included Head of Finance, Operations and Risk Management for […]
Ambassador Sibusiso Bengu
H.E. Ambassador Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu was born in Kranskop, KwaZulu-Natal and become a teacher in 1952. In 1969 he founded the Dlangezwa High School near Empangeni and was the Principal of the school until 1976. He completed a PhD in Political Science at the University of Geneva in 1974 and was appointed as a […]
Vasu Gounden
Vasu Gounden is the Executive Director of the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) which he founded in 1992. He is a lawyer, mediator, and an experienced conflict management practitioner and trainer. Vasu studied at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) where he obtained his LL.B. He was President of the Students Representative […]
Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu
Prof Wiseman Nkuhlu is the chairman of Pan-African Capital Holdings (Pty) Ltd, Kagiso Trust Investments and Metropolitan Limited. Pan-African Capital Holdings was founded by Dr Iraj Abedian and Wiseman Nkuhlu in June 2005 and its focus areas are Research and Investments, Fund Management and Private Equity as well as other niche investment opportunities. He served […]
Professor Jairam Reddy
Dr Reddy is a citizen of South Africa and holds the degrees of Master of Science of the University of Manitoba, Canada, Doctor of Philosophy of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He has held academic positions at the Universities of London, England, Temple and Washington, USA, Western Cape and Durban-Westville, South Africa. […]