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Thursday, May 23
 

8:30am SAST

Welcome, Safety Share and Agenda Review
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Michael Avery

Financial Journalist, Broadcaster
As an experienced financial journalist and broadcaster, Michael brings a wealth of expertise, producing BDTV's Business Watch, hosting a radio show on Fine Music Radio 101.3FM FM, contributing to BusinessTech and Catalyst magazine.

Thursday May 23, 2024 8:30am - 8:40am SAST
GIBS Business School

8:40am SAST

Opening Remarks and Formal Welcome
Speakers
avatar for Morris Mthombeni

Morris Mthombeni

Dean, GIBS
I joined the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (“GIBS”) in 2014 as an academic and was appointed executive director 2017. As an executive director, I was accountable for setting a vision and providing leadership and management of the academic staff... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 8:40am - 8:50am SAST
GIBS Business School

8:50am SAST

Keynote Address: Advancing Transformation in the Banking Sector and beyond
Speakers
avatar for Coen Jonker

Coen Jonker

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Tyme Bank
Coen is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of the Tyme Group of Companies, a Singapore-headquartered multi-country digital banking group that has amassed 12 million customers in its two banks, TymeBank South Africa (launched in 2019) and GoTyme Bank Philippines (launched in 2022).Passionate... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 8:50am - 9:30am SAST
GIBS Business School

9:30am SAST

Banking Leaders Roundtable: What's next for SA banks in a 0% growth environment (interactive Qs and As)
Speakers
avatar for Hylton Kallner

Hylton Kallner

CEO, Discovery
Hylton graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a BEconSC in Actuarial Science. In 2000, he was admitted as a Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries and a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa.   Hylton started his career at Liberty Life and joined Discovery... Read More →
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David Buckham

CEO, Monocle
David is the founder and CEO of Monocle, an international management consultancy that specialises in banking and insurance. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Cape Town.Before establishing Monocle, David gained many... Read More →
avatar for Charles Russon

Charles Russon

CEO-CIB, ABSA Bank
Charles Russon is the Chief Executive: Corporate and Investment Banking.He joined the Group in 2006 and the Executive Committee in 2014. He completed his articles with KPMG and then joined Merrill Lynch in London as financial controller for credit products. Charles worked for Deutsche... Read More →
avatar for Ciko Thomas

Ciko Thomas

Group Managing Executive: Retail & Business Banking, Nedbank
Ciko Thomas holds a BSc from the University of Cape Town, an MBA from University of the Witwatersrand andan AMP from Harvard in the USA. As Group Managing Executive of Nedbank Retail and Business Banking(RBB), he combines his comprehensive marketing and management experience with... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am SAST
GIBS Business School

10:30am SAST

Morning Tea
Thursday May 23, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am SAST
GIBS Business School

11:00am SAST

Regulatory Outlook: Navigating the Changing Landscape
Speakers
avatar for Eugene Du Toit

Eugene Du Toit

Head of Regulatory Frameworks Department, FSCA
Eugene Du Toit is a financial sector regulatory expert with 18 years’ experience in the financial industry which he attained through a variety of positions across a diversity of disciplines, including legal, compliance, supervisory, enforcement and policy development functions... Read More →
avatar for Christopher Malan

Christopher Malan

Executive Manager Compliance & Prevention, FIC
Christopher Malan is Executive Manager of the Compliance and Prevention Division at the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), the national financial intelligence unit in South Africa, with responsibility for monitoring the national state of supervision, and inspections, by supervisory... Read More →
avatar for Bongi Kunene

Bongi Kunene

Managing Director, BASA
Bongi Kunene is the Managing Director of The Banking Association South Africa. She assumed this position in March 2020. Prior to that Bongi was the Global Head, Public Sector Banking for the Standard Bank Group. She had responsibilities for strategic direction of the business in... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 11:00am - 11:45am SAST
GIBS Business School

11:45am SAST

How concerned should banks be about a debt crisis in SA
Speakers
avatar for Dr Roy Havemann

Dr Roy Havemann

CEO, Krutham
Roy leads Krutham’s financial sector policy and public economics practice in South Africa, specialising in public policy development, banking strategy and general economics. Roy has over twenty years of experience in the public and private sectors, with a 15-year career with National Treasury... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm SAST
GIBS Business School

12:30pm SAST

Networking Lunch
Thursday May 23, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm SAST
GIBS Business School

1:30pm SAST

Sustainable Finance: Can SA banking afford net-zero?
Speakers
avatar for Dipak Patel

Dipak Patel

Head: Climate Finance and Innovation, Presidential Climate Commission
Dipak joined the South African Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) in June 2021 as Head: Climate Finance and Innovation. He leads the team in its work in the areas of climate finance mapping, financing a just transition and developing a strategy for financing the pathway to a net-zero... Read More →
avatar for Shameela Soobramoney

Shameela Soobramoney

CEO, NBI
Shameela Soobramoney is the CEO of the National Business Initiative (NBI), an independent coalition of local and multinational businesses focusing on taking action to achieve social and environmental sustainability, underpinned by good governance. Shameela, formerly the Chief Sustainability... Read More →
avatar for Annabel Bishop

Annabel Bishop

Chief Economist, Investec
Annabel Bishop joined Investec in 2001 and is the Chief Economist. She has worked in the macroeconomic, econometric, risk, financial markets, political risk, public finance, climate change economics and regulatory, among other, fields for a total of around 30 years. Annabel is the... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 1:30pm - 2:00pm SAST
GIBS Business School

2:00pm SAST

Disruptive Innovation - how fintechs and neo-banks are changing the landscape
Speakers
avatar for Mutsa Chironga

Mutsa Chironga

Managing Executive: Consumer Segment, Nedbank
Mutsa joined Nedbank in 2018, and leads the Consumer Banking segment, which has approximately 12% market share of South Africa’s retail banking market.In this role, Mutsa sets and drives the overall growth strategy for the segment in support of Group objectives such as growing... Read More →
avatar for Dr Francois Laurens

Dr Francois Laurens

Faculty, GIBS
Dr. Laurens is a member of the Board of Banbury Investments and an Adjunct Faculty at the Gordon Institute of Business Science. His focus areas include Behavioural Economics; Banking and Finance; Global Environment of Business; and Stakeholder Theory. A lead faculty for Board Leadership... Read More →
avatar for Karl Westvig

Karl Westvig

Chief Executive: Business Banking, Tyme Bank
Karl is the Chief Executive for Personal and Business Banking at Tyme Bank. He is a serial entrepreneur who has founded many funding businesses including Retail Capital, RCS Group and Direct Axis. He started his career at The Foschini Group responsible for Retail Credit.He sold Retail... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 2:00pm - 2:45pm SAST
GIBS Business School

2:45pm SAST

DeFi, API, Payment Mechanisms
Speakers
avatar for Simon Just

Simon Just

Head of Payments, Standard Bank
Simon Just is the Group Head: Payments for Standard Bank, a prominent pan-African banking group. He is responsible for payments across the 20 markets in which the group operates. His portfolio integrates Standard Bank’s strategy and efforts in payment modernisation, wallets, remittances... Read More →
avatar for Anne Njoroge

Anne Njoroge

Chief Legal Officer, BankservAfrica
Anne Njoroge was appointed the Chief Legal Officer of BankservAfrica in December 2021.Anne is a legal and regulatory expert with vast experience in the financial industry. She has provided strategic legal and regulatory expertise in the insurance, banking and securities industries... Read More →
avatar for Karen Nadasen

Karen Nadasen

CEO, PayU Africa
Karen is currently the CEO of PayU Africa, the leading online payment service provider in emerging markets, and leads the Africa team and operations. She has held various roles in technology and has built her experience in Europe and Africa. She is a member of the board of the E-commerce... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 2:45pm - 3:15pm SAST
GIBS Business School

3:15pm SAST

Will AI make a difference in banking (considering the state of its data)?
Speakers
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Danny Saksenberg

Founder, Emerge AI
Danny Saksenberg started his career as an actuary working in the Southern Africa Actuarial Consultants and Deloitte. He soon realized that he couldn’t do insurance valuations for the rest of his life and so in 2022, he started exploring other analytical fields including credit... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 3:15pm - 4:00pm SAST
GIBS Business School

4:00pm SAST

Close of Conference and Networking
Thursday May 23, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm SAST
GIBS Business School
 
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