3. Executive Committee
Co-opted Members:
• Manuel Mota (likely to be leaving SA)
• Shaun Rozyn
• Rob da Silva
• Gavin Steiner
• Christa Bottenbruch
• Chris de Klerk
• AugusteClaude-Nguetsop
IMD Alumni Club South Africa
Executive Committee Nov-15
Primary Secondary
Honorary Chairman Wendy Luhabe
President Adam Craker
Vice President Stephen Okelo-Odongo
Secretary René Dreyer
Treasurer Bennie Groenewald Kannan Lakmeeharan
Membership Officer Joshua Ngoma Stephen Scott
Events Officer Laura Joubert Sibongile Gumbi
Networking Officer Kudzi Samushonga
PR Officer Mohan Sambanden
6. July October December January
2015 2016
Africa
rising
Theme: Growth in Africa
Networking Event
• Feedback from IMD
President’s Club Meeting
• Game Changers for Africa
(Kannan)
• Kudzi –focus groups
IMD EMBA visit
• Dual EMBA event 19 Jan 16
• Prof. Phil Rosenzweig
• EMBA Projects
IMD Leadership visit
• Prof. Dominique Turpin
Speaker Event
• Prof. Arturo Bris (Via Manuel)
• Energy in Africa (Kannan)
• Africa going digital
• EMBA Marketing/Alumni Event
Event planning and coordination by Executive members: SibongileGumbi & Laura Joubert
11. EMBA Field Trip 2016
• IMD has created a joint eMBA programmewith one of the top
Chinese MBA schools. A field trip to South Africa is planned for
the eMBA class of 2016 (20 students) (half from Europe and
half from China), which is taking place from 17 January to 23
January 2016. The students will be based at the Balalaika
Sandtonfor the week and will also be visiting various
commercial organisations around Johannesburg as well as a
platinum mine.
• The Professorleading the trip, Phil Rosenzweig, wouldreally
like the students to get under the skin of some South
African/African businesses to truly understandthe
opportunities and challenges that they face and how these may
differ fromsimilar organisations elsewhere in the world.
• We currently have sessions booked with host companies fora
presentation/chat/tourwith executives, that have a grasp of
the real issues and are willing and able to engage with a bunch
of bright executive MBA candidates in a discussion about their
business.
12. Outline [draft] itinerary
• Everyone staying at Balalaika
• Phil arrives 14 Jan.
• Sunday, 17 Jan:
• Most students arrive today
• 5pm depart hotel.
• Dinner in Soweto with speaker Robin Binckes on the
history of South Africa
• Monday, 19 Jan:
• Speaker Sej (a friend of Phil) to speak (I think he is
a politician)
• 11am – departing to visit to Barclays/ Absa
• I am also hoping a visit to CIG - waiting for them to
get back to me
• 4pm: Visit to MTB for visit and cocktail party
• Tues, 20 Jan:
• 8am: Mr Gao from Wesizswemine to speak
• 10am: Group splits into 5 groups to visit companies
that they are doing their projects on.
• Visit to IQ group in the evening (Time TBA)
• Wednesday, 21 Jan:
• 07h30: Depart to Stallion Security for the morning
• 11am: Depart to Pilanesberg to Kwa Maritanefor
lunch afternoon game drive and boma dinner
• Overnight Pilanesberg
• Thursday, 22 Jan:
• Morning conference session
• Depart to Wesizswemine visit by Rustenberg
• Return late afternoon to Balalaika
• Everyone under own arrangements this evening
• Friday, 23 Jan:
• We are hoping to visit JSE but it seems most of the
senior people are away that day but still working on
it.
• Rest of day in conference and workshop
• Dinner at hotel
• Saturday, 24 Jan:
• Students to present findings et – full day conference
• 4pm Cocktail party
• Most people fly out this evening