 | Ailsa Wingfield Ailsa Wingfield is Executive Director: Intelligence for Nielsen Global Markets. She helps companies capture today and tomorrow's prospects by identifying and exploring demand generating trends through strategic foresight, knowledge and thought leadership creation. With a passion for Africa and Middle East, she established the Africa Prospects Indicator which determines overall country prospects and the sources of potential, across economic, business, consumer and retail metrics. |
 | Alain Dos Santos Alain Dos Santos is the Regional Managing Director for Montblanc Africa. Based in the luxury Maison's regional office in Johannesburg, Dos Santos is responsible for expanding Montblanc's presence & operations in key markets across the continent. His role follows 5 years as Montblanc's MD for Brazil, during which he oversaw milestones including the transfer of Montblanc from its historical family external distributor to fully integrated subsidiary within the Richemont Group, & the first Richemont Maison in Brazil to launch its e-commerce offering.. |
 | Alan Knott-Craig Alan Knott-Craig is a South African entrepreneur and author. He is the founder of Project Isizwe as well as executive chairman of Hero Telecoms, Ever Africa, and Happimo NPC.. |
 | Christele Chokossa Christele Chokossa joined Euromonitor as a research associate in July 2016. She is currently a senior analyst and focuses on researching industries such as Travel & Tourism, Retailing, Consumer Foodservice, Digital Consumers and Consumer Finance in sub-Saharan Africa. |
 | Eben Esterhuizen Eben has over 20 years retail, pharma & FMCG experience in South Africa. He understands consumer & shopper behaviour patterns, and is an expert in CE. |
 | Jainita Khatri Driving solutions from Strategy to Results. High Performance Quality Projects Striving for Excellence. |
 | Lauren Hartzenberg Retail editor and lifestyle contributor at Bizcommunity.com. Cape Town apologist. |
 | Lee Naik Lee Naik is the CEO of TransUnion Africa.. |
 | Leo Van De Polder Leo Van De Polder is the Global Development Director at Shop! Association.. |
 | Maroefah Smith Enthusiastic UCT graduate with a passion for fashion, film and words.. |
 | Marylee Townshend Marylee Townshend is currently the Learning and Development Director at IRI. Marylee has a strong track record with over 24 years of experience in both marketing research and education. |
