Ms Tryphosa Ramano

Ms Tryphosa Ramano

Ms Tryphosa Ramano is a Chartered Accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce (BCom) and postgraduate diploma in Accounting and Finance. She is a corporate governance expert, strategist and has experience in financial services, manufacturing, aviation, and entrepreneur. She worked as a Chief Financial Officer in various companies and served as non-executive director in various…

Dr Busisiwe Vilakazi

Dr Busisiwe Vilakazi

Dr Busisiwe Vilakazi holds a DPhil in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford. She is the Head of Research and Innovation at SITA and a former Senior Researcher at the CSIR. She has experience and skills in ICT Research and Innovation, Data Science & Analytics, Strategy, Digital Transformation. She is also currently a non-executive director…

Ms Sedzani Mudau

Ms Sedzani Mudau

Ms Sedzani Mudau is a seasoned finance professional with experience in various senior roles, including as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in the financial services sector. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant with an MBA and is currently the Executive Director of Favest Advisory. She has also served in various non-executive board roles in the public…

Prof. Francis Petersen

Prof. Francis Petersen

Prof. Francis Petersen is the Rector & Vice Chancellor of the University of the Free State in South Africa. He has formerly been Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, Dean: Engineering & the Built Environment at the University of Cape Town, the Executive Head: Strategy at Anglo American Platinum, Executive Vice-President: R&D at Mintek,…

Mr Auke Lont

Mr Auke Lont

Mr Auke Lont is a highly recognised internationally in the transmission system operator environment. He was the CEO of Norway’s Statnett. He was part of an international group of CEO peers and understands the South African electricity market reform context. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the energy industry. Lont holds a Master of…

Prof. Mark Swilling

Prof. Mark Swilling

Prof. Mark Swilling was the Chairperson of DBSA until September 2023. He is the Co-Director of the Centre for Sustainability Transitions at Stellenbosch University. His primary research focus is on ‘societal transitions’ within the wider discipline of sustainability science and governance, with a particular contextual focus on urban sustainability. His published research was coupled to major…

Mr Nkosinathi Solomon

Mr Nkosinathi Solomon

Mr Nkosinathi Solomon holds an MBA (Cum Laude) degree and a BSc in Chemical Engineering. He has sound board level experience, specifically related to leadership and governance. Mr Solomon has good understanding of the energy landscape. He has experience in leading transforming organisations. His competencies include strategy formulations, people change management and is an experienced board…

Ms Anu Sing

Ms Anu Sing

Ms Anu Sing has more than 25 years of experience at board and executive level. She has had three successful careers, as an engineer, investment banker and in telecommunications. In her last corporate role, she spent five years with the MTN Group where she fulfilled roles such as Group Executive Business Intelligence, Group Executive for Strategic…

Ms Carmen Le Grange

Ms Carmen Le Grange

Ms Carmen Le Grange was the Chief Financial Officer of Denel. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant, with 22 years of experience in auditing and consulting in the accounting profession and was previously a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). She has had operational responsibility for several partners and associate directors of PwC, where her focus was the…

Ms Lungile Mashele

Ms Lungile Mashele

Ms Lungile Mashele is an Energy Economist, an award-winning energy professional, and banker with more than 12 years of energy industry experience in Africa. She provides technical due diligence services to close project finance deals within the energy sector. Her skills include providing specialist advice related to finance, development, energy, costing and economics within the energy…