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  • RMB Think Summit 2025
  • RMB Think Summit 2025 Agenda
  • Speakers
  • Event Details
  • Agenda

Agenda

 

07:30

 
 

Delegate Registration

 
 

08:00

 
 

Venue Doors Open

 
 

08.30

 

Fifi Peters (Host & Moderator)

Welcome

Profile
 
 

08:39

 

Emrie Brown (Chief Executive Officer, RMB)

Opening remarks

Profile
 
 

08:45

 

Barbara Creecy (Minister of Transport, Republic of South Africa)

Structural Reforms: Logistics

Profile
 
 

09:15

 

Barbara Creecy (Minister of Transport, Republic of South Africa)
Fifi Peters (Host & Moderator)

Q&A Session

 
 

09:25

 

Dr Sean Phillips (Director-General, Department of Water & Sanitation)

Structural Reforms: Water Sector

Profile
 
 

09:55

 

Dr Sean Phillips (Director-General, Department of Water & Sanitation)
Fifi Peters (Host & Moderator)

Q&A Session

 
 

10:05

 

Segomoco Scheppers (Chief Executive Officer, National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA)

Structural Reforms: Energy Transmission (Moderated Discussion)

Profile
 
 

10:05

 

Moderator Keith Webb (Infrastructure Finance Sector Lead, Banking Division, RMB)

Structural Reforms: Energy Transmission (Moderated Discussion)

Profile
 
 

10:35

 
 

Refreshment break

 
 

11:06

 

Doris Tshepe (Commissioner, The Competition Commission South Africa)

The Role of the Competition Commission in stimulating FDI & Job Creation

Profile
 
 

11:36

 

Doris Tshepe (Commissioner, The Competition Commission South Africa)
Fifi Peters (Host & Moderator)

Q&A Session

 
 

11:46

 

Dr David Masondo (Deputy Minister of Finance, Republic of South Africa)

Lessons from Operation Vulindlela 1.0 & the Priorities of Operation Vulindlela 2.0

Profile
 
 

12:16

 

Dr David Masondo (Deputy Minister of Finance, Republic of South Africa)
Fifi Peters (Host & Moderator)

Q&A Session

 
 

12:26

 

Nigel Beck (Head: Sustainable Finance & ESG, RMB)

Impact of US Policy Reversal on Global Decarbonisation: Objectives, Sustainable Finance & Implications for Africa

Profile
 
 

12:26

 

Tshepo Ntsane (Transactor, Investment Banking, RMB)

Impact of US Policy Reversal on Global Decarbonisation: Objectives, Sustainable Finance & Implications for Africa

Profile
 
 

12:56

 

Nigel Beck (Head: Sustainable Finance & ESG, RMB)
Fifi Peters (Host & Moderator)

Q&A Session

 
 

13:06

 
 

Lunch break

 
 

14:06

 

Dr Zainab Usman (Senior Fellow & Inaugural Director: Africa Programme, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Africa's Growth & Position in the World

Profile
 
 

14:36

 

Dr Zainab Usman (Senior Fellow & Inaugural Director: Africa Programme, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Fifi Peters (Host & Moderator)

Q&A Session

 
 

14:46

 

Chen Zhao (Chief Global Strategist, Alpine Macro)

Global Investment Strategies

Profile
 
 

15:16

 

Chen Zhao (Chief Global Strategist, Alpine Macro)
Fifi Peters (Host & Moderator)

Q&A Session

 
 

15:26

 

Cheree Dyers (Chief Executive Officer, Prescient Investment Management)

Investment Implications of Global Macro & Policy (Moderated Panel Discussion)

Profile
 
 

15:26

 

Peter Brooke (Portfolio Manager, Old Mutual Investment Group)

Investment Implications of Global Macro & Policy (Moderated Panel Discussion)

Profile
 
 

15:26

 

Charles de Kock (Portfolio Manager, Coronation Asset Management)

Investment Implications of Global Macro & Policy (Moderated Panel Discussion)

Profile
 
 

15:26

 

Moderator: Patrice Rassou (Chief Investment Officer, Ashburton Investments)

Investment Implications of Global Macro & Policy (Moderated Panel Discussion)

Profile
 
 

16:06

 
 

Refreshment break

 
 

16:27

 

Eliud Kipchoge (Two-Time World Marathon Record Holder & Olympic Gold Medalist)

Peak Performance & Endurance: In Conversation with Eliud Kipchoge (Moderated Discussion)

Profile
 
 

16:27

 

Moderator: Mari Rabie (Head: IBD Financial Resource Management, RMB & Two-Time Olympic Triathlete)

Peak Performance & Endurance: In Conversation with Eliud Kipchoge (Moderated Discussion)

Profile
 
 

17:06

 
 

Fifi Peters (Host & Moderator)

Final Thoughts

 
 

17:10

 

Isaah Mhlanga (Chief Economist, RMB)

Closing Remarks

Profile
 
 

17:15

 
 

Networking cocktail

 

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