Dorothy (Dot) Field
BA (University of Pretoria)
Dot was a founding member of the Vodacom management team (1994) and built and protected the reputation of Vodacom Group through various communications mechanisms for over 16 years. Dot was a finalist on the prestigious ICT Business Woman of the Year for Africa Awards in 2008 and was recently mentioned by the Sunday Times Business Times as being one of the most professional, influential and astute communications experts in South Africa. Prior to her chapter with the Vodacom Group, Dot was the Communications Manager for Panasonic Business Systems and also gained valuable business experience from the Protea Hotels Group and Nedbank Limited. Professionally she is a member of the International Women’s Forum of South Africa, Institute of Directors and Business Women’s Association whilst she personally supports the “Tomorrow Trust” and the Orlando Children’s Home.

Ivan May is an academic and strategic brand and marketing visionary. Currently May is chief executive of the Constitution Hill Trust (of South Africa), the Intellectual Capital Corporation of Africa and award winning 1485am Radio Today (also DStv audio 169), a BBC World Service, Voice of America and Channel Africa partner. He is an elected Fellow of both the IMM (SA) and the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK, is also a registered Chartered Marketer in SA, Europe and the UK. Inaugural convener, he chairs the Sunday Times Business Times Marketing Excellence Awards Council. He’s a member of the Appeal Board of the Advertising Standards Authority and serves on the King III Committee on Corporate Governance. His contributions to marketing, humanitarian interests and green trusts are extensive.

Peter Mageza
CA
Peter has recently retired as the Executive Director and Group Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Absa Group (until June 2009). He is a Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) UK. His career spanned many roles and achievements at Absa including CEO of Bankfin (now Absa Vehicle and Asset Finance), Executive Director responsible for Wealth Management and other roles including responsibilities for other African countries. His previous responsibilities also included Absa Group Strategy, Corporate Social Investment, Government Relations and Group Communications. He was a board member of both Absa Group Limited and Absa Bank Limited and also served in different capacities on the subsidiary boards.

Graham Hugh Damant
LLB (Wits), LLM (London School of Economics)
Graham is the head of the Employment Law Department at Bowman Gilfillan. He serves on the Executive Committee of the firm. Graham practices in all areas of employment law but specialises in employee benefits and in particular issues surrounding pension funds, medical aid and share option schemes. He serves on a number of Tribunals. Graham has presented papers at various local and international pension law seminars and labour law conferences. Graham was involved in the drafting of the Labour Relations Act. He has served as an acting judge in the Labour Court. Graham presents lectures and is also an external examiner for the University of Witwatersrand. He is chairman of the Redhill School Trust.

Imogen Mkhize

Imogen Mkhize is the Chairman of Richards Bay Coal Terminal and a director of several companies including energy group Sasol Limited, pulp and paper group Mondi Limited & Mondi Plc, engineering group Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited, investment management firm Allan Gray Limited and telecommunications company MTN South Africa. She is a member of the South African Financial Markets Advisory Board, the Harvard Business School Global Alumni Board and Rhodes University Board of Governors.

Imogen graduated in information systems from Rhodes University in 1984 and obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education in 1985. A decade later she gained an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1995. In 2001 Imogen was recognised by the World Economic Forum as a Global Leader for Tomorrow (GLT).

Imogen’s professional career spans a number of industries including mining, financial services, manufacturing, information technology and telecommunications. She spent her early career years with Anglo American and Andersen Consulting and served two years as the Executive Director of ABASA (Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants). Her employment history also includes Nedcor and Lucent Technologies South Africa where she was managing director. Imogen held the position of Chief Executive Officer of the World Petroleum Congress, an international Oil and Gas event, between June 2003 and July 2006.

Tina Eboka
BSc (University of New York & Philadelphia), MBA
Tina is currently a Director for Group Corporate Affairs and a member of the Executive Committee at Standard Bank. She obtained a BSc in Industrial Engineering with a major in Applied Mathematics from the University of New York USA, a BSc in Textiles Engineering from the Philadelphia University, USA, an MBA in Operations/Project Management, also from Philadelphia University and a Senior Executive Program diploma from Harvard Business School.
From 1984 to 1986 she held the positions of Mathematics Adjunct Professor at the Philadelphia University. She spent a further six years as Chief Engineer at After Six Inc. in the USA. On her return to South Africa, Tina joined the CSIR first as Executive Director for the Textile Research Division and was later promoted to Executive Vice President for Organisation Development, Marketing and Communications. She joined Standard Bank in February 2005.