Strategic Advisory Group

Bhekinkosi Moyo

CEO of the Southern Africa Trust. He is also a renowned writer, author, researcher and thought-leader with keen interest in questions of African resources, democracy and governance. He currently serves on several boards that include the African Philanthropy Network (APN), ICCO Southern Africa Regional Council, the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR), and the African Union Foundation Council.

Arif Neky

Advisor for Strategic Partnerships at the UN Resident Coordinator's Office in Kenya. He is also the National Coordinator in Kenya for the SDG Philanthropy Platform and is active in establishing a broader SDG Partnership Platform in Kenya co-chaired between the Government and the UN to unlock $1 billion of SDG aligned PPPs. Arif was a former Regional CEO of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) East Africa for over 13 years and previously the Regional Representative in Eastern Africa for the French & International Bank – Société Générale.

Eric Kacou

Cofounder and CEO of Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners (ESPartners), an advisory and investment group. He authored Entrepreneurial Solutions for Prosperity for BOP Markets published by Wharton School and served on the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council Innovation as well as on the Wharton Board for Europe Middle East and Africa. Eric also led the Rwanda National Innovation and Competitiveness (RNIC) Program and served leaders of business, government and development partners in over a dozen other low-income nations. He was honoured by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader, the African Leadership Institute as a Tutu Fellow as well as Forbes Afrique as one of Africa's 20 builders of tomorrow. He earned his MBA at the Wharton School and his MPA at the Harvard Kennedy School as a Mason Fellow.

Monique Mathys-Graaff

Monique Mathys-Graaff, Head: Investment Project Development, Public Investment Corporation (PIC) in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she spearheads the establishment of investment project development capabilities within the Research & Project development division. The division is focused on identifying investment opportunities that would both enhance PIC performance and act as a catalyst for inclusive economic growth. The focus has been on early stage, government linked innovation and technologies with significant impact abilities. As an investment professional with 16 years' experience and a CFA charter holder, Monique's experience set has grown out of considerable work exposure in financial markets through to mining companies. Her previous role centered on government policy as Head of Economics at the Chamber of Mines of South Africa and Deputy Chairperson of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) Economic Trade Policy Committee.

Her career started as a top rated mining analyst at an international investment bank. It then progressed to corporate finance, acting as a specialist advisor for Mining BEE transactions, eventually heading up the Investor Relations function of a top 40 mining company. Before joining the Chamber, Monique set up Standard Bank's mining and commodities equities research capability in her role as Resource Strategist. More recently, she was appointed as Board Member on the National Advisory Board for the South Africa Global Steering Group (GSG) for Impact Investing (one of the United Nations SDG initiatives). Monique is also a board member of AVPA's Southern Africa chapter.