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ALLAN MORROW
Executive, Skills and Strategy, Invest Northern Ireland
(NORTHEN IRELAND)
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ANNELINE CHETTY
Senior Manager: Business Intelligence and Quality Assurance of the Business Support, Markets and Durban Tourims Unit at Ethekwini Municipality..
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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ARCHIE PREUSS
Chairman of the Roobok property Group and CEO of Rainmakers, an equity/partnership consultancy for entrepreneurs & SME development.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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ARREY OBENSON
Executive Director of Growth and Development JCI (Junior Chamber International), Inc.
(CAMEROON)
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BEN ZAAIMAN
Managing Director of Dcisio Consulting.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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BILL SCOTT
Executive Director, Regional Business, Invest Northern Ireland
(NORTHERN IRELAND)
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BRIAN DUNSBY
BSc, CEng, FIChemE, FIM, FCIM, FIAM, FIBC.
(UNITED KINGDOM)
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DAVID IRWIN
Partner - Irwin Grayson Associates
(UNITED KINGDOM)
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CATHERINE SUSAN SWIFT
Chair, President & CEO: Canadian Federation of Independent Business
(CANADA)
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CATHERINE WIJNBERG
Director and Founder of Fetola
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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CHRISTIAN LISTER
Co-founder X-Press Legal Services.
(UNITED KINGDOM)
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DATO HAFSAH HASHIM
CEO of the SME Corporation Malaysia
(MALAYSIA)
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DIANE GASKIN
General Manager for Business Support Centre
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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DILEEP RAO
Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship, Florida International University. Entrepreneurial Finance Columnist: Forbes.com.
(USA)
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ELIADA WOSU GRIFFIN-EL
Senior Lecturer at UCT’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) and appointed academic of the Bertha Center for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the GSB.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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FESTUSU AGBO
Senior Lecturer/Senior Research Fellow, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS - UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
(NIGERIA)
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FRANCIS NESHAMBA
Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University's Business School and Director for Nottingham Academy for Management..
(UNITED KINGDOM)
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FUMIHIKO ADACHI
Professor of Development Economics, Kinjo Gakuin University.
(JAPAN)
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HAMID BOUCHIKHI
Hamid Bouchikhi is Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at ESSEC Business School.
(FRANCE)
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HEIDI GRIMMER
Managing Director of ABBC (Pty) Ltd.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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HELEN G. MATUSHEVSKAYA
Graduated from Moscow State Lomonosov University, PhD. Russian Social State Univerity – Professor
(UNITED KINGDOM)
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IAN McKEOWN
Joint head of the ESBM Research Cluster and a senior lecturer in the Department of Enterprise and Strategic Management at the University of Wolverhampton in England.
(UNITED KINGDOM)
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IRIS E. HARVEY
Vice President for University Relations at Kent State University..
(USA)
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JAY MITRA
Professor of Business Enterprise and Innovation, and Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Research at the University of Essex (UK).
(UNITED KINGDOM)
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JONATHAN YUSUF
Development Manager at the Development Finance Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
(NIGERIA)
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KATSUHIRO YAMAMOTO
President of Yamamoto Seisakusho, Inc..
(JAPAN)
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KESSEVEN PADACHI
Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the University of Technology, Mauritius
(MAURITIUS)
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LESTER LLOYD-REASON
Professor of International Enterprise Strategy, Director of the Centre for Enterprise Development and Research (CEDAR.
(UNITED KINGDOM)
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LUSAPHO NJENGE
Chief Strategy and Information Officer at the Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda), the South African government’s agency for small enterprise development. .
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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MARIE FRANCE TURCOTTE
Professor at the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), department of strategy, social and environmental responsibility
(CANADA)
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MARTIN FEINSTEIN
Specialist in entrepreneurship and small business development in South Africa, whose background is in social marketing, strategy, partnership development and programme design and execution.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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MAZNAH HAMID
Securiforce Group Executive Chairman.
(MALAYSIA)
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McLEAN SIBANDA
Chief Executive Officer of The Innovation Hub
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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MICHAEL SHERIFF
Pursuing a Ph.D. in Management Engineering at the University of Padua in Italy with research interests in entrepreneurship and innovation.
(SIERRA LEONE)
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MIKE HERRINGTON
Executive Director of the Global Entrepreneurship Research Association (GERA)..
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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MIRABEL G. UKPABIO
Research, Training, and Consultancy in the area of Science, Technology, Innovation and enterprise Management at National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM), an agency of Federal Ministry of Science and Technology.
(NIGERIA)
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MARK ELLIOTT
CEO, DigitalCity Business
(UNITED KINGDOM)
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NAZEEM MARTIN
Managing Director of Business Partners Limited.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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NEREN RAU
CEO of South African Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SACCI)
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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NICHOLAS SIBANDA
Managing Consultant of Nicholson Integrated Consulting, a firm that facilitates the development of SME potential by providing resources and customized support.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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NICK NIRANJAN KALIDASS
Independent training and SHEQ management consultant and the founder of NQFS Management Solutions.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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NOKUTHULA MBEBE
Freelancing in Development Consulting and Auditing for Somila Business Solutions
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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ELIZABETH OLOFIN
Head, Training for FATE Foundation
(NIGERIA)
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PARTHA BHATTACHARYA
Web startup consultant, and the founder of HubSkills.Com.
(INDIA)
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PETER HARRINGTON
Serial entrepreneur and MD of Venture Simulations Ltd (UK)
(UNITED KINGDOM)
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P KOSHY
Director, Institute for Environment & Development Studies and Chief Advisor, ABSE Management Consultancy
(INDIA)
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REUBEN GOVENDER
Deputy Director: Quality Management with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Veterinary Services.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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ROSMERIANY NAHAN-SUOMELA
Researcher (PHD graduate) at Hanken School of Economics and a senior lecturer at Vaasa University of Applied Sciences, Finland
(FINLAND)
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SATU LAUTAMAKI
PHD from the University of Vaasa, Finland(year 2000) and a principal lecturer at Vaasa University of Applied Sciences, Finland
(FINLAND)
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SHAUN EVERTSE
Independent Businessman.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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SHAWN THEUNISSEN
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Growthpoint Properties. He is the founder and manager of Property Point, Growthpoint’s enterprise development programme.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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SISA NTSHONA
Head of Enterprise Development at ABSA Bank focusing on the development and fostering of SMEs through innovation and product development.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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SUKH DEO
Senior Lecturer in the School of Business at Wintec (Waikato Institute of Technology) in Hamilton, New Zealand..
(NEW ZEALAND)
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SUMIYA HAYASHI
General Manager, International Center, SME Support
(JAPAN)
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TAKESHI KAWAGUCHI
President of The Nippon Joint, Ltd. and Ichikin Co.,Ltd
(JAPAN)
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TEBOGO SKWAMBANE
Monitor Group Global Partner and Managing Partner of Monitor South Africa.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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TSUGIO IDE
Graduate School of Business, Nihon University. Senior Advisor, Steering Committee of International Small Business Congress.
(JAPAN)
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WILLIAM KIRKLEY
Senior Lecturer at the School of Management Massey University Auckland, New Zealand
(NEW ZEALAND)
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XOLANI SITHOLE
Independent Businessman.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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YUKO OGATA
CEO of Medical IT Laboratory. Co
(JAPAN)
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YUSUF MAHOMEDY
Founder of the consultancy, Milestone Ventures &, Worksucks – Make Work, Work.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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STEPHEN TIMM
South African Policy Researcher and Journalist.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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HIROSHI TAKADA
Chairman & CEO, SME Support, JAPAN.
(JAPAN)
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AGNIESZKA KURCZEWSKA
Assistant professor at the Centre for Finance and Accounting of SMEs at the University of Lodz, Poland.
(POLAND)
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EUGENIA KULA-AMEYAW
Entrepreneurial corporate woman who has significant Strategy, Corporate Affairs, Public Private Partnership (PPP) and Business Support experience. .
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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GORDON FREER
Lecture on Development full time at the University of the Witwatersrand.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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KHALED NAGATY
Chairman for Metropolitan Consulting (S.A.E) He’s also the chairman of the Egyptian Credit & Risk Association (ECRA) and the founder of the Egyptian Association for Small & Medium Enterprises.
(EGYPT)
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LIA VANGELATOS
Chief Investment Manager - Zimele, Anglo American.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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OKSANA DUGERT
Business Consultant in Ukraine
Seppo Hoffren Consultancy
Member of the Entrepreneurship Research and Education Network of Central European Universities (ERENET).
(UKRAINE)
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SIVUYISE NDZENDZE
Partner at Esapha Rural Innovations, Director at Innovation Gateway, Director at Sinegugu Granite Projects, Systems Analyst at Eskom, Committee Member of Emerging Project Managers Group and Traffic Optimiser Patent Owner.
(SOUTH AFRICA)
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