The panel of judges for the Investing in the Future Awards 2003 comprised specialists in the field of corporate social investment. The Mail & Guardian thanks them for their hard work in choosing deserving finalists and winners from the 31 quality entries in this year’s competition. The judges were:
Reg Rumney
Reg Rumney is the chairperson of the panel. He is director of the BusinessMap Foundation and former SABC economics editor. Rumney founded the Investing in the Future Awards 15 years ago while he was economics editor at the M&G. He has been involved with the awards ever since and remains their guiding spirit.
Amelia Jones
Amelia Jones is the CEO of Community Chest in the Western Cape. She serves on the boards of many Western Cape and national organisations. She is a sought-after speaker and trainer in South Africa and abroad. Her wealth of experience as a social worker encompasses various fields and managerial positions at organisations, including probation officer at the state welfare department, the Child Welfare Society, Nicro and the South African National Epilepsy League.
Dr Ivan May
A great humanitarian, Dr Ivan May is recognised both at home and internationally. He is the recipient of many awards in disparate fields, ranging from The Star’s Marketing Man of the Year in 2001 and the World Fellow of Duke of Edinburgh’s Award 2000 to a Mail & Guardian Green Trust Award and recognition from the South African Democracy Education Trust. May was appointed as advisory councillor to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg last year. He chairs the Chartered Marketer Board of Institute of Marketing Management and is a chevalier of the Chaine des Rotisseurs.
Mokhethi Moshoeshoe
A consultant on corporate social investment, Mokhethi Moshoeshoe is a former executive director of the Southern African Grantmakers’ Association and is a founder and director of the African Institute of Corporate Citizenship. He is a former English literature and maths teacher at Sacred Heart in St Monica’s, Lesotho. He is also a member of the coordinating committee of the Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support.
Dr Iqbal Survé
Dr Iqbal Survé is a former medical doctor who specialised in sports medicine. He was a prominent political activist affectionately known as the ‘struggle doctor”. In 1997 he co-founded the Sekunjalo Group with other political activists. He is the chairperson of Sekunjalo Investment Holdings and CEO of Sekunjalo Investments. He serves as chairperson of all the group subsidiary companies, including Premier Fishing, and serves as a director of a number of companies, including Siemens. Survé is chairperson of the Manto Tshabalala-Msimang Health Professionals Bursary Trust, a philanthropic trust that provides bursaries for students from historically disadvantaged backgrounds, and he recently become a fellow of the prestigious HRH the Prince of Wales Business and Environment Programme in recognition of his commitment to sustainable business strategies.
Glenda White
Glenda White is the executive director of programmes at the Centre for Public Services Innovation. She has an honours degree from Wits University, a master of arts from the University of Sussex and is registered for her master of science degree in development finance at the University of London. She has been a consultant on various empowerment projects and is the publisher of many reports.