Wynand started out in 1976 as a junior lecturer in the department of Electrical and Electronic engineering at the University of Stellenbosch. In 1984, at the age of 32, He became a professor responsible for the very active Telecommunications and Digital Signal Processing group. Wynand was soon regarded as the head of the leading Speech…
Francis Petersen is the Rector & Vice Chancellor of the University of the Free State in South Africa. He has formerly been Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, Dean: Engineering & the Built Environment at the University of Cape Town, the Executive Head: Strategy at Anglo American Platinum, Executive Vice-President: Research and Development…
Keet has over 20 years of investment experience in private equity, banking and venture capital. He co-founded Knife Capital in 2010 to scale African high-growth businesses globally and worked at industry-leading companies such as Procter & Gamble, Investec Bank and ‘Here Be Dragons’ (HBD) Venture Capital. Knife Capital track record includes VC exits to the likes of General Electric, Visa, Garmin, Uber Eats and…
Francois co-founded Stone Three in 2000 and since then has been involved with leading and managing engineering development activities providing technology solutions for a number of industries, with the primary focus currently being providing productivity solutions to our mining customers. Francois also has a keen interest in property and is on the board of the Paardevlei Umbrella Association.
Co-founder & CEO of CSence Systems followed by various Leadership roles in GE based in USA and SA. Group CEO of Stone Three the last 6 years.