Africa Roads 2012 - list of speakers

Chief Executive Officer – Bakwena N1N4 Toll Graeme Blewitt is a Chartered Accountant by profession. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Bakwena N1N4 Toll. Graeme started his career within the Murray & Roberts Group at Union Carriage & Wagon before taking up the position as Finance Director of Reinforcing Steel Holdings.

Frank Chitukutuku is the chief executive officer for Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara). He joined Zinara in 2005 as Auditor. He was promoted to the position of Human Resources Manager in 2006 and was subsequently appointed chief executive officer of Zinara in 2009. He is a holder of a professional qualification of the Institute of...

Peter (Copley) is a transport specialist in the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), which is based in Midrand. He was born in KwaZulu Natal in 1946 and matriculated at Maritzburg College in 1963. He is a civil engineer who obtained his BSc (Eng) at the University of Cape Town in December 1969. He has a Masters Degree in Transport Planning...

Deputy Minister of Transport Mr (J P ) Jeremy Patrick Cronin, MP • Member of Parliament since 1999 • Deputy General-Secretary of the South African Communist Party since 1995 • ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) Member since 1991 • Chairperson - Portfolio Committee on Transport (National Assembly), Parliament of the Republic of South Africa...

Mr. J. S. Dhanda, a Civil Engineering Graduate is presently serving as Chief General Manager (Corridor Management), National Highways Authority of India. He belongs to the 1979 batch of Engineering Service of the State of Haryana.

Rob Doe - South African citizen, residing in Johannesburg South Africa, looking after The Walvis Bay Corridor Group's interests and developing business strategies for the group in Southern Africa. Rob comes from a shipping background where he worked for Grimaldi Shipping Lines in London, managing their West African Trade before moving back to...

Regional Manager: Northern Region, SANRAL.

Brenda Horne-Ferreira founded the first ever public-private membership organisation, the Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative (MCLI) as a Section 21 non-profit organisation through which the constraints of the Maputo Development Corridor is addressed. It supports an effective transport corridor for future growth and development in the region as...

Eng. M.O. Kidenda MBS, HSC has a B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from University of Nairobi and a M.Sc. in Traffic Engineering from University of Birmingham UK. He is a Registered Engineer, a member of the Institution of Engineers in Kenya and a Registered Consulting Engineer. Eng. Kidenda has over 24 years experience in the Roads Sector. He...

Director Levinsohn & Associates (Pty) Ltd 2002 – Present (10 years) Specialist advisory services on all aspects of Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships Legal Advisor Investec Bank Limited Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; INVP; Banking industry 1997 – 2002 (5 years)

STEVEN Z MACHEVE Steven Z Macheve is a Director with City of Tshwane responsible for Transport and Roads Infrastructure Asset Management. He is currently involved in two strategic projects within the City, i.e. Development and Implementation of Integrated Maintenance Framework as well as Development and Implementation of the Parking Bay Levy...

Dr Anthony Mwanaumo holds an BA in Economics and Business Administration out of University of Zambia, an MSc, and A PhD in Agricultural Economics from Pundue University, United States of America (USA), specializing in Agricultural Marketing. His key contribution to transport literature is the concentric representation of markets to fully capture...

Director General, Road Fund, Cameroon

Associate Director – Transactions, African Infrastructure Investment Managers Qualifications: B.Com; H.Dip.Acc; CA (SA) Mitesh is responsible for the sourcing and origination of investment opportunities, and the structuring and execution of infrastructure investment transactions. He also oversees AIIM’s east African regional operations through...

Having qualified with a BA LLB from the University of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, Delia Reardon practiced as an attorney and also completed her MBA at the University of Cape Town, receiving the Allan Gray Strategy prize. She then joined the Project and Infrastructure Finance Department of Investec Bank for 6 years where she worked on project...

Sophia is the Road Management System Manager (RMS) of the Roads Authority of Namibia. She served as Council member on the Engineering Professions Association (EPA) Council since 2000, starting as Civil Discipline Representative and as President from 2003 to 2006. She is also the only executive Council Member of the Engineering Council of Namibia...

Yohane Tembo has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Zambia (2000), and a Master of Civil Engineering from Stellenbosch University (2010). He possesses wide experience in the construction industry, with a strong bias towards road design and construction. Over the years, he has worked for two road...

Mr Tolmie graduated as a Civil Engineer in 1984 at University of Stellenbosch and obtained a Master of Business Leadership (MBL) degree in 1995 at UNISA. His career started at the Department of Water Affairs and in 1989 he joined the Department of Transport; in 1996 he became the Director of Toll Roads. On 1 April 1998 he was appointed as the...

Mr. Philip W. Wambugu is a transport economist by training and holds a Master of Science in Transportation (MScT), degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, USA attained in 1992. He has competencies in air transportation economics, planning and design of airport systems, transport economics, transportation systems...