Finance

Ronak Gopaldas is a political economist, “pracademic”, writer and speaker. His work focuses on the intersection of politics, economics, technology and business in Africa. He is currently a Director at Signal Risk, a fellow at GIBS and the co-founder of Mindflux Training. He was previously the Head of Country Risk at Rand Merchant Bank, where […]

Dr. Miriam Altman is recognised as a leading economist, strategist, thought leader and a passionate communicator. She has extensive proven experience in charting uncertainty and achieving great things in difficult circumstances. She speaks on the future of the South African economy, why South Africa needs a “China Strategy” and more broadly on economic strategy in […]

Nhlanhla Nene served as the Minister of Finance of South Africa under President Jacob Zuma from 25 May 2014 until his controversial removal on 9 December 2015, and under President Cyril Ramaphosa from 27 February 2018 until his resignation on 9 October 2018 He had been a Member of Parliament since 1999. He was appointed […]

Daniel Silke is recognized as one of South Africa’s leading political economy analysts, futurists and most passionate keynote speakers. His success lies in blending both economic and political trends in highly accessible yet insightful presentations. As Director of the Political Futures Consultancy based in Cape Town, Silke serves a host of major global blue-chip companies with outstanding keynotes and […]

Mandla Isaacs is a public speaker, and facilitator. He is Managing Director of Zehuti Advisory, a communications and strategy firm. His main areas of expertise and interest are: political economy, business strategy/trends, South African and African development, international relations, public policy/administration and politics. His career has spanned management consulting, including with McKinsey – where he […]

Dr Roelof Botha is currently Joint Managing Director of GOPA Group SA, a multi-disciplinary research company that specialises in development facilitation. He has been an economic adviser to PriceWaterhouseCoopers for the past 17 years and is an experienced presenter & sought after consultant.  In 2005, he received the Sake-24/ABSA award for Economist of the Year, […]

Dr. Marius Oosthuizen has an unusually broad field of expertise as a futurist, academic, consultant and facilitator. Having travelled to over 40 countries worldwide and with dual masters degrees in strategic foresight and social and political ethics, as well as a PhD in leadership, Dr. Marius Oosthuizen is uniquely placed to address executives in government, […]

Guy Lundy is a Principal in the Johannesburg office of global executive search firm Odgers Berndtson and a Director on the Boards of several organisations. Until recently Guy was the CEO of Accelerate Cape Town, a business think-tank and stakeholder grouping representing 50 of the biggest companies in South Africa. He has 15 years of […]

Bruce Whitfield there are some people who say that Bruce Whitfield is pretty good at what he does. They’ve even given him awards in recognition of his contribution to financial journalism on radio, print and television. Bruce has been named Sanlam Financial journalist of the Year twice. He has been crowned Citadel Words on Money […]

Dr Martyn Davies is the Managing Director of Emerging Markets & Africa at Deloitte Africa. He also leads the Africa firm’s China and Japan Services Group. Over his career, he has been an advisor to a large array of multinational firms on their market entry & engagement strategies in Africa. He has also conducted a […]

Dawie Roodt career in economic and political analysis spans over 25 years and includes nine years as an economist at the South African Reserve Bank as well as being the economic editor of a financial publication. He published his first book in 2013, ‘Tax, Lies & Red Tape’, which has been reviewed as a “fresh, […]

Aysha Turgut presentations will put anyone looking to overcome their negative relationship with money as well as their lack of understanding on how to create short- or long-term wealth on the right path to financial success. She was awarded the Most Influential Investment Coaching Businesswoman 2023 designation in the 8th annual Influential Businesswoman Awards hosted […]

Maddy Dychtwald is a prominent name in the field of futurism and aging demographics. As a respected author, speaker, and visionary thinker.

For four decades at Fortune, Geoff Colvin has covered the economic, political, technological, and competitive forces disrupting business and how top leaders and companies adapt and transform to win in spite of them. The big takeaway, Geoff says, is that winning companies and leaders summon the courage to act –they stop protecting the past and start […]

Dame Inga Beale is an acknowledged business leader in financial services and a popular keynote speaker. Inga was CEO of Lloyd’s of London from 2013 – 2018. She was the first woman to be appointed to this position in the 326 years of the company’s history.  She was also the first leader to move the company from […]

Harry Dent, Jr. is a best-selling author and one of the most outspoken financial editors in America.  Using proprietary research, Harry developed a unique method for studying economies around the world, and uses his analysis to provide insights on what to expect in the future. Instead of focusing on endless graphs that assume people behave […]

Keith Fitz-Gerald is a private investor, analyst, and market researcher/educator based in the United States, active in the financial markets for the past 42 years. He began his career at Wilshire Associates in the late 1980’s and today is principal of Keith Fitz-Gerald Research, a private market research company exploring non-linear price prediction, stock selection, […]

Arjun is Managing Partner of Cogknition Analytics, a strategy and analytics firm with offices in Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC. Prior to Cogknition he was a senior executive at GES, serving as Senior Vice President of Analytics and Insights. He was also an award-winning Professor at the Illinois Tech Stuart School of Business, having played a […]

Dr. Adrian Saville is an economist speaker who holds a Professorship in Economics, Finance & Strategy at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)

Deirdre Van Nest is the undisputed, go-to expert in the insurance and financial services industry on the topic of speaking!   She is the creator of the Crazy Good Talks™ Blueprint, a system that teaches financial professionals how to build their brands and bring in business through the power of speaking.   She is the […]

Todd Buchholz has been featured alongside such luminaries as Colin Powell, Michael Porter, and Jeff Bezos. He has been invited to guide corporate and political leaders around the world, from the UK and New Zealand parliaments, to the Mexican and Abu Dhabi stock exchanges, to tech and entertainment firms in Seoul. An internationally known consultant […]

Sarano Kelley, founder of The Game and author of, The Game: Win Your Life in 90 Days, grew up in a gang-infested neighborhood of Brownsville, New York. At 16 years old Kelley was accepted and began his studies at Vassar College. By the time he reached the age of 23 he was already earning 400,000 dollars […]

Passionate, inspirational, and motivating are words many would use to describe Leo Pusateri. Affectionately known as the “value man” in the financial services industry. He is also recognized as the industry’s premier thought partner of value-based training, not only by senior leaders in the C-suites, but among top advisors as well. When it comes to […]

Megan Greene is Global Chief Economist for the Kroll Institute, where she advises on the potential impact of global macroeconomic developments and policy on the firm’s business services and those of its clients. She serves as a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and also teaches at […]