Who we are | Trustees
Rachel Jafta (Chairperson) (Executive Committee, Finance Committee)
Rachel Jafta is an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Stellenbosch. She holds a B. Econ (Hons) from the University of the Western Cape, an M. Econ and a PhD (Economics) from the University of Stellenbosch.
At the University of Stellenbosch, she has received the
award for excellence in research and community service, respectively. Since 2004, she has won the award for excellence in teaching each year. She will receive the
Rector's Award for excellence in Community Interaction for 2008 on the 18th of November. She is the founder of two large community development trusts and serves on the board of trustees of various non-government/non-profit organisations.
Prof. Jafta maintains close ties with academic institutions in Europe and the United States, but is also involved in private sector activities, including as non-executive director of a large company with global links in media and advanced technology. Prof. Jafta has
extensive consulting and research experience in trade and competition issues, regulatory economics, as well as technology management. Her research interests are in
industrial economics, economics of innovation, international trade and Black Economic Empowerment. She has published in these fields.
Rachel Jafta is proficient in English, Afrikaans and Italian.
Isabel Meyer (CEO) (All Committees)
Isabel(la) Meyer is the owner and managing director of her own consultancy,
Mayaluga Consulting. The consultancy
provides business & marketing strategy services,
programme management services, IT, internet and mobility consulting and
marketing communications services.
Isabel has worked for a variety of large corporate firms in the span of her
career, including Vodacom as brand manager,
Dimension Data on a GBP45 million
international project as e-commerce analyst, Eskom
as project manager and FNB as IT Marketing
Manager.
She has crossed the Atlantic on a sail
yacht, is renowned for her charity parties and loves the One that loves.
As Programme Manager for the inaugural Cape
Town Carnival, her motto is “Go BIG or go Home!!” No-one is going home
Fritz Marx (Executive Committee, Logistics Committee)
Fritz Marx studies at the University of Stellenbosch and obtained a
Bachelor’s
Degree of Arts (Law) and an Honours Degree in Public Administration.
He joined the Provincial Administration of the Western Cape in 1982 as
Assistant-Director and in 1994 became the
Private Secretary of the Minister of
local Government. In January of 1998 he was appointed as
Director for
Ministerial Services for the Minister of Health and in 2000 he joined the City
of Cape Town as Manager of the Office of the Executive Mayor where he currently
holds the title of Head of Protocol and Mayoral Events.
Themba Nolutshungu (Community Committee)
Temba A Nolutshungu has served as non executive director in various companies
including the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront,
Langeberg Holdings. In his
full time capacity he is a director of the Free Market Foundation and the
Strategic Economic & Environmental Research Services. He is also the
chairman of the Langa Heritage Foundation and serves as a trustee for various
other organisations.
He has presented numerous papers on economic policy issues that have seen him
travel to various countries. He regularly produces written comments and
articles on contemporary policy issues.
Craig Lemboe (Finance Committee)
Craig is in the process of completing a Master’s degree in Economics at Stellenbosch University after finishing a BCom Honours (Economics) degree at the University of the Western Cape. He has been involved with the Cape Town Carnival since 2007 as part of the initial research team. He currently works as an Economist at Wesgro, the Western Cape Trade and Investment Promotion agency, and is also active in the community and has a passion for community and human development.
Anton Liebenberg (Marketing and Communications Committee)
Henry Hockey (Community Committee)
Clarence Ford (Community Committee, Marketing and Communications Committee)
Anton Liebenberg (Senior Sales &
Marketing Executive)
Experienced in strategic direction and implementation of sales & marketing solutions. Has developed expertise in successful
experiential marketing campaigns across an array of industries.A promoter and catalyst of thoughts, ideas and concepts, taking pride in a
creative approach, whilst being motivated to get things done. Strategically approaches challenges, optimising his passionate nature to achieve set goals.