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Cape-based Leon is an internationally acclaimed garden designer whose work has earned multiple international gold medals, including at the Chelsea Flower Show, together with the prestigious Diamond Award for Best Garden on Show and the Best Planting Award at the 2026 Singapore Garden Festival. Creating award-winning gardens demands rigorous planning, disciplined logistics and the ability to deliver complex projects under intense public scrutiny and immovable deadlines. Years of designing large-scale landscapes across continents have sharpened skills in collaboration, problem solving and practical creativity. His presentations translate these experiences into valuable insights for organisations navigating uncertainty and change, offering practical perspectives on long-term vision, meticulous preparation, adaptive thinking and the collective effort required for teams to achieve exceptional outcomes.

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The CEO of Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty, Yael is responsible for strategy, growth and brand positioning. Early exposure to a multigenerational property business, combined with international marketing experience, helped shape a commercially focused approach to leadership and expansion. She advises boards on succession, positioning and performance in competitive markets. Known for disciplined execution across multiple concurrent initiatives, she balances growth with operational control. Her work explores leadership clarity, accountability and resilience in uncertain conditions. Drawing on personal experience of loss, she addresses mental health with honesty and relevance for leadership teams, offering practical insight into sustainable performance, profitability and long-term organisational success.

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An international model and cultural strategist whose work interrogates representation, power and access across fashion and media. Trained in law, she previously served as a sexual offences prosecutor before expanding her influence into global advocacy and storytelling. She has contributed to United Nations consultations on albinism in the SADC region and holds leadership roles within the African Albinism Network. Recognised by the BBC 100 Women list and selected as a cultural leader within the World Economic Forum Narratives Lab, her portfolio spans major international campaigns, editorial covers and policy engagement. She is currently completing an Executive MBA at Henley Business School.

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A technology entrepreneur focused on building ecosystems that connect young people to opportunities in the digital economy. Mixo's work spans innovation, skills development and community-driven platforms that expand access to technology and entrepreneurship pathways. Recognised across multiple platforms for contributions to youth development and the technology sector, including listings among leading young innovators and entrepreneurs. His experience includes global mentorship, brand partnerships and programme development designed to equip emerging talent with practical digital capabilities. Mixo's talks address future skills, innovation ecosystems and how organisations can unlock potential through access, collaboration and sustained investment in youth development.

Priscilla Menoe-Mtsi is a global product and customer experience strategist who helps organisations make technology relevant, accessible and effective across diverse markets. As Canva’s Product Localisation Lead for Africa, she shapes products for African users through cultural insight, inclusive design and a strong understanding of local needs. With nearly a decade of experience in international technology environments, including six years at Uber, she brings practical insight into product adoption, localisation and digital inclusion. Her presentations equip leaders to bridge the gap between global strategy and local experience, helping them create products that resonate with customers and succeed across complex regional markets.

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Mandy Herold is a professional speaker and Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths coach with more than 25 years’ experience in education and leadership. A former school principal, she is recognised for translating behavioural science into practical tools for high-performance cultures. Her work explores Brave Leadership, emotional regulation, and what she terms Energetic Authenticity, equipping teams to strengthen trust, accountability, and connection under pressure. Drawing on classroom and executive leadership experience, she addresses educators, corporate teams, and female leaders seeking measurable growth. Her sessions combine research, structured frameworks, and lived insight to help organisations build resilient, values-aligned leadership at every level.

Cape-based Katlego is a fintech entrepreneur best known as co-founder and former CEO of Yoco, a digital payments platform serving more than 200,000 South African small businesses. During a decade leading the business, he scaled it from startup to nationally recognised payments and software provider processing billions in annual transaction value. He now serves as a strategic advisor, focusing on long-term growth and frontier initiatives. Previously, he worked in management consulting at Accenture and Delta Partners and helped build Jumia with Rocket Internet. He holds a Business Science Honours degree in Information Systems from the University of Cape Town.

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With more than three decades in broadcast media, Shado has built a career spanning radio, television and live events. She gained early prominence hosting Pop Shop and later became one of the original presenters on a national urban radio station. She was one of the original judge on SA's Got Talent. Beyond broadcasting, she chairs a national craft and design body. Event organisers value her disciplined preparation, firm time management and assured audience control when moderating conferences, awards ceremonies and leadership forums where credibility and clarity determine programme success. Her experience spans both public and private platforms.‍‍

Cape based Saffron  is a sociologist, executive coach and keynote speaker specialising in human behaviour, organisational culture and performance in the age of artificial intelligence. Since 2013, she has run her own consultancy, delivering more than 10,000 hours of coaching and facilitation to leadership teams across sectors. Her work examines behavioural tipping points, trust dynamics and the social patterns that influence how people perform at work. Known for integrating live audience diagnostics into her keynotes, she provides leaders with actionable insight into engagement, culture alignment and performance readiness during periods of accelerated technological change and complexity.

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An international keynote speaker whose work on resilience, accountability and leadership under extreme adversity draws on a decade of wrongful imprisonment in Zimbabwe between 2003 and 2013. A former safari operator and pilot, he rebuilt his life after release and now addresses business leaders and professional teams on navigating crisis with composure and conviction. His presentations translate lived experience into practical insight on perspective, responsibility and decision-making under pressure. Based in Cape Town, he is the author of Beating Chains, a memoir detailing his imprisonment and personal transformation. "His story is “a life-changing experience that stays with you.”

Marc-Gregory is an Executive Presence and Visual Identity specialist who helps senior leaders understand how they are read, trusted and assessed through imagery. Drawing on more than 15 years of experience leading a large youth-focused agency working with brands including Apple, Coca-Cola and L’Oréal, he brings a commercially grounded understanding of leadership and culture. His award-winning work sits at the intersection of photography, psychology and leadership identity, focusing on how visual signals shape credibility and authority. Through a structured, purpose-led visual process, he works with executive teams to align how they show up publicly with how they lead sustainably.

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Based in Cape Town, Pierre is a strategist and author specialising in decision making under uncertainty. For more than two decades he has advised founders and senior executives on navigating complexity, drawing on systems thinking, behavioural research and direct commercial experience. His work examines how organisations respond to risk, ambiguity and accelerating technological change. He is the author of several books, including Train Naked, and his recent keynote, Analogue Advantage, challenges leaders to rethink automation as a source of differentiation. He argues that tangible experiences and considered strategy now create durable competitive advantage. Efficiency alone no longer ensures sustained relevance.