Patrons:
Mr Fred Phaswana
Chairperson: Standard Bank Group; South African Institute of International Affairs.
Mr Fred PhaswanaChairperson: Standard Bank Group; South African Institute of International Affairs.
Trustees:
Dr Russell Ally - Board Chair
Executive Director, Development and Alumni Department (DAD), University of Cape Town
Dr Russell Ally - Board ChairExecutive Director, Development and Alumni Department (DAD), University of Cape Town
Dr Ally is responsible for the formulation, implementation and monitoring of all strategic and operational activities regarding UCT's development and fundraising endeavours. These include strengthening donor and alumni relations, developing fundraising and capital campaigns and bequest programmes and tapping into philanthropic and corporate social investment goals of foundations and corporate in Africa and abroad. DAD is tasked with ensuring that fundraising strategies yield adequate resources to achieve the university's mission at a time when higher education funding streams face significant risks.
Before joining UCT in August 2013, Dr Ally worked at the Ford Foundation as the Programme Officer for Southern Africa, managing their governance and civil society work in South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe. He has also held the position of Country Representative and Executive Director of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation in South Africa and worked for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Dr Ally served on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Human Rights Violation Committee, chaired by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
A UCT alumnus, Dr Ally started his career as a history teacher at the John Bisseker Senior Secondary School in East London. He obtained his Masters at Rhodes University and a Doctorate from Cambridge University, both in History. He then worked as a senior history researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand where he served on the Senate and Council. He was also the founding chairperson of the Academic Staff Association.
Before joining UCT in August 2013, Dr Ally worked at the Ford Foundation as the Programme Officer for Southern Africa, managing their governance and civil society work in South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe. He has also held the position of Country Representative and Executive Director of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation in South Africa and worked for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Dr Ally served on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Human Rights Violation Committee, chaired by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
A UCT alumnus, Dr Ally started his career as a history teacher at the John Bisseker Senior Secondary School in East London. He obtained his Masters at Rhodes University and a Doctorate from Cambridge University, both in History. He then worked as a senior history researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand where he served on the Senate and Council. He was also the founding chairperson of the Academic Staff Association.
Ms Nomvula Dlamini
Independent Social Facilitator
Ms Nomvula DlaminiIndependent Social Facilitator
Nomvula currently works as an independent social facilitator, evaluator and mentor. She worked for 22 years as organisation development practitioner with the Community Development Resource Association (CDRA) where she served as Director from 2011 to December 2018. Her accumulative experience is in facilitating social transformation processes, designing & facilitating stakeholder dialogues & collaborations and designing action research processes in search of innovative practices that improve developmental impact. Nomvula holds a Masters degree in Adult Learning and Global Change. She regularly gets invited to speak at national and international conferences and to contribute as practitioner to panel discussions. Nomvula serves as trustee on the boards of Inyathelo, District 6 Museum and Vheneka.
Israel Noko - Secretary
Chairman of the National Association of BEE Consultants, CEO at NPI Governance Consulting and Chair of the GIBS BEE Thought Leadership Dialogue
Israel Noko - SecretaryChairman of the National Association of BEE Consultants, CEO at NPI Governance Consulting and Chair of the GIBS BEE Thought Leadership Dialogue
Israel is passionate about the intentions behind Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), including the economic transformation of South Africa. Israel’s experience has focused on developing and executing strategies which would enable companies to better position themselves in the market, and develop partnerships with companies and organizations that want to implement “business-sense” enterprise development, socio-economic development and BEE strategies. He has also advised on BEE joint venture structure, company formations and reorganisations. Having worked with a number of multinational clients, Israel has advised on the implementation of Equity Equivalents, BEE compliance and has strong relations with the Department of Trade & Industry, the verification industry and various transformation stakeholders.
Israel has also lectured on “BEE for NGOs” and worked with civil society, universities and non-profits to develop BEE fundraising strategies to enable sustainable income streams into their organisations.
A good significant portion of Israel’s experience has been around the bid submission of the Renewable Energy IPP (Independent Power Producer) RFP (as gazetted by the Department of Energy). Given his BEE experience, his area of expertise has been to ensure that companies adhere and comply with the Economic Development obligations of their bids and he has assisted in project managing those programmes.
In December 2011, Israel was asked to serve on the Board of Directors of the National Association of BEE Consultants (NABC) and chair the Ethics & Discipline Committee. In April 2012, Israel was elected to Chairman of the NABC. With regular engagement with the DTI and industry stakeholders, the role of the NABC is to ensure that any queries from members around the legislation, its implementation or indeed its relevance for business, is understood, is theoretically and practically applicable and the access to ethical business standards and sound, up-to-date knowledge are a priority. Furthermore, Israel sits on the Department of Trade & Industry’s BEE Joint Technical Committee, with other industry stakeholders (ie ABVA, SANAS and IRBA) and engages in addressing the implementation of BEE.
Israel also has extensive working experience in France, Switzerland, UK and South Africa in both private and public sectors. Having worked at the United Nations Environmental Program, the Canadian High Commission Trade Office (as Trade Commissioner) in South Africa, Enablis (as Head of Partnerships) and in the financial services industry, Israel has assisted a number of Canadian companies understand BEE and how it may impact on their business. Israel also presented Canada’s Clean Development Mechanism programs and private sector expertise to over 50 companies in South Africa during the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD).
Israel studied Law and Social Sciences at the University of Warwick, UK, and pursued and completed a LL.B in Business Law at Coventry University, UK. In his previous capacity, Israel was on the Boards of the South Africa-Canada Chamber of Business (2007 to 2012) and the Bilateral Chamber Forum of South Africa.
Current Directorships
Israel has also lectured on “BEE for NGOs” and worked with civil society, universities and non-profits to develop BEE fundraising strategies to enable sustainable income streams into their organisations.
A good significant portion of Israel’s experience has been around the bid submission of the Renewable Energy IPP (Independent Power Producer) RFP (as gazetted by the Department of Energy). Given his BEE experience, his area of expertise has been to ensure that companies adhere and comply with the Economic Development obligations of their bids and he has assisted in project managing those programmes.
In December 2011, Israel was asked to serve on the Board of Directors of the National Association of BEE Consultants (NABC) and chair the Ethics & Discipline Committee. In April 2012, Israel was elected to Chairman of the NABC. With regular engagement with the DTI and industry stakeholders, the role of the NABC is to ensure that any queries from members around the legislation, its implementation or indeed its relevance for business, is understood, is theoretically and practically applicable and the access to ethical business standards and sound, up-to-date knowledge are a priority. Furthermore, Israel sits on the Department of Trade & Industry’s BEE Joint Technical Committee, with other industry stakeholders (ie ABVA, SANAS and IRBA) and engages in addressing the implementation of BEE.
Israel also has extensive working experience in France, Switzerland, UK and South Africa in both private and public sectors. Having worked at the United Nations Environmental Program, the Canadian High Commission Trade Office (as Trade Commissioner) in South Africa, Enablis (as Head of Partnerships) and in the financial services industry, Israel has assisted a number of Canadian companies understand BEE and how it may impact on their business. Israel also presented Canada’s Clean Development Mechanism programs and private sector expertise to over 50 companies in South Africa during the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD).
Israel studied Law and Social Sciences at the University of Warwick, UK, and pursued and completed a LL.B in Business Law at Coventry University, UK. In his previous capacity, Israel was on the Boards of the South Africa-Canada Chamber of Business (2007 to 2012) and the Bilateral Chamber Forum of South Africa.
Current Directorships
- Net1 UEPS Mosomo Broad-Based Trust (Chairman)
- National Association of BEE Consultants (Chairman)
- Micro Finance South Africa (Board member)