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Job Title: Regional Director Southern Africa
Organisation: Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Professional History: Dr Jackie Chimhanzi is the Regional Director, Southern Africa at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI). Previously, she was the CEO of the African Leadership Institute (AFLI) for eight years. AFLI runs the Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellowship in partnership with Oxford University, with the aim of nurturing a new generation of African leaders. She is driven by a desire to see a better Africa in her lifetime. In 2012, she was recognized by Forbes Africa magazine as one of the 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa – women under 45 shaping the narrative of Africa’s rising. In 2020, she was featured on the “100 Most Reputable Africans” list, and in 2019, on the “100 Most Influential African Women” list. She was, previously, the Senior Strategist of the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) and before that, as a Strategy Lead at Deloitte Consulting, she led project teams on diverse client engagements, interrogating and informing the strategies of major entities in the power, oil and gas, steel and brewery industries. Whilst at Deloitte, she was instrumental in setting up the Deloitte Africa Desk and advised clients on accessing opportunities on the African continent. She is a member of the ONE Africa Policy Advisory Board and the ONE global board of Directors. She is a non-executive board member, Audit and Risk Committee member, and Chair of the Transformation, Ethics and Social Committee of the AdvTech Group, a Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed entity in private education. She also serves as a non-executive board member of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. She was formerly on the World Economic Forum's Africa Strategy Group. She is also the Chair of that Board’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Committee. As an academic, she lectured, authored and co-authored papers in peer-reviewed leading academic journals, and presented her work at various international fora. Her research focused on strategy implementation effectiveness.
Academic and professional credentials: BSc (Hons)
MBA (with Distinction)
PhD (Strategic Marketing) - all from Cardiff Business School, University of Cardiff.
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