This document outlines information about the IMD Alumni Club in South Africa, including its executive committee members and planned events. The executive committee is led by President Adam Craker and includes officers like Secretary René Dreyer and Treasurer Bennie Groenewald. Planned events from July 2015 to January 2016 include a networking event called "Africa Rising" as well as visits from IMD faculty and EMBA students. The club also aims to improve its benchmarking scores in areas like governance, operations, and securing more funding and sponsorships.

1. Alumni Network
Club
South Africa

3. Executive
Committee
Co-­‐opted
Members:
• Manuel
Mota
• Shaun
Rozyn
• Rob
da
Silva
• Gavin
Steiner
• Christa
Bottenbruch
• Chris
de
Klerk
• AugusteClaude-­‐Nguetsop
IMD
Alumni
Club
South
Africa
Executive
Committee May-­‐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

5. 1.
“Africa
Wising”
Social
Network
Event

9. 2
&
3.
Funding

10. 4.
Benchmarking

11. IMD
ALUMNI
CLUB
BENCHMARK
TOOL
-­‐ Draft
Concept
1a Date:
11
Sept
15 RESULTS
South
Africa
No Metric Description Relative
Weight
Unweighted
Best
Practice
Standard
Unweighted
Score (10=
excellent
1=urgent
action
required)
Weighted
value
1
Governance
&
Board
Between
3-­‐5
high
profile
captain
of
industry.
Involved
with
Club
by
opening
doors.
Governing
Documents.
15%
10
5
0,75
2
President
Dynamic,
active
&
excellent
local
reputation
which
reflects
on
the
image
of
IMD
in
the
region.
How
would
member
rate
the
president?
[Must
preferably
be
a
native?]
10%
10
7
0,7
3
Committee
Strong
team
-­‐ optimal
number
of
people
and
composition
of
seniority
and
younger
members.
Minimum
roles
-­‐ Secretary,
Treasurer,
[Vice
President?].
Optional
-­‐ Membership,
Events.
20%
10
8
1,6
4
Operations
-­‐ Best
Practice
Clear
vision,
plan
and
meeting
schedule.
Meet
at
appropriate
intervals.
Financial
and
statutory
management.
Membership
surveys.
20%
10
5
1
5
Events
Professional
high
quality
events
based
on
members
needs
-­‐ good
speakers,
topics
&
themes.
Events
well
attended.
Branding
congruent
with
IMD
brand
guidelines.
30%
10
3
0,9
6
Funding
Club
well
funded
through
sponsorhips
(cash
or
in
kind)
and
or
membership.
5%
10
1
0,05
Total
Score 100% 60,00 29,00 5,00
0
2
4
6
8
10
Governance
&
Board
President
Committee
Operations
-­‐
Best
Practice
Events
Funding
Get
REAL
Return
on
Investment r r r R R R R R R
Egalitarianism e e e E E E E E E
Admin
&
Organisation A A A A A A a a a
Leadership L L L L L L l l l

12. 5.
Voucher
Award

13. 6.
Event
Planning

14. July October November 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

15. Alumni Network
Club
South Africa