Speakers 2019

Annabel Bishop

Group Chief Economist
Investec

Annabel Bishop is the Group Chief Economist at Investec. She joined Investec in 2001, and has worked in the macroeconomi...

Paolo Borzatta

Senior Partner
The European House - Ambrosetti

Paolo Borzatta is Senior Partner of The European House – Ambrosetti. He is an expert in: corporate strategy, city ...

Giovanni Cerchiarini

Chief International Operations, Terna
CEO, Terna Plus

CEO, Terna Plus and Head of International Operations, Terna. He joined in 2017 after the major part of his career to Sai...

Blessing Chitsenga

Group CEO
12K Energy

Group CEO, 12K Energy. 12k Energy was founded in Botswana 2004 and now Headquartered in South Africa. He has over 15 yea...

Valerio De Molli

Managing Partner and CEO
The European House - Ambrosetti

Valerio De Molli has been Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of The European House – Ambrosetti since 20...

Diego
de Radigues

President, EU Chamber of Commerce in Southern Africa
Managing Director, Bakali

Diego de Radigues is Chairman of the EU Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Southern Africa. He has been Managing Direct...

Alec Erwin

Chairman
UBU Investment Holdings

Chairman, UBU Investment Holding. Between 1994 and 2008 he held several public offices, serving as Deputy Minister of Fi...

Lorenzo Fioramonti

Minister of Education, University and Research
Italy

Minister of Education, University and Research in the second Conte Cabinet since September 5, 2019, he was previously D...

Vikas Khandelwal

CEO
BNP Paribas South Africa

As the Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas in South Africa, Vikas Khandelwal directly oversees the Corporate & In...

Riina Kionka

Ambassador of EU to South Africa

Riina Kionka is EU Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa. She arrived in Pretoria in October 2019 to head the Deleg...

Jean-Claude Lasserre

CEO, Saint-Gobain Africa
President, Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France (CCEF) in South Africa

Jean-Claude Lasserre has been CEO – South Africa & Sub Saharan Africa, Saint Gobain since 2018, overlooking op...

Vincent Lemaire

CEO
CLN-MA, South Africa

Vincent Lemaire joined MA-CLN in 2007 and he was Plant Manager Eurostamp France and later COO for France Region. Prior t...

Panyaza Lesufi

MEC for Education
Province of Gauteng

Member of the Executive Council for Education, Gauteng, South Africa. He has been a member of the Provincial Executive C...

Enrico Letta

Dean of Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po , France
former Prime Minister, Italy

Italian Prime Minister from 2013 to 2014, he is currently Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po...

David Makhura

Premier
Province of Gauteng

Premier of Gauteng since 2014. On 22 May 2019 he was re – elected Premier of Gauteng, South Africa’s most populo...

Stefano Manservisi

former Director General for International Cooperation and Development
European Commission

Stefano Manservisi was Director-General at the DG for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) of the European ...

Mario Marcenaro

CEO
Finstone

Mario Marcenaro is the CEO at Finstone, which is a global and vertically integrated dimensional stone company. Finstone ...

Herman Mashaba

Executive Mayor
City of Johannesburg

Elected Executive Mayor of Johannesburg in August 2016, Herman Mashaba was born on 26 August 1959 in GaRamotse, Hammansk...

Adriano Mongini

Executive VP and Director, East Africa Region
Eni

Adriano Mongini has been Executive Vice President for the East Africa Region at ENI since September 2019. From October 2...

AB Moosa

CEO
Avalon Group / Afri-Tec

AB Moosa has been appointed in 2006 CEO of the Avalon Group, which is specialized in the media and entertainment busines...

Peya Mushelenga

Minister of Urban and Rural Development
Namibia

Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Republic of Namibia. He was Deputy Minister of International Relations and Coop...

Nhlanhla Nene

Non-Executive Chairman of the Supervisory Board, ARISE BV
former Minister of Finance, South Africa

Nhlanhla Nene is Non-Executive Chairman of the Supervisory Board at ARISE BV. He was Minister of Finance of South Africa...

Stavros Nicolaou

Senior Executive, Strategic Trade
Aspen

Stavros Nicolaou is the Aspen Pharmacare Group’s Senior Executive responsible for Strategic Trade Development. Previou...

Tseke Nkadimeng

Chairman, Bouvest
Former CEO, Afric Oil

Founder, Moopong Investment Holdings. He started his career working for KPMG in the audit department. He left KPMG to jo...

Khumbudzo Ntshavheni

Minister of Small Business Development
South Africa

Khumbudzo Ntshavheni is Minister of Small Business Development, a member of Parliament of the Republic of South Africa a...

Lynette Ntuli

CEO
Innate Investment Solutions

Chief Executive Officer of Innate Investment Solutions, a South African entity that provides property, asset management ...

Mario Pezzini

Director
OECD Development Centre

Mario Pezzini is Director of the OECD Development Centre. Moreover, after having served for a year as Acting Director of...

Khudusela Pitje

CEO
New Gx Capital

Khudusela Pitje is the Founder and CEO of New GX Capital. He also sits on a number of boards linked to New GX group of c...

Markus Thill

President, Africa Region
Bosch

Markus Thill is President, Africa Region, at Bosch. Since mid-2014, he is responsible for Bosch’s business in Africa, ...

Luís Manuel Troso

CEO
Sanep, Angola

PCA and CEO of SANEP GROUP which is composed of more than 10 companies operating in the financial, agricultural, distrib...

Marc Van Pelt

Managing Director & Sales Director Africa, Pepperl+Fuchs
Vice Chairman, European Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Southern Africa

Marc Van Pelt has been with Pepperl+Fuchs since 1989 as the co-founder of Pepperl+Fuchs Belgium. After various other pos...