Iraj Abedian argues that there is a mismatch between humanity’s secular evolutionary progress and the spiritual nature of mankind. This mismatch leads to a growing dysfunctionality of the global socio-economic and political order. The systemic fault lines compound over time, generating successive crises and ultimately disorder. To restore order there is need for a revolutionary impulse as proclaimed by Baha’u’llah. Humanity’s current experience is testimony to this titanic clash of the secular evolutionary dynamics and Baha’u’llah’s revolutionary agency.

Iraj Abedian is the founder and Executive Chairman of Pan-African Capital Holdings (Pty) Ltd. He was professor of economics at the University of Cape Town, before entering the business sector in 2000 as the chief economist of Standard Bank Group of SA. He obtained his BA (Honours) and MA in Economics from University of Cape Town (UCT), before earning a PhD in Economics from Simon Fraser University in Canada in 1993.

Iraj has been a member of the Baha’i’ Faith since 1971, pioneered to South Africa in 1980, and has been involved in Baha’i’ community activities at local, national and international levels.

Currently, apart from the companies in the Pan-African Capital’s portfolio, he serves the following organizations and companies:

- Chairman of Board of Fortress REIT Ltd (December 2015 to date)

- Member of the Advisory Board of the Auditor General of the SA Government (2006 to date). To view the video visit the YouTube channel https://youtu.be/Vo298eVAWyo