Experience

PAST AFRICA
• South Africa
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Patron

  • May 2012 - Present


Mo Ibrahim Foundation

• United Kingdom
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Feb 2013 - Apr 2023

  The Mo Ibrahim Foundation is an African Foundation. It was established with one clear objective – to put governance at the centre of any conversation on African development. It is our belief that governance and leadership lie at the heart of any tangible and shared improvement in the quality of life of African citizens. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation is an African Foundation. It was established with one clear objective – to put governance at the centre of any conversation on African development. It is our belief that governance and leadership lie at the heart of any tangible and shared improvement in the quality of life of African citizens.



Earthrise Trust

• New Zealand
• Investment Management

• Trustee

  • Dec 2013 - 2020

  Earthrise Trust is committed to building self-sustaining communities creating their own livelihoods through growing healthy organic food that respects Enviroment and people. Based in Rustlers Valley (now renamed Eagle Valley) it is a safe space for intergenerational conversations on solutions to the tremendous challenges facing our world and the future generations. The Earthrise Mountain Lodge has been donated to Natural Justice (https://naturaljustice.org/) to be a global centre of Indigenous Wisdom and Healing. And the farm is presently been transferred to the community and groups of indigenous healers and women. www.earthrisetrust.org.za Show less



UN Scaling up Nutrition Lead Group

• Member

  • 2012 - Jan 2016

  Ban Ki-moon UNSG -The UN system is committed to the SUN Movement and our shared work to support national efforts, promote multi-stakeholder action, help integrate the policies of different sectors, and advocate for nutrition internationally. Nutrition is strongly embedded in the work of my High Level Task Force for Food Security and the efforts of the Every Woman Every Child effort. Ban Ki-moon UNSG -The UN system is committed to the SUN Movement and our shared work to support national efforts, promote multi-stakeholder action, help integrate the policies of different sectors, and advocate for nutrition internationally. Nutrition is strongly embedded in the work of my High Level Task Force for Food Security and the efforts of the Every Woman Every Child effort.



Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

• Switzerland
• International Trade and Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Chairperson

  • Apr 2003 - Nov 2015

  The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is an alliance driven by the vision of a world without malnutrition. Created in 2002 at a Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Children, GAIN supports public-private partnerships to increase access to the missing nutrients in diets necessary for people, communities and economies to be stronger and healthier. In less than a decade, GAIN has been able to scale its operations by investing in and working alongside more than 600 companies in more than 30 countries, reaching 530 million people with nutritionally enhanced food products Show less



International Telecommunication Union

• Switzerland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Non–executive Member

  • 2008 - Sep 2015

  This is an advisory committee to the SG of ITU This is an advisory committee to the SG of ITU



UN Broadband Commission

• Commissioner

  • 2010 - 2012

  ITU and UNESCO set up the Broadband Commission for Digital Development in response to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s call to step up UN efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Commission was established in May 2010, five years after the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and ten years after the launch of the MDGs. The Commission aims to boost the importance of broadband on the international policy agenda and believes that expanding broadband access in every country is key to accelerating progress towards these goals by the target date of 2015. It defines practical ways in which countries — at all stages of development — can achieve this, in cooperation with the private sector. Show less



Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

• South Africa
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Former Chairman

  • Aug 2000 - Aug 2010

  The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is a premier Development Finance Institution (DFI), owned by the South African Government, driving the expansion of social and economic infrastructure development in the SADC region. www.dbsa.org The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is a premier Development Finance Institution (DFI), owned by the South African Government, driving the expansion of social and economic infrastructure development in the SADC region. www.dbsa.org


The J&J Group Development Trust
• Founder

  • 2007 - 2010


The J&J Group

• United States

• Co-founder

  • 1999 - 2010

  The J&J Group is a South African-based investment holding and management company with investments in a select group of companies. The J&J Group is a South African-based investment holding and management company with investments in a select group of companies.


Old Mutual Life Assurance Company of South Africa (Omlacsa)
• Non-Executive Director

  • 2007 - 2009


Posts, Telecommunications & Broadcasting, Government of National Unity

• Minister of State

  • 1996 - 1999

  In 1996 was made responsible for the Ministry of ‘Telecommunications, Post, and Broadcasting’. As part of that Ministry he worked with other Telecommunications Ministers throughout Africa, which led to the adoption by over 44 countries of an overall policy framework called the African Connection. This framework created the environment for co-operation on creating regional markets and projects. In 1996 was made responsible for the Ministry of ‘Telecommunications, Post, and Broadcasting’. As part of that Ministry he worked with other Telecommunications Ministers throughout Africa, which led to the adoption by over 44 countries of an overall policy framework called the African Connection. This framework created the environment for co-operation on creating regional markets and projects.



ANC: National Assembly

• Member of Parliament

  • 1994 - 1999

• Member of Parliament

  • 1994 - 1999

  Minister Without Portfolio, in the Office of the President, responsible for Reconstruction and Development.



Office of the President

• 100 - 200 Employee

• Minister in the President's Office

  • 1994 - 1996

  To ensure an integrated program of Reconstruction and Development. Creating the right policy environment and coordination to ensure we had the capacity to implement the provisions of our Constitution. To ensure an integrated program of Reconstruction and Development. Creating the right policy environment and coordination to ensure we had the capacity to implement the provisions of our Constitution.



Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)

• General Secretary

  • 1985 - 1993

  In 1985 was elected General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and was re-elected for three terms. During the 1980s COSATU became not only the most powerfully organized force working for the improvement of working conditions and the broader political freedoms of our people (in alliance with political organizations such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the United Democratic Front (UDF)). By the 1990s, COSATU’s membership reached one and half million members. Show less



Sweet, Food and Allied Workers Union (SFAWU)

• General Secretary

  • 1982 - 1985

  In 1980 became a full time organizer and led the Sweet, Food and Allied Workers Union (SFAWU) as General Secretary by 1982 In 1980 became a full time organizer and led the Sweet, Food and Allied Workers Union (SFAWU) as General Secretary by 1982



Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)

• Organiser

  • 1979 - 1982

  Organising workers and have unions with Black workers recognised and with the rights to collective bargaining and fair labour practices. Organising workers and have unions with Black workers recognised and with the rights to collective bargaining and fair labour practices.