The biggest board meeting in South Africa is about to take place on 24 June 2022, with an exceptional line-up of experts discussing the economy, equality, food security and much more.

Three proficiently moderated panel discussions will focus on reigniting the spirit of ubuntu where the public sector, business, academia and NGO’s discuss and debate the shortest and most effective paths to recovery.

The Directors Event attracts an audience of more than 300 senior management and C-level executives to a full-day conference at the Sandton Convention Centre. In 2021, the digital event drew an online audience of more than 1500 delegates.

The Directors Event panel discussions are:

FIXING THE ECONOMY TO IMPROVE LIVELIHOODS moderated by Gugulethu Mfuphi, will look at how Business can step up to deliver real social impact, on the path to post-Covid socio-economic recovery. The panel includes:

  • Nontobeko Hlela – Researcher for SA Office, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research
  • Dr Azar Jammine – Chief Economist, Econometrix
  • Eustace Mashimbye – CEO, Proudly SA
  • Hendrik Malan – CEO, Frost & Sullivan Africa
  • John Dludlu – CEO, Small Business Institute
  • Jan Bouwer – Chief of Digital Platform Solutions, BCX

FEEDING THE NATION moderated by Uveka Rangappa will tackle how we mitigate climate change, manage water resources, execute a just energy transition, and support agriculture to ensure no person goes to bed hungry. The panel includes:

  • Dr Jaisheila Rajput – Founder & CEO, Tomorrow Matters Now (TOMA-Now)
  • Andy Du Plessis – Managing Director, Food Forward SA
  • Prof Imraan Valodia – Pro-Vice Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Prof Mark Swilling – Co-director, Centre for Sustainability @ University of Stellenbosch
  • Prof Francois Engelbrecht – Director and Professor of Climatology, Global Change Institute, University of Witwatersrand

NEW WAYS OF TACKLING INEQUALITY moderated by Nompumelelo Runji will focus on how public and private sectors should work together to raise South Africa beyond being classed among the “fragile five” emerging economies. The panel consists of:

  • Phelisa Nkomo – Development Economist and Chairperson, Oxfam South Africa
  • Prof Murray Leibbrandt – NRF Chair in Poverty and Inequality Research and Director of Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit at UCT
  • Pierella Paci – Practice Manager Poverty and Equity Global Practice, World Bank
  • Sizwe Pamla – Spokesperson, Cosatu
  • Busisiwe Memela-Khambula – CEO, South African Social Security Agency (SASSA)

To register to watch this free event online, click here.