South African Business 2016 edition

PROFILE ECIC exco

PROFILE ECIC exco profiles Profiles of the ECIC’s exco members Kutoane Kutoane, Chief Executive Officer Kutoane has spent over 20 years involved in, and in many cases, leading growth agenda of diverse organizations. He has worked in organizations such as International Finance Corporation (IFC), Nedbank, Eskom, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), Business Strategies International (BSI) and Gauteng Partnership Fund. He has experience over a range of industries dealing with business growth strategies, project fi nance, development fi nance, oil and gas, power and other infrastructure fi nance. Kutoane has travelled extensively in Africa and globally working on varied project fi nance transactions covering water resource projects, mining, transportation, power, oil and gas, renewable energy, telecoms and real estate. He has won many awards in recognition of his leadership and contribution. He is presently leading the Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa Soc Ltd (ECIC) where he has spent over two years as Chief Executive Offi cer. Kutoane possesses the tremendous ability to operate successfully in complex cultural, economic and political environments and within public and private sectors. Kutoane holds master’s degree in economics from University of Manchester and has completed Advanced Management Programme (AMP) with Harvard Business School. Mandisi Nkuhlu, Chief Operating Officer Mandisi has worked for various fi nancial institutions involved in the fi nancing of infrastructure development. He spent five years at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) as the legal advisor to the Project Finance team responsible for crossborder private sector projects. While at DBSA he was seconded to Masons in London, a law fi rm specialising in Public Private Partnerships. Mandisi later worked for the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC) as a Senior Account Manager in the International Finance Department. Prior to re-joining the ECIC in February 2011, he was a Director of Export Finance at Standard Bank of South Africa. Mandisi has worked on numerous infrastructure and mining projects. He cut his teeth in the Mozal I and Mozal II projects and worked on the Nelspruit Water PPP Concession, the fi rst bank-fi nanced water PPP Concession in South Africa. An admitted attorney, Mandisi holds a B Iuris and the LLB degree from the University of the Western Cape. He furthered his studies at Wits Business School and UCT’s Graduate School of Business. Sedzani Mudau, Chief Financial Officer Sedzani is a qualifi ed Chartered Accountant. She has undergone numerous professional training which includes Corporate Governance course by the Institute of Directors (IOD) as a member of the IOD. Prior to joining ECIC more than 7 years ago as a fi nancial manager, she completed her three auditing articles with Deloitte and also worked for Standard Bank group fi nance. Sedzani is in the process of completing her MBA at the University of Witwatersrand. SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESS 2016 62

Lesego Mosupye Resume, Chief Risk Officer Lesego is a qualifi ed CA with 15 years’ experience in the fi nancial services sector, six of which were spent in investment banking with banks such as Investec, ABSA capital and Barclays Bank. As an investment banker, he originated deals in project fi nance, export fi nance, leverage fi nance and debt capital markets. He spent 11 years with development fi nance institutions such as the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the ECIC, where he is the Chief Risk Offi cer. As Chief Risk Offi cer, Lesego represented the ECIC on the insurance industry forum and consultation process for the implementation of the insurance industry-wide Solvency Assessment and Management (SAM) project. Lesego led the ECIC’s SAM readiness project and was instrumental in the establishment of the Risk function, Investment function and IT functions to ensure the ECIC is repositioned to respond to changing regulatory and market conditions. Ismail Carr (CM)SA, Executive: Marketing and Communications Ismail is one of the chartered marketers in South Africa and is a member of the Marketing Association of South Africa (MASA). He graduated top of his class with a cum laude as a Post Graduate in Marketing from the Institute of Marketing Management (IMM) and in the same year won the APPETD award for the “Most Outstanding Postgraduate Marketing Research Project in South Africa”. Ismail had been a board member of the Capital City Business Chamber (CCBC), the Tshwane Tourism Association, and is currently an active member on the Tshwane Mayoral Council in Pretoria, as well as the Totally Concrete Advisory Board. He has over 20 years of professional experience working in strategic marketing, stakeholder management, group communications and public relations. His extensive experience extends into CRM, advertising, sponsorship, as well as CSI. Ismail built a successful PROFILE Lindelani Mphaphuli, General Counsel / Company Secretary As General Counsel, Lindelani reports to the Chief Executive and acts as the senior legal offi cer of the Corporation serving on the Executive Committee. As Company Secretary, there are clear responsibilities to the board, and the reporting line is to the Chairman. Lindelani has over 20 years of corporate legal and executive background with transactional and governance experience. She has worked in deals of project fi nance, private equity / venture capital funds, and structured fi nance nature, as well as on capital and money markets both domestically and internationally. After admission as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa, Lindelani had a short stint as a lecturer of Roman Law and Law of Contracts at a South African university prior to joining a Joburg-based private commercial legal practice. The call to the public sector came in 2008 when she joined a DFI. An admitted attorney of the South African High Court, Lindelani holds a Bachelor of Arts (law) and Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Master of Laws (corporate law) degree from Rand Afrikaanse Universiteit. She is a member of the Corporate Lawyers of South Africa (CLASA) and served on their board as a director (2005-2009) and Vice President (2008). Lindelani is currently on the Senior Executive Programme with the Wits Business School. career and held various senior positions in companies such as Telkom SA, IMCG (Pty) Ltd, the South African State Theatre and the Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF). He was also responsible for the launch of various brands in the B2B market, with a strong focus into the government, corporate, SMME’s and business segments. Ismail recently joined the Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC) and currently holds the position as the Executive: Marketing and Communications. In addition, he is also responsible for stakeholder and investor relations with his main focus being growth in brand equity, as well as increasing market share and competitive advantage for specifi c target markets of the B2B market segment. 63 SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESS 2016