Fay Mukaddam is a Chartered Director (SA) and an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. She also holds a Master of Laws qualification.

Fay’s career highlights include being the President of the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), the Group CEO of ABAFAZI iAfrika Group (Pty) Ltd, the founding Chief Executive Officer of 4 Africa Exchange (4AX), and the Managing Director of TERMA Commercial Advisory Services.

Fay also serves as a technical facilitator and subject-matter expert for the Institute of Directors.

Nkateko Khoza is an MBA and BCom graduate with majors in Information Systems, Economics and Accounting.

Nkateko is  currently the CEO of Dzana Investments, a holding company with interests in property, energy, education, health and ICT sectors.

Previously, she served as an Associate Director at Deloitte Consulting, followed by a property development and joining an investment joint venture between Flanagan & Gerard and Dzana Property Investments Holdings focusing on investing in and establishing rural retail and mixed- use property developments.

Pankaj Ranchod CA (SA) has 40 years of senior leadership experience, and holds a Master of Business Leadership (MBL) from UNISA’s School of Business Leadership (SBL), and he is a Certified Director at the Institute of Directors South Africa (IoDSA).

Pankaj is currently Chairman of GroCapital Holdings, which acts as the Bank Controlling Company for Grobank, which provides financial services for agribusiness and foods sectors in South Africa.

Pankaj was Executive Head: Insurance Services, a business unit at Santam comprising 40% of the company’s staff complement.

Thelma Machogo is the Director at Biodegradable SA. She completed an Executive Course in Infrastructure in a Market Economy from Harvard Kennedy School.

Thelma is a seasoned professional with over 13 years of consulting experience, having run InFinance Consulting both as Co-Managing Member and Principal Consultant since its inception.

Thelma has also held an Executive position at Chopper Mining. Her other experience includes being a Private Sector Co-ordinator for World Bank Institute, and a Director of Arts and Science at British Council Southern Africa.

Lings Naidoo, co-founder and Executive Director of BeyondCOVID, is a management consulting professional and business entrepreneur, with 26 years’ experience assisting public and private sector organisations address various business challenges and opportunities.

He is a director at Redflank, a strategy and research consultancy. Prior to his current role as Director of Redflank Solutions, Lings was with Accenture for 11 years, where he was responsible for the South African Insurance Practice. He has an honours degree in computer science from UKZN and a Bachelor of Commerce in Business Management from UNISA.

Lings’ speciality is leading the conception, design and implementation of strategic change. In this role he has managed project delivery teams; and worked alongside the leadership of organisations in various sectors. In the private sector, this has included the retail, banking, insurance, capital markets, energy, agricultural and manufacturing sectors. In the public sector, this has spanned national, provincial and local government. He has also worked with various NPOs.

Matungoe Chidi, co-founder and Executive Director of BeyondCOVID, is a Director at Mzabalazo, a boutique development consultancy focused on people, organisational and economic development. An academic at heart, Matungoe attained a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of the Witwatersrand before proceeding to pursue his postgraduate qualifications - a Diploma in Business Administration (at Wits Business School) and an Associate’s Degree in Corporate Governance (at the Chartered Institute of Business Management). Matungoe is also an associate of the Chartered Institute of Business Management.

Matungoe began his career at Resolve Group, a management consultancy which is now part of Ernst & Young (EY). He then progressed to Old Mutual Insure where he was responsible for innovation and business improvement.

Matungoe has acquired years of invaluable experience working with public and private sector clients across strategy, organisational change, process improvement, technology implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and research interventions, amongst others.

Etienne van Wyk, co-founder and Executive Director of BeyondCOVID, is a strategy consultant, business transformation specialist and IT project manager with over 20 years of experience. Etienne holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pretoria.

Etienne specialises in enterprise development focusing on public and private partnership models as a vehicle to increase broad-based participation and productivity in the economy. He has first-hand experience working as a consultant and line manager across a range of financial services, FMCG, utilities, agriculture, and government sector organisations.

Etienne’s current and former clients include the National Treasury of South Africa, Department of State Expenditure, GWK, Sanlam, Santam, Old Mutual, Momentum, Standard Bank, Standard Trust Limited, Absa, FNB, RMB, JSE, Eskom, and British American Tobacco.

Etienne’s current focus includes finding and adopting solutions to integrate a globalised, digitally driven world economy with South Africa’s under-developed, under-serviced and spatially remote communities through public-private partnerships.