TIKZN east3ROUTE Speaker Profile + Programme 14

PROGRAMME & Speaker Profiles 27 October 2014 Inkosi Albert Luthuli, International Convention Centre, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

One seminar.

Four countries.

A wealth of possibilities.

Programme Director

Lerato Mbele

07h30 - 08h30

Registration

08h30 - 08h45

east3ROUTE DESTINATION DVD

08h45 - 08h50

WELCOME ADDRESS Cllr Nomvuzo Shabalala Deputy Mayor of eThekwini Municipality

08h50 - 09h20

THE 2014 east3ROUTE ECONOMIC REPORT Ms Talia Feigenbaum Urban Econ Development Economists

09h20 - 09h50

Premiers’ Address Mr Senzo Mchunu Honourable Premier of KwaZulu-Natal

09h50 - 10h20

KEYNOTE ADDRESS Ambassador Faizel Ismail Permanent Representative of South Africa to WTO

10h20 - 10h50

Guest Speaker Mr Kuseni Dlamini Chairman - Massmart

10h50 - 11h00

Tea Break

11h00 - 11h15

east3ROUTE Investment Opportunities DVD

11h15 - 12h15

INVESTORS’ PANEL DISCUSSION Topic: Infrastructure as a catalyst for investment and job creation Panelists: • Mozambique: Mr Nuno Maposse, Marketing Services Director, Investment Promotion Centre (CPI) • Seychelles: Mr. Rupert Simeon, CEO Seychelles Investment Board • Swaziland: Rev. Mcebo A. G. Sigudla, Survey Engineer - Swaziland Association of Architects, Engineers and Surveyors • South Africa: Mr Brian Molefe, Group CEO - Transnet

www.tikzn.co.za www.zulu.org.za www.sipa.org.sz www.thekingdomofswaziland.com

12h15 - 13h15

INVESTORS’ PANEL DISCUSSION Topic: Experience in Doing Business in Africa Panelists: • Mozambique: Mr Quessanias Matsombe, CEO - Humula Beach Hotels & Resorts • Seychelles: Mr Neil Puresh, Managing Director - Intercontinental Trust Limited Seychelles • Swaziland: Mr Andrew Le Roux, Executive Director - Montigny Investments Limited • South Africa: Mr Jabu Mabuza, Board Deputy Chairperson - Tsogo Sun

13h15 - 14h30

Lunch Session - Opportunity to engage with INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES

14h30 - 15h30

MINISTERIAL SESSION: Topic: Policy Environment to improve investment landscape in the east3ROUTE region Panelists: • Mozambique: Mr Hiuane Abacar, CEO, Mozambique Tourism Authority • Seychelles: Mr David Germain: Seychelles Tourism Board’s Director for Africa and the Americas • Swaziland: Mr Jabulani Mabuza: Swaziland Minister of Tourism and Environmental Affairs • Swaziland: Mr Gideon Dlamini: Swaziland Minister for Commerce, Industry and Trade • South Africa: Mr Michael Mabuyakhulu, MPP: MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, KwaZulu-Natal

15H30

Vote of Thanks Mrs Ina Cronje Chairperson of Trade & Investment KwaZulu-Natal

www.cpi.co.mz www.inatur.org.mz www.sib.gov.sc www.seychelles.travel

Speaker Profiles

MR Gideon C.M Dlamini

Minister for Commerce, Industry and Trade Swaziland

Mr Dlamini is a Member of Parliament, as well as Managing Director and founder of GMS Consulting International, which is a training and consulting company, with offices in Swaziland and South Africa.

Mr Dlamini has vast experience designing and delivering community empowerment training and management services programmes, after being a project leader for over 6 years of experience in a multimillion dollar community agro-business empowerment programme.

He has vast experience in local government administration, after having been centrally involved in the design and implementation of the Swaziland’s Decentralisation Program, and also actively involved in the development of the subsequent Swaziland’s Local Government Bill 2001; which is currently known in Swaziand’s parliament as the Tinkhundla Administration Bill 2011.

As from, 2012, Mr Dlamini assumed the position of General Secretary for the Council of Swaziland Churches. His drive for this move was to plough back to community through a faith-based perspective the extensive wealth of experience across sectors.

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Mr Senzo Mchunu

The Honourable Premier of Kwazulu-Natal SOUTH AFRICA

The Premier of KwaZulu-Natal was born in 1958 at eNhlwathi in the area of KwaHlabisa, eMkhanyakude District. He is now a resident of Empangeni, and his wife is also a politician. Mrs Thandeka Mchunu is the Mayor of uThungulu District Municipality. They have been blessed with four children.

Mchunu started school at iNhlwathi Primary School, and he attended the Mbopha Secondary School in KwaHlabisa and Amakholwa High School in Pietermaritzburg.

In those days the pupils that wished to c0ompete matric often had to migrate to urban areas to find schools that offered the higher grades. After school he registered for a Bachelor of Pedagogics (B Paed.) degree through the University of Zululand.

In October 1984 just before his final fourth year exams, the University closed down following protracted student protests on campus. His chances to complete his studies there ended when he was denied any possibility of re-registering at the university.

In 1986 he completed his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree through the University of South Africa with majors in Education and International Relations. In 2002 Mchunu enrolled with the University of Free State for a two-year Masters Programme in Political Transformation, of which one year was completed.

Mchunu started his career as a teacher at St Augustine’s High School at Nquthuand in 1988 he was transferred to Eshowe and taught at Impande High School until the advent of his fulltime political career in 1991.

Mchunu has had a successful political career starting as the first Regional Secretary of the Northern Natal Region of the ANC. He had this role renewed for four years. In 1994 he became the Provincial Secretary of the ANC in KZN. In 1997 Mchunu became a member of the KZN Legislature and thereafter he chaired the Agriculture Portfolio Committee for four years. From 2002 – 2004 he chaired the Social Development Portfolio Committee.

His skills as chairperson were required from 2004 – 2009 in the Education Portfolio Committee . This role cemented his appointment as MEC for Education in KZN. Last year he was appointed as the provincial chairperson of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal.

In September last year Mchunu was appointed as the Premier of KwaZuluNatal Province.

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Mr Faizel Ismail

Ambassador Permanent Representative of South Africa World Trade Organization SOUTH AFRICA

Faizel Ismail is currently the Ambassador Permanent Representative of South Africa to the WTO. He has a Masters in Philosopy degree in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom. He also holds an LLB and a BA degree from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

He led the new democratic South Africa’s trade negotiations with the European Union, Southern African Development Community, Southern African Customs Union and several other bilateral trading partners including the US, India, and Mercusor since 1994.

He has led South Africa’s negotiations in the WTO since 2002 and has served as the Chair of the WTO negotiating group (CTDSS) for two years (2004-2006) and the Chair of the WTO Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) regular body for one year (2006/7).

He is the author of two books on the WTO: Mainstreaming Development in the WTO. Developing Countries in the Doha Round (CUTS International, and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2007) and Reforming the World Trade Organization.

Developing Countries in the Doha Round (CUTS International, and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2009). The latter book has been translated into Chinese and published by the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Centre and the Shanghai People’s Publishing House (2011). He has published numerous articles in international journals and books on economic development and trade and development issues.

He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of World Trade; an Advisor to the BRICS Trade and Economic Research Network based at the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Centre, Shanghai, China; Senior Research Associate, Centre for Rising Powers, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Senior Research Associate, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, United Kingdom; and a member of the Partnership Council of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Geneva, Switzerland.

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Mr Michael Mabuyakhulu, MPP

MEC for Economic Development, Tourism & Environmental Affairs Kwazulu-Natal SOUTH AFRICA

ACADEMIC PROFILE • Honours Degree in Management • Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Advanced Business Programme • Conducted research on Labour Matters.

CAREER / POSITIONS / MEMBERSHIPS / OTHER ACTIVITIES • • • • • •

Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature MEC Local Government, Housing and Traditional Affairs MEC Finance and Economic Affairs MEC Public Works MEC Economic Development and Tourism Member of the National Executive Committee of the Metal and Allied Workers Union of South Africa • Regional Secretary of Numsa in Northern KwaZulu-Natal • Convener of the ANC caucus within the Economic Development and Tourism Portfolio Committee of the Legislature

Contact Details Physical Address Durban: 9th Floor, The Marine, 22 Gardner (Dorothy Nyembe) Street, DURBAN Physical Address Pietermaritzburg: 1st Floor, Heritage House, 270 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Pietermaritzburg Postal Address: Private Bag X001, BISHOPSGATE, 4008 Tel: (031) 310 5300 or (033) 264 2500 • Fax: (031) 310 5416 Cell: 082 884 2404 • E-mail: mecpa@kznded.gov.za Contact Person: Ntsiko Mathombo

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Cllr Nomvuzo Shabalala

Deputy Mayor of eThekwini Municipality SOUTH AFRICA

Deputy Mayor Nomvuso Shabalala has been serving as a councillor for the past 19 years. She has served on various portfolio committees and is most proud of her efforts for the community through the Economic Development and Planning Committee.

One of her main priorities is to ensure that women are able to play a significant role in the country’s economy. She has been behind the hosting of many empowerment programmes designed to uplift and impart skills.

Her work on the health, safety and social services ensured that there was a move towards counselling and testing of HIV and an encouragement for TB patients to take their medicine.

Shabalala was a member of the Natal Organisation of Women which fought for the empowerment of women, and her role was to produce slogans and banners for trade unions. Her favourite slogan is “A nation will never be free until women are free.”

As the 20 year anniversary of democracy has passed, Shabalala believes that the Government has done a lot to level the playing fields and promote gender equality. Her passion for community work has brought her rceoignition and she was awarded a Master’s degree by the Emmaneul Bible school for her work on the Masakhane campaign.

As the ward 83 councillor she has encouraged the women in the community to grow food gardens and she established Siza Community Care which now has 40 health care workers. She has stepped in when the Mayor is away and she has little time for her family duties.

But she says careful planning and making time for her four daughters is important. Her husband and son passed away in June and so she is a single parent.

Shabalala is hoping that the upcoming Transnet project – Dig out Port – will afford many opportunities for the young women in the area. She puts her success down to her faith in in God.

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MS Ina Cronje

Chairperson of the board for Trade & Investment KwaZulu-NAtal SOUTH AFRICA

Ms Ina Cronjé was born in Pretoria but grew up with her four sisters in Schweizer-Reneke – the old Western Transvaal – now North West Province.

In 1964 she graduated at the University of Pretoria, majoring in German, Afrikaans-Netherlands and History of Art. She taught at schools in Johannesburg and Pretoria before moving to Phalaborwa where she wrote articles for the local community newspaper after enrolling for a correspondence course in Journalism. In 1968 Ms Cronjé resumed her teaching career in Amanzimtoti at Kingsway High School and later at Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High and St Anne’s Diocesan College. During her teaching career Ms Cronjé obtained her University Education Diploma, as well as an Honours Degree in Afrikaans-Netherlands at the University of Natal. She also lectured part-time at the University of Natal in Second Language Teaching Method.

After the birth of her son she retired from teaching to study law fulltime through Unisa. In the late 1980’s she was admitted as an attorney and practiced as such in Pietermaritzburg until 1994. During this period she also became more active in the African National Congress and was a founder member of the first ANC branch in Pietermaritzburg Central after the ANC was unbanned. As a consequence of her political involvement she acted for and defended a number of ANC members in political trials.

In 1994 she was elected as a Member of Parliament in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature. Initially she served as ANC Deputy Chief Whip, under the first Chief Whip, the late Mr Harry Gwala, from whom she took over after he had passed away. She held the position as Chief Whip until April 2004, while also chairing the Portfolio Committee on Conservation and Environmental Affairs and serving on the Finance, Public Accounts and Education portfolio committees. During this period she obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law at the University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg).

Ms Cronjé served in the ANC’s Provincial Executive Committee and the Provincial Working Committee. She currently serves as the Board Chairperson at Trade & Investment KwaZulu-Natal.

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MR Kuseni Dlamini

Massmart, Chairman of the Board South Africa

Appointed to the Massmart Board 10 April 2014.

Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Kuseni Dlamini is the Chairman of Times Media Group Ltd (formerly Avusa), a leading media and entertainment company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of Old Mutual South Africa and Emerging Markets. Prior to this he was the Head of Anglo American South Africa and a member of the Executive Committee of Anglo American plc in London and was Director of Anglo Platinum Ltd. He is also the former Executive Chairman of Richards Bay Coal Terminal Company Ltd and a former Chairman of Anglo Operations (Pty) Ltd. As part of his career in mining he held a number of senior positions at Anglo Gold Ashanti and De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd in South Africa and the United Kingdom.

Kuseni is a graduate of the Universities of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, and Oxford where he was a Rhodes Scholar. In March 2008, he was named a ‘Young Global Leader’ by the World Economic Forum and, during the same month, Miningx selected him as one of the top 100 most influential people in South African mining. In June 2008, the Mail & Guardian named him as one of the top 200 young people worth taking to lunch and in the same year and month, The Economist referred to him as “A Rare Commodity’. In 2010, the World Economic Forum appointed him a member of the Global Agenda Council on Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation.

In 2011, he was appointed Co-Chairman of the annual World Economic Forum Africa Summit which brings together Heads of States, leading politicians and business leaders to debate the state of Africa in a changing world on an annual basis.

Kuseni is active in professional bodies and charities which include the South African Institute of International Affairs, Common Purpose and the Advisory Board of Wits Business School. He is also a member of the Council of the University of Pretoria and Chairman of the Board of South African National Parks.

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Talia Feigenbaum

Director of Urban-Econ South Africa

Talia Feigenbaum holds a BSocSci Economics and Marketing, Masters in Development Studies (Economics) from the University of Natal (now UKZN).

She is currently the Director of Urban-Econ. She has an interest in the integration of regional development economic issues into all spheres of integrated planning.

Talia focuses on impact assessment work, specifically on large-scale capital expansion projects in the eastern region of Southern Africa, like the Port of Durban Expansion; the Dube Trade Port as well as the COMESA corridor. Talia has focused her attention on the impact of infrastructure on development in both urban and rural markets. She also has extensive experience in the impact and feasibility of the establishment of development agencies, economic impact assessments as well as commercial and retail property demand modeling.

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Mr Andrew le Roux Montigny Swaziland

A strong, motivated leader and strategist, with a deep Christian faith, Andrew has led and managed one of the largest, and most diverse, Community Development Organisations in Southern Africa, for the past 7 years.

Andrew is a fourth generation Swazi, with a legal background, strong administrative skills and extensive experience in private enterprise in Swaziland.

He serves on numerous boards and is committed to community transformation in Swaziland.

WORK HISTORY: Montigny Investments Limited - 2013 – Current: Executive Director.

Challenge Ministries Swaziland - 2012 –2013: Chief Operations Officer Bulembu Ministries Swaziland - 2006 – 2014: Executive Director Langa National Brickworks - 1999 -2006: Administration Director Millin & Currie Attorneys - 1997 – 1999: Articled Clerk (Law)

EDUCATION: Baccalerium Legum Civilium (BLC) - University of Pretoria Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - University of Pretoria Matricuated – Piet Retief High School, Mpumalanga, South Africa

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Mr JABU MABUZA

Deputy Chairman: Tsogo Sun Holdings South Africa

Jabulane (Jabu) Mabuza retired from the position of Group Chief Executive of Tsogo Sun Holdings Ltd, effective 30 September 2011 and currently serves as Deputy Chairman: Tsogo Sun Holdings.

Jabu has held a number of directorships within the Southern Sun and Tsogo Sun Groups. He has served on the Board of South African Tourism for nine years and as its Chairman, ending May 2012. Jabu is the current Chairman of the Casino Association of South Africa (CASA), President of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) as well as Chairman of Telkom SA SOC Limited.

Jabu currently serves on Boards of other companies, including: Ampleray Investments (Pty) Ltd, BUSA NPC, Eglin Investments No. 44 (Pty) Ltd, Kuncedzana Investments Holdings, Lexshell 627 Investments (Pty) Ltd, Motema Investments (Pty) Ltd, Nexor Solar (Pty) Ltd, Petroport (N3) (Pty) Ltd, Shaft Sinkers Mining (Pty) Ltd, Supaswift (Pty) Ltd T/A Federal Express (FEDEX), Telkom SA SOC Ltd, The Sunshine PGA Tour (Section 21) and Wild Peech Trading (Pty) Ltd Outside of our South African boarders, he served on the boards of Tanzania Breweries Ltd (TBL), and Castle Brewing Company in Kenya. He is currently serving on the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) in Washington DC as a Board Member and on the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) in England – UK as an Executive Committee Member. He was a B20 Delegate to the G20 in Saint Petersburg – Russia in September 2013.

He also served on the Board of University of South Africa School of Business Leadership (SBL) and was Country Advisor to the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS).

Jabu has presented several papers in Southern Africa, the United Kingdom, United States of America and Europe on Black Economic Empowerment Investment in South Africa, Small and Medium Enterprise Development and the Role of Business in Transition.

Jabu was a finalist for the Institute of Marketing Management (IMM) / Marketing Person of the Year in 1991. In 1997 he was recognised for the Black Management Forum (BMF) Champion of Black Economic Empowerment - Pioneer’s Award. Jabu was the recipient of the 2004 Impumelelo, Top 300 Empowerment Awards as a Top Black Business

Personality of the Year, nominated by the Black Business Council (BBC) for his contribution to the Transformation, Job Creation and the Economy and strength as a Black Economic Empowerment role model.

On 6 November 2009, Jabu was the recipient of the “Onkgopotse Tiro Excellence Award in Business 2009, in recognition of his leadership and excellence in business. This award is given to former students of the University who have through their successful business endeavours, inspired many generations of aspirant entrepreneurs that the UNIL and other institutions produce. The nominees are identified by the UNIL Students Trust Fund that also includes UNIL Alumni representation, and the winner is selected in consultation with the Vice-Chancellor.

On 4 November 2011, the Black Business Executive Circle (BBEC) presented Jabu with the Chairman’s Award for “Black Business Leaders at the Pinnacle of Thought Leadership”.

12 September 2013, the South African Minister of Tourism presented Jabu with the Lifetime Achiever Award – The Lilizela Tourism Award, for his exceptional contribution to the tourism sector. Jabu has played a leadership role in Tsogo Sun, which he has helped to build into one of the top gaming and hotel groups in the world, interalia as chief executive officer (CEO) and, today, as deputy chairperson of the board.

In order to broaden his executive skills, Jabu attended several courses namely, the Effective Leadership Program from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA, August 1996 and the Executive Development Program: Financial Statement Analysis from the John E Anderson Graduate School of Management at University of California, Los Angeles, October 1999.

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Mr QUESSANIAS MATSOMBE

Humula Beach Hotels & Resorts Mozambique

OCCUPATION: Businessman

EDUCATION BACKGROUND: Chemical Engineer Diploma in Business Administration.

PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS BACKGROUND: Worked for oil industry for 20 years (last position: Commercial & Industry Manager) Self-made businessman, operating in hospitality industry for 17 years.

Owns and operates two beach hotels in Gaza province (Bilene) of which one is a resort

Operates a business hotel in Maputo province Number of employees: 198 of which 2 are expatriates

OTHER DUTIES: From 2001 to 2013: President of Southern Mozambique Hotel Association 2011: Vice-Presidente Of Cta-Confederations Of Business Association Of Mozambique From 2014: Presidente Of Auditing Board Of Cta-Confederations Of Business Association Of Mozambique From 2012: Presidente Of Femotur - Mozambique Hotelary And Tourism Federation

CONTACT DETAILS: Phone: +258 21314576 Email: quessanias.matsombe@humula.co.mz

www.mozambiquetravelservice.com /humula-hotel.html

Nozipho Mbanjwa CNBC Africa Anchor South Africa

Nozipho joined the CNBC Africa team in 2013 as an anchor and producer, now delivering five business television offerings to 48 African countries.

Previously, Nozipho spearheaded the Tata Group’s Marketing and Branding portfolio for Africa, overseeing the corporate brand in 13 African countries.

Nozipho has also served as the General Manager for Umlambo Foundation, a foundation established by South Africa’s first female Deputy President, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, with the mandate to improve the leadership and management capacity of underperforming rural schools.

Before entering the NGO world, Nozipho worked in the Presidency, where she first cut her teeth on the working of government and public administration. She is an International Relations and Diplomacy graduate from the University of London with earlier degrees from the University of Pretoria.

An active toastmaster and founder of Akwande Communications, she is one of South Africa’s gems in the communications arena.

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Lerato Mbele

Presenter, Africa Business Report, BBC World News South AFrica

Lerato Mbele is presenter of Africa Business Report on BBC World News television.

Lerato joined the BBC in 2012 as presenter of flagship breakfast radio programme, Newsday on BBC World Service.

Prior to that, Lerato served as a Senior Business Anchor for CNBC Africa.

She hosted a variety of business focused programming and specials, including presidential debates in South Africa, Nigeria, Tunisia and for multilateral organisations like the African Development Bank and United Nations. Lerato is the co-editor of Designing Democracy, having worked as a researcher at the SA Institute of International Affairs.

Lerato began her journalism career in 1999 at South Africa’s state owned broadcaster The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). She eventually served as an anchor for the channel’s daily news show News at 10 and also fronted the weekly show, Public Interest and The Ambassadors.

Lerato has interviewed notable political figures, including Nobel Peace Prize laureates Kofi Annan, Wangari Maathai and F.W de Klerk, and has also interviewed Bill Gates, Olusegun Obansanjo, Goodluck Jonathan and Uhuru Kenyatta.

In August the Oprah Magazine named her on their 2014 Power List of 21 African women “rocking the world”. In March 2014, Lerato Mbele was named a Young Global Leader, by the World Economic Forum in Geneva Switzerland. She has also been nominated for other awards. She is the recipient of a literary award from the World Association of University of Women. Lerato is a Chevening Scholar and a regular speaker at international conferences on Africa and economics.

She has hosted televised debates, having participated in the World Bank and IMF annual meeting in Washington DC, and the UN Climate Change Summit COP17 in 2011.

She also holds an MSc degree in Development Studies from The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She is also a graduate of the Universities of Cape Town & Stellenbosch.

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Mr Brian Molefe Transnet South Africa

Mr Brian Molefe is the Group Chief Executive of Transnet SOC Ltd, which includes Transnet Port Terminals, Transnet National Ports Authority, Transnet Freight Rail, Transnet Engineering and Transnet Pipelines. He was appointed to the position in February 2011 following a successful stint as the Chief Executive of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC). At the PIC, he led an unmatched growth in assets under management from R308 billion to just under R1 trillion between 2002 and 2010.

Molefe is leading Transnet through its record-breaking infrastructure spend programme. In April 2012, Transnet launched its rolling R307 billion seven-year investment programme – the Market Demand Strategy.

Molefe has a Masters in Business Leadership and a B.Com degree from Unisa, as well as a Post Graduate Diploma in Economics from the University of London. He has also completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School, the Programme for Young Global Leaders at the Kennedy School of Government also at Harvard University, as well as the Executive Programme, from Wharton Business School.

Previously, he was also Deputy Director General at the National Treasury, where he was responsible for Asset Liability Management.

Molefe, a member of the SANDF’s reserve force and an honorary colonel in the SA Irish Regiment, has received several awards in recognition of his contribution to the economy, particularly his role in the advancement of black economic empowerment. These include being chosen Chief Executive Officer of the Decade by the Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals (Absip). In October 2012, Molefe was named Africa’s “Business Leader of the Year” by Africa Investor

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MR Neil Puresh

Managing Director - Intercontinental Trust (Seychelles) Limited Seychelles

Educated in Mauritius and at the National University of Singapore, Neil Puresh is the Managing Director for Intercontinental Trust (Seychelles) Limited after being with the Intercontinental Trust Group for over 13 years (since 2001), including five within the Mauritius international financial and fiduciary services sector. He has significant experience reconciling the practical implementation of tax planning strategies with the changing worldwide patterns of regulatory due diligence, compliance and legislative reform.

In 2006, he was mandated to set up the Seychelles office and has been managing it since then. He is also at the forefront of various industry-related legal and regulatory reforms, on the improvement and/or implementation of certain pieces of legislation in the Seychelles.

More recently, he has been appointed as Vice President of the Intercontinental Trust Group of companies, primarily focusing on the business development aspects of the Group globally.

His current professional memberships and affiliations include the following: • SAOPRA (Seychelles Association of Offshore Practitioners and Registered Agents) • Seychelles Compliance Association • Financial Services Authority (Seychelles) Liaison and Technical Committee • SCCI (Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry) • Round Table Seychelles

CONTACT DETAILS: Intercontinental Trust (Seychelles) Limited, 1st Floor, #5 DEKK House, De Zippora Street, P.O. Box 456, Providence Industrial Estate, Mahé, Republic of Seychelles.

Tel: (248) 437 3689 • Mobile: (248) 252 5500 • Fax: (248) 437 3299 Email: npuresh@intercontinentaltrust.sc

www.intercontinentaltrust.sc

Rev. Mcebo A. G. Sigudla

Swaziland Association of Architects, Engineers and Surveyors Swaziland

Having been involved in employee welfare, student governance, administration, leadership, innovation and motivation over a very lengthy period, Rev Sigudla acquired a multitude of skills resulting in his being he has capable and reliable person as well as an asset to all that he is associated with.

Rev Sigudla has been greatly involved in establishing, on a voluntary basis, a number of items including web pages and newsletters. This has helped enhance his change management skills, as well as his innovation skills. This he believes is of great importance as we live in a world of communication, with a huge need for re-invention and ICT based skills.

Having been involved in a variety of occupations and environments, he has developed a variety of skills to deal with people, and to be a leader. He has excellent time management skills and communication skills that require him to motivate, relay information, as well as receive and utilise information from other people.

His vast involvement with many structures combined with his academic background and techniques learnt in class has given him meaningful administrative and managerial skills and abilities, making him an asset to all the organisations that he has work for. He has learnt to work with academics, students, entrepreneurs, religious leaders and political leaders.

This has enabled him to see people from different perspectives.

Financial, Human Resource and Project Management skills are key to the success in any field of engineering, and he has learnt and developed these for successful implementation of projects and work processes in his environment, thus leading to success in the office and the ability to multi task at different levels.

WORK HISTORY: 2010 to 2014 SPTC Sibaya Pension Fund - Chairman of Trustees 2010 to 2012 SPTC Staff Association - Secretary General 2007 to 2008 SPTC Strategy Implementation Team - Staff Association representative 2006 to 2009 SPTC Sibaya Pension Fund - Trustee 2006 to 2008 SPTC Staff Association - Secretary General 2004 to 2009 SPTC HIV/Aids Steering Committee - Member 2004 to 2005 SPTC Staff Association - Vice Secretary General

Contact Details: Swaziland Association of Architects, Engineers and Surveyors Tel: +268 2416 9218 • Fax: +268 2416 3618 • Cell: +268 7604 2161

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MR Rupert Horace Simeon

CEO - Seychelles Investment Board Seychelles

Rupert Horace Simeon is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Seychelles Investment Board. He holds a B.A. (Hons) in Banking, Insurance and Finance from the University of Wales. He has occupied several posts within the Ministry of Finance, Trade and Investment over the years, and is a member of several Boards including the Seychelles International Business Authority, Development Bank of Seychelles and PTA Bank. In 2011 he was elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the PTA Bank, a post he has held for one year.

He has been involved in the Seychelles economic reform program and more recently on tax reform, which includes the introduction of the Value Added Tax (replacing the Goods and Services Tax). Mr Simeon is also the chief negotiator for Double Tax Avoidance Agreements and is the focal person for OECD Global Forum Peer Review on transparency and exchange of information in Seychelles.

CONTACT DETAILS: Email: rsimeon@sib.gov.sc • Tel: 248 4295502

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An initiative driven by the governments of Mozambique, Seychelles, Swaziland and South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal

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Spaghetti Junction, KwaZulu-Natal

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Handcrafted Giraffes, Swaziland

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Lorloz (Victorian Clock Tower), Seychelles

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LM Prawns, Mozambique

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