Classic Business

CEO Juergen Dresel

Rob Towell, portfolio manager at Sasfin Securities & Maarten Ackerman, chief economist and advisory partner at Citadel

A leaked version of the ‘Framework Agreement for a Social Compact on Supporting Eskom for Inclusive Economic Growth’, agreed to at Nedlac, dated 15 September, lists, as one of the sub-aims, the desire to expand the production of electric vehicles and the stimulation of the green hydrogen economy in South Africa. This coupled with a unique hydrogen electrolyser leap forward that deploys innovative patented and already trade-marked local technology that facilitates the use of far fewer components and generates significant cost savings, holds promise for South Africa to develop itself as a global leader in the hydrogen economy.

Michael Avery speaks to Dr Jenny Watts, Principal Analyst: Automotive Demand & Technology, and Head of Hydrogen Analytics at SFA (Oxford); Adjunct Professor Rod Crompton, Director of the African Energy Leadership Centre at Wits Business School; Corrie de Jager, CEO of Hydrox; & Vinay Somera, CEO of Isondo Precious Metals about the potential of the green hydrogen economy.

Wildu du Plessis, head of Africa for Baker McKenzie JHB

Michael Settas, member of the Free Market Foundation’s Health Policy Unit & Dr Anban Pillay, Deputy Director General responsible for Health Regulation and Sector Wide Procurement of essential medicines in the Health Department

Brett Dawson, founder of private equity vehicle, CAMPAN and former CEO of Dimension Data

Johann van Loggerenberg, former SARS executive

Greg Katzenellenbogen, portfolio manager at Sanlam Private Wealth & Imtiaz Suliman, executive director and portfolio manager at Sentio Capital

In this weekly feature Michael Avery gets up close and personal with South Africa’s business and political economy leaders, to uncover what makes them tick, keeps them up at night and keeps them going through the Covid storm. This week’s guest has gone from serving as a trainee manager at Seven Spur in Sea Point in 1982 – the year that springbok scrumhalf Ricky Januarie, who shattered all black hearts in Dunedin 2008, was born, and Walkman’s were still cool – to serving for 24 years as the CEO of one he country’s most iconic family restaurant franchises, and is now hanging up his apron in December.Spur CEO Pierre van Tonder, talks about building an iconic franchise, the threat of the new food delivery disruptors, his favourite meal and why he is confident about the future of SA.

Warwick Lucas, CIO of Galileo Asset Management & Raymond Parsons, from School of Business and Governance at North West University