Ahmed Ahmod
The People Performance Strategist
Ahmed Ahmod is The People Performance Strategist, a former ICT sales executive who helps organisations understand the human behaviour underneath business perfor
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Ahmed Ahmod is The People Performance Strategist, a former ICT sales executive who helps organisations understand the human behaviour underneath business perfor
Brain-based Leadership & Human Performance Architect
Veli Ndaba is a Brain-based Leadership & Human Performance Architect, keynote speaker, and author of The Neuroscience of Effective Leadership, known for transfo
Institutional Capacity Development Champion
Jan van Schalkwyk is an institutional capacity-development practitioner, facilitator and co-designer with close to thirty years of experience at the Auditor-Gen
Venture Builder | AI Digital Strategy & Transformation | BehaviorTech | NED | Ex-McKinsey Partner
Per Lagerstrom is a Swedish-born, Cape Town-based venture builder, AI strategy adviser and former McKinsey partner with more than 30 years of experience across
Political Economy Analyst | Futurist | Keynote & Webinar Speaker
Daniel Silke is a Cape Town–based political‑economy analyst and keynote speaker who connects political risk and economic trends across South Africa, Africa and
Entrepreneur | Digital Marketing Expert
Musa Kalenga is a technologist, marketer and entrepreneur, and the Group CEO and shareholder of Brave Group. He co‑founded Bridge Labs, where he serves as Execu
Founder & CEO
Daniele “Danny” Diliberto is the founder and CEO of Ladles of Love, a South African non‑profit focused on dignity‑first food security. A former restaurateur,
Founder & CEO, Ignite My Potential | Human Transformation Coach | Author; Keynote Speaker
Zimbabwean‑born, South Africa‑based keynote speaker, author and human transformation coach; Founder & CEO of Ignite My Potential. Former senior leader in financ
Executive Coach | Facilitator | Speaker
Executive coach, facilitator and speaker; founder of Tsheto Leadership and Coaching Academy; 20+ years transforming leadership cultures across Africa.
Former Managing Partner, Delta Victor Bravo and eatbigfish Africa | Founding CMO, rain | Author
Khaya Dlanga is a strategist, TED speaker, author of five books and former Managing Partner at Delta Victor Bravo, eatbigfish's partner in Africa. He has worked
CEO
Oelzah is the CEO of Figure Eight Network Solutions and a highly experienced organisational advisor, executive coach, and leadership strategist with nearly two
Risk Analyst | Former Secretary General, World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC)
Prof. Brad Beira operates where leadership, ethics and health meet. His signature idea, Tensegrity Leadership, shows how organisations hold their shape by balan
Entrepreneur; business leader; author
Wendy Luhabe is a South African business leader and social entrepreneur renowned for championing women's economic empowerment.
Human centred AI advocate
Johan Steyn has been called “Africa’s foremost Artificial Intelligence thought leader.” A prolific writer, speaker, teacher and academic, he regularly helps org
Entrepreneur | Innovation Strategist
Entrepreneur and innovation strategist; founding CEO of Proudly South African; three decades designing SME and innovation programmes; co‑led Step‑Up Technology
Rail and Operations Specialist | Board Chair | Advocate for Quiet Authority
Thembani Ncayiyana is a rail and operations specialist, engineer, board chair and emerging speaker whose work sits at the intersection of authentic leadership,
Founder & Executive Director, Afrika Ikalafe Pluriversity | Author & Speaker
Author, healer and speaker; founder of ADAPT and later Afrika Ikalafe Pluriversity; works across indigenous midwifery, GBV prevention, Ubuntu‑centred leadership
Board Chair | Chancellor
Professor Bonang Mohale is the Chancellor of the University of the Free State, Former President of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), Professor of Practice in
C-Suite Group Executive | Non-Executive Director | Unlocking Hidden Value, Engineering Real Results
Mpho Matsitse has spent fifteen years working between what organisations commit to and what they can later prove changed. His career has taken him through mana
Founder & Managing Director, Echo Advisory
Jeetesh Kathawaroo helps organisations close the gap between strategy and results. As the Founder & MD of Echo Advisory (Johannesburg/Sandton), he leads practic
Entrepreneur | Social Impact Leader
Yaa Ashantewaa Archer-Ngidi is a social impact leader and entrepreneur dedicated to empowering communities and advancing women's leadership.
Founder
With a career spanning multiple sectors (including 20 years in financial services) and having worked with all employee levels from young talent to exco, Ilka br
Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director, Richards Bay Coal Terminal | Former CEO, Richards Bay Coal Terminal, PRASA Rail and Bombela Operating Company | Former COO, Transnet Port Terminals
Nosipho Siwisa Damasane is Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director of Richards Bay Coal Terminal and has more than three decades of executive leadership
Founder & Executive Director — One Million Strong
Cape Town–based business strategist, leadership coach and social entrepreneur; CEO of the Nolands Foundation; Founder & CEO of Kairos Connect; Founder/Executive
Clinical Psychologist | Author | Corporate Trainer | Mindfulness Facilitator
Dr. Colinda Linde is a clinical psychologist, bestselling author, and transformational speaker who specializes in resilience, mindset, and practical self-master
Integrative Medical Doctor | Artist & Author
Dr. Lynette Steele blends her roles as an artist and medical doctor into a unique philosophy she calls the Art of Wholeness. Her work bridges creativity, femini
Founder Thirdmind Advisory
Isvari Naidoo brings a rare blend of commercial leadership, digital commerce expertise, and behavioural insight shaped over 16 years in Africa’s most complex FM
Executive & Team Performance Coach | Keynote Speaker | Author
Neil Bierbaum is an executive, leadership and team performance coach, keynote speaker and author based in Johannesburg, South Africa. An ICF Professional Certif
The Standards Architect | Professor of Practice | Psychologist | Non-Executive Director | People Governance and Leadership Development Authority
Prof Ajay Jivan is The Standards Architect, a psychologist, Professor of Practice at North-West University and Non-Executive Director at JET Education Services.
Medical Director of the International Paralympic Committee | Head of the Division of Sport, Exercise & Lifestyle Medicine
Wayne Derman is a specialist sports physician and a Professor at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, where he serves as the Head of the Division of Sport, Ex
Business Leader | Strategist | Business & Management Coach
Pretoria‑based business and management coach; founder of A2M Consultants; 27 years at SARS (senior management & management coach); delivers keynotes and worksho
Chief Executive Officer
Lindiwe Matlali is a London based deep tech entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and systems builder. She is the Founder and CEO of SWERFVALK and the Founder of Afric
Occupational Therapist, Founder and Author
Meg Faure is an internationally recognised occupational therapist, infant specialist, entrepreneur, author, and FemTech innovator who has spent more than three
Co-CEO, Imagine Worldwide | Founder & Chair, Rekindle Learning | Partner, FFWD Innovation
Rapelang Rabana is a South African computer scientist, entrepreneur and keynote speaker who builds technology that changes how people learn and work. She is Co-
Chiropractor | Functional Medicine Practitioner | Preventive Health Speaker
Dr Kevin Lentin has spent 41 years in clinical practice in Cape Town, where roughly 35,000 people have walked into his rooms. Most came because something hurt.
Author of The Adaptability Code | Executive Adviser on the Future of Leadership | Managing Partner, Kairos Consulting Africa
Mushambi Mutuma helps leaders make sense of a challenging and uncertain future and turn it into tangible mindset and operational changes they can begin making w
Nation Builder | Author | Indigenous Historian
Dr Ruben Richards served as the Executive Mayor of the Cederberg Municipality, founded a civil society movement – Cederberg Eerste, established his own Foundati
Organisational Transformation Strategist, Leadership Adviser and Author
Sthembiso Phakathi is an organisational transformation strategist, leadership adviser and author with more than two decades of experience helping organisations
Visionary Leader | Governance, Transformation & African Sovereignty Voice
Boipelo Letlape is a visionary leader, governance advocate, and one of South Africa's emerging voices on African sovereignty, youth leadership, and systemic tra
Strategy Advisor | Lecturer | Speaker
Anael Granoux Founder at Strategy Reignited Strategy Advisor | Lecturer | Speaker Anael is a French advisor, lecturer, speaker, NED and entrepreneur with tw
CEO and Chairman, Africa investor (Ai) Group | Architect of Institutional Capital at Scale
Dr. Hubert Danso is the CEO and Chairman of Africa investor (Ai) Group, a pan-African institutional infrastructure investment platform he founded in 2002. For
The Courage Architect
Shanaaz Majiet is an institutional transformation practitioner, ICF Master Credentialed Coach (MCC), and public sector leadership expert with more than three de
Non‑Executive Chairman, Sibanye‑Stillwater | Chair, STADIO Holdings | Chairperson, Discovery Foundation; Chancellor (2024–2027), Central University of Technology
Academic, business leader and public servant; NED Chair at Sibanye‑Stillwater and STADIO Holdings; Chair of Discovery Foundation; Chancellor of CUT (2024–2027);
Global CHRO and Culture Strategist | CCI Global | Doctorate in Innovation and Technology | Author
Dr Zain Reddiar, a sought after speaker is a respected, dynamic and innovative business professional who excels at executive level strategic management, human r
Chairperson of Eskom | Executive Chairman at BSG
Dr Mteto Nyati is the Chairperson of Eskom and Executive Chairman of BSG. He was previously CEO of Altron, CEO of MTN SA, and MD at Microsoft SA. Known for driv
Healer | The Midwife of Remembering | Speaker on the Human Being Beneath the Role & Values-Based Leadership
Motshedisi “MC” Silindane is a healer, social anthropologist, consciousness practitioner, speaker and facilitator whose work explores the human being beneath th
Executive Dean | Professor of Public Administration/Governance
Executive Dean at University of Venda; former HSRC Research Director; recipient of HSRC Senior Research Excellence Awards (2015, 2018) and UNESCO/WHITRAP Star o
Former CEO, SAICA (2019 - 2024); Former Accountant-General of South Africa (2004 - 2013); Former CEO, SITA (2013 - 2015); NSFAS Administrator (2024–2025)
Sithembiso Freeman Nomvalo is the former CEO of SAICA and South Africa’s first African, longest‑serving Accountant‑General (2004 - 2013). He previously led SITA
President & CEO I Board Chair I Best Selling Author
Nyimpini Mabunda is a global executive, turnaround specialist and best-selling author known for leading complex organisations across Africa. His story from rura
Leadership Beyond the Mask: Brand, Voice and the Human Side of Performance | Executive Marketing Leader, Customer Experience Strategist & Leadership Voice
Zanele Hadebe is an executive marketing leader, customer experience strategist and speaker with 24 years of leadership experience across financial services, tel
Founder, Brave Inflexions | Board Director | Authority on Ethical Leadership and Governance in Complex Systems
Dr Claudelle von Eck works at the point where formal governance meets the considerably less orderly reality of human behaviour. Her central argument is that in
Dr
Dr Phil Tsvangira International Leadership Strategist | Executive Coach | Change Specialist Phil Tsvangira is a distinguished expert in leadership development,
Katlego Mabusela is a behavioural performance strategist, entrepreneur, and speaker who helps organisations close the gap between strategy and execution. With
African Systems Interpreter for Boards and Leaders | National Leader, RISE Mzansi | Member of Parliament | Chair, SCOPA
Songezo Zibi is better known as the Chairperson of the powerful Standing Committee on Public Accounts in Parliament, but he has had a stellar corporate career a
Business leader; Policy Advisor
Nonhlanhla Mjoli-Mncube is a corporate executive, entrepreneur and board leader who has served as Lead Independent Director at Absa Group and Zeder Investments
Global MC and Panel Moderator | Founder, The Next Chapter Global
Samke Mhlongo is a strategist, author and global moderator specialising in conversations on capital, markets and economic growth, with a particular interest in
Chair, Barloworld | Chair, Zutari • CEO/Principal, Lereko Investments
Dr Nolulamo “Lulu” Gwagwa is a development planner, investor and board chair across public, private and NGO sectors. She is Chair of Barloworld and Zutari, IN
Head of Communications and Advocacy, AUDA-NEPAD | Founder Digital Ascent Ltd
Zipporah Maubane is Head of Communications & Advocacy at the African Union Development Agency (AUDA‑NEPAD), advancing Agenda 2063 through narrative strategy, in
Evita Makura Nyandoro is a Pan-African financial and risk expert,governance strategist, Chartered Accountant CA(SA), FCA, and senior executive with over 20 year
CEO & Business Development Strategist
Dikeledi Seleka is the CEO of Dynamic Timz Coaching, a Johannesburg-based leadership development and business strategy firm she founded 12 years ago. Her work s