How The City Of Cape Town Is Building An Economy Of Hope - From The Bottom Up
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Background: Alderman James Vos, the Mayoral Committee Member at the City of Cape Town, will discuss how his Directorate is working to create an environment in the municipality where more residents can access opportunities. He will focus on the Inclusive Economic Growth Strategy, the City’s deadline-driven plan to build this environment and highlight the municipal government’s recently-launched Ease of Doing Business initiative.
Speakers:
Alderman James Vos is the Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth in the City of Cape Town. With a portfolio that covers matters of trade, tourism, investment and business support, James heads up a team that is instrumental in driving meaningful economic opportunity in Cape Town.
During his time as a Public Representative, when he also served as a Ward Councillor, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Tourism, James received numerous civic awards, including the International Merit Award. He is also among the youngest to receive the life title of Aldermanship.
James believes that the most powerful instrument for improving the quality of life and creating jobs is economic growth. To achieve this, his mission is to drive travel and trade to Cape Town and make the metro the easiest place to do business.
James oversees various programmes that support workforce and entrepreneurial development. He loves spending time in the outdoors with his wife and two daughters and has a passion for aviation.
Lance Greyling graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1996 with an Honours in African Studies majoring in politics and economics. He also received a Post Graduate diploma in Sustainable Energy from the University of Stellenbosch in 2009. During the past twenty years he has held positions in the private sector, civil society and the national government sphere. He first started out as a partner in a production house called Matchframe Pictures, which produced television commercials and raised funding for video programmes. After a year and a half expedition around Africa he took up the position as regional manager for GLOBE Southern Africa, which empowered parliamentarians on issues of sustainable development.
During 2004 to 2015 Lance Greyling was elected as a Member of Parliament and served on a number of parliamentary committees including education, finance, public enterprises, minerals and energy and environmental affairs. He was also elected Chief Whip of the Independent Democrats and during the merger with the DA he was appointed in 2011 to the position of Shadow Minister of Energy.
In March 2015 Lance Greyling left the world of Parliament to take up the position of Director of Trade and Investment in the Mayor’s Office at the City of Cape Town. After the local government elections in August 2016 he became the Director of the newly formed Enterprise and Investment Department.
Lance is also a founder board member of the Bulungula Incubator, a rural NGO based in the Eastern Cape while also serving on a number of other boards related to his position such as Wesgro, Cape Town Tourism, the Atlantis Special Economic Zone Company and the Cape IT Initiative. Lance is also a fellow of the Africa Leadership Initiative which is affiliated to the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
Kadri Nassiep is the Executive Director of Energy at the City of Cape Town. He holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and has close to 30 years’ experience in the Energy sector. He has played a key role in coordinating energy research in the country to advocate for a greater share of cleaner energy in our energy mix.
During his career he has been responsible for the development of policy, strategy, legislation and regulations supporting the implementation of energy efficiency and renewable energy. He was the CEO of the South African National Energy Development Institute and has held several senior management roles in National Government and Eskom.
He has also held several advisory positions, both locally and internationally, including representing South Africa at the International Energy Agency’s Committee on Energy Research and Technologies, as well as the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21)
Speaker(s):
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Alderman James Vos
Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth
City of Cape Town
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Lance Greyling
Director for Enterprise and Investment
City of Cape Town
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Kadri Nassiep
Executive Director of Energy
City of Cape Town
Chairman:
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Mike Wardle
CEO & Head of Indices
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