South Africa

Dr Martyn Davies  is a Partner and Managing Director of Emerging Markets & Africa at Deloitte. In addition, he heads Deloitte Africa’s Automotive Sector business as well leading Japan Services Group and China Services Group for the Firm. He is a member of the Deloitte global Firm’s Insight Advisory Group as well as the Deloitte… read more »

Stellenbosch-based, Alan Knott-Craig is a successful businessman, best-selling author and social entrepreneur, Chairman of a wireless broadband provider, and founder of an NGO rolling out free Wi-Fi in poor communities. Originally from Pretoria, he studied at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (formerly UPE) and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2002 and has subsequently invested or… read more »

A renowned scientist and inventor, San Francisco-based Pranav Mistry is the Head of Think Tank Team and Director of Research of Samsung Research America. Prior to that, he was a Research Assistant and PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab. In the past, he worked with Microsoft, Google, CMU, NASA, UNESCO, Japan Science & Technology to name a few. Pranav received… read more »

Justin Spratt leads the Business function across Sub-Saharan Africa at Uber. Prior to this Justin was Chief Growth Officer of Quirk now Mirum) , leading revenue in excess of R200mn out of 5 offices from London to Cape Town. Prior to this role he led the start and build-out of the Africa portfolio for the… read more »

Cape Town based Max du Preez is a veteran South African journalist, author, and public speaker. He is a highly regarded political analyst because of his deep insights into the political dynamics of the last three decades, his access to the main political actors and his honest, forthright approach. After graduating in Political Science at… read more »

Andy Rice is probably South Africa’s best-known branding and advertising expert. As a strategist he headed up Ogilvy Johannesburg’s account planning department before founding Yellowwood, a specialist brand strategy consultancy that grew to become South Africa’s leader in its field. Yellowwood is now part of the TBWA empire, with Andy continuing to stay involved as… read more »

Having presented in over 60 cities globally, Abdullah Verachia has been recognised as a leading dealmaker, strategist and thoughtleader on company competitiveness and strategy – and on Frontier and Emerging Markets. His experience in these areas make him a sought-after global speaker in these areas. He has presented at some of the world’s leading institutions including… read more »

Based in the Western Cape, Kobus Wiese played in the South African provincial Currie Cup for the Golden Lions (formerly called the Transvaal). Kobus Wiese shot to stardom while playing for the World Cup winning Springboks in 1995. His brilliant play at that time was due to the vast amount of experience gained whilst playing for… read more »

Engineer by qualification. Entrepreneur by passion. Googler by Spirit. His diverse interests include disruptive innovation, strategic thinking, understanding Gen Y and corporate culture. He is CEO of an organisation which helps business and government understand the value of creating a performance culture to drive bottom line results and reduce staff attrition. He is also a much-requested corporate… read more »

Henning’s regular motivational and Team Building sessions with Top Companies feature his highly-popular presentation  have proved to be a real winner with any team which needs to continue to strive for increasing levels of achievement. It covers his tenure in the 4 year build-up to the 2007 world cup and the inside story of what took… read more »

Dave Duarte is a marketer, educator, and entrepreneur. Named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, he is a socially minded digital media maven whose campaigns have influenced change in fields ranging from telecommunications to environmental protection. An avid educator, Dave is Chairman of the Reach Trust which has provided over 10 million… read more »

In 2014 Lawrence Brittain was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Cancer. As a professional athlete this was a crippling blow – it meant giving up his Olympic dream. But this was Lawrence Brittain – and with sheer will, grit and single-minded determination, he beat the battle against cancer and was able to return in 2015 to the sport he loved, rowing. Just 18… read more »

When your goal is to ‘own your industry’, Douglas Kruger has some fascinating insights to help you get there. He speaks globally on how businesses and brands can compete more effectively and position themselves as industry experts. He dismantles self-imposed rules that can hamstring aspiring companies and he shows you how to develop talent. He also trains top executives and sales teams… read more »

Mzwethemba Dlutu, better known as ‘Shakes’, is a facilitator of group effectiveness programmes, a motivational speaker and a Conference MC. He has extensive experience in these fields plus the ability to connect with audiences of different backgrounds. A natural and powerful speaker, he uses humour and entertainment to drive home some solid and serious content…. read more »

Bruce is considered to be the world’s greatest ultra marathon runner. He is a highly-entertaining motivational speaker and his self-deprecating sense of humour creates a wonderful platform on which he shares his unique stories of determinatstion, perseverance and the will to overcome and real the finish line first – but NOT at all costs. Bruce is… read more »