Classic Business

Prof Morgan Chetty, the head of the KwaZulu-Natal Doctors Healthcare Coalition and Chairman of IPAF (Independent Provider Association Foundation & Daniel Moritz, chief financial officer at Merchant Capital

Frank Kilbourn, chairperson Strauss & Co auctions & Roland Peens, director of Wine Cellar fine wine merchants and wine auction partner

Bendeta Gordon, specialist in the franchise sector and author of The Franchise Factor

Zukiswa Kota, head of monitoring and advocacy, Public Service Accountability Monitor, Rhodes University

Cas Coovadia, CEO of Busa

Makwe Masilela, CIO of Makwe Fund Managers & Nerina Visser, director, ETF strategist and financial advisor at etfSA

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. Michael Avery’s guest this week is a career consultant, having joined Accenture in 2000 after completing his studies, and made his way to senior manager level. Prior to his current role, he was the Managing Director for Accenture’s Health and Public Service

In 2019, he was appointed the Commissioner for Presidential Commission on the 4th Industrial Revolution. Avery speaks to Vukani Mngxati is the Chief Executive Officer of Accenture in Africa, about his journey within Accenture and the evolution of innovation in South African business. What progress has South Africa made in terms of adopting innovation and new technologies?

It’s been a busy week for the JSE. Announcing it will approach regulators about listing instruments across a range of currencies including the US dollar as part of sweeping proposals aimed at positioning itself as the centre of capital-raising on the continent. Sealing the deal with Link Market Services. And lifting the lid on a transaction with next generation UK fintech company, Globacap Technology Limited (Globacap) to progress a digital private placements platform and registry services.

The deal brings together the JSE, Africa’s largest Stock Exchange, and Globacap, a leading regulated private placement and capital management platform that digitally administrates over £1 billion of private shares and debt instruments for 60 companies and over 8,000 shareholders worldwide in 35 countries. Michael Avery speaks to CEO of the JSE Dr Leila Fourie, about bringing blockchain type technology to the JSE.

Keith Mclachlan, fund manager at AlphaWealth & Anthony Clark, smalll-to-medium cap analyst @Smalltalkdaily Research

Oliver Bonstein, facilitator of Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Programme (WISP) and part of the SA PlasticPact project team