Professional Speakers

Eben de Jongh is an industrial engineer, entrepreneur and founder of Sonke Retail and SKUBU, an automated refill retail platform designed to make everyday household essentials more affordable while reducing single use plastic waste. Drawing on experience in manufacturing, supply chain, project management and FMCG, including leadership roles at Unilever, he combines commercial thinking with practical innovation. Holding an Industrial Engineering degree from the University of Pretoria and an International MBA from IE Business School, he speaks on retail innovation, sustainability, the circular economy, consumer affordability, entrepreneurship and scaling purpose-driven businesses through technology and operational excellence.

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An attorney, notary public and conveyancer, she combines legal expertise with an instinctive ability to guide complex conversations. Her experience spans banking and finance, ethics, governance, property law and cross-border property finance. As a moderator and master of ceremonies, she brings warmth, clarity and authority, drawing out contrasting perspectives and making technical subjects accessible. Her career began in university radio before expanding to conferences across financial services, healthcare and business. Recognised by the Mail & Guardian and Accenture Rising Star Awards, she speaks on leadership, women and wealth, property ownership, governance, identity and purpose, helping audiences turn discussion into meaningful action.

Steve helps leaders and teams unlock higher performance by changing the way they see themselves, one another and the challenges they face. An internationally experienced facilitator, strategist and keynote speaker, he creates immersive experiences that strengthen trust, psychological safety, collaboration and organisational alignment. Drawing on more than three decades of leadership development across Africa and internationally, his work blends insightful storytelling with practical application that leaves people energised and ready to act. Author of Another Set of Lenses, Steve is recognised for helping organisations navigate change, build stronger cultures and release the extraordinary potential of human energy.

Robin Banks specialises in mindset, personal mastery and human performance. Influenced and mentored by Mind Power Into the 21st Century author John Kehoe, he helps audiences examine the thinking patterns, beliefs and behaviours that influence results. Drawing on experience across construction, retail, sales and youth development, he brings practical insight to audiences facing change, uncertainty and performance pressures. Since discovering a passion for people development in the mid-1990s, he has delivered presentations and workshops to business leaders, entrepreneurs, employees and public sector audiences. His work focuses on personal responsibility, resilience, mindset and the habits that drive sustained performance.

Amasi Mwela is an executive leader and leadership strategist focused on organisational culture, maturity and institutional resilience. He has led complex organisations through growth, repositioning and structural change, navigating digital disruption and competitive pressure. Appointed chief executive before 35, he brings first hand experience of scale, responsibility and sustained performance. His work examines how leadership behaviour shapes culture, decision making and long term organisational strength. He engages founders, executives and leadership teams on building clarity, discipline and institutions that endure beyond individuals, informed by his book 'Founders Fever' on scaling leadership architecture. It offers practical insight into pressure and transition.

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US-based Brian, who spends part of his time in SA, is a keynote speaker and certified behavioural analyst specialising in leadership, sales performance and high-performance teams. He works with organisations to translate human behaviour into measurable business outcomes.

Through keynote presentations, leadership workshops and consulting engagements, he equips teams with practical frameworks to improve communication, strengthen client relationships and enhance decision-making under pressure. Grounded in behavioural science and designed for immediate application, his sessions resonate strongly with corporate audiences.

Clients value his ability to deliver relevant, actionable insight that drives sustained performance improvement across teams and organisations.

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Don delivers high-stakes communication with clarity, structure and intent. He has spent nearly two decades coaching senior leaders to shape messages that influence decisions, align teams and land under pressure. His work draws on narrative design, business strategy and practical delivery discipline, enabling audiences to move from complexity to clear action. Regularly engaged to support leadership communication, sales effectiveness and organisational alignment where stakes are high and attention is limited and he brings a commercially grounded perspective to technology, AI and modern workplace culture, translating emerging trends into practical application that leaders can use immediately.

An economic development specialist with over a decade of experience across private sector, academia, government and international development, this speaker focuses on labour markets, skills systems and economic performance. Work includes facilitating high-level global dialogues that bring together business and civil society to address structural challenges shaping growth and participation. A Chevening Scholar with advanced degrees in economics, including from SOAS, University of London, the perspective combines analytical rigour with practical relevance. Audiences gain clear insight into workforce trends, productivity, skills gaps and economic inclusion, with frameworks that support better decision-making, stronger talent strategies and improved organisational competitiveness in a changing global environment.