Vasi Govinder The experienced Most Influential Women in Business and Government judge, Vasi Govinder, is the Director of TSLS Holdings, Legal Services and Telecommunications, which specialises in revenue enhancement and works with the government and local municipalities. Her experience in core business activities gives her a holistic perspective and makes her an ideal judge. “I’m passionate about promoting SMEs and women in business. There is a young crowd that is innovative and it is exciting to be a part of this initiative,” says Vasi. For her, a potential winner shows passion and is serious about what they want to do. Her advice to up-and-coming businesswomen is to “fall and fall again and get up … there is no such thing as failure”.
Victoria Sekitoleko Victoria is currently Chairperson of the Governing Board of Uganda Agribusiness Alliance. She is Founder and Managing Director of the Uganda Culture Community Centre through which she promotes reading by establishing and supporting both urban and rural community libraries. She is also Chairperson to The New Vision Group National Best Farmer Competition. Previously, she worked as Director of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (UN-FAO) and representative to China, Mongolia and DPR Korea; FAO representative to Ethiopia for the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community for Africa (ECA) and FAO Sub Regional representative to Eastern and Southern Africa in Zimbabwe. Victoria was a Member of Parliament (MP) and Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries in Uganda; MP and Deputy Minister and then Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Uganda. She was also Senior Agriculture Banking Officer to Uganda Development Bank.
Wouter Snyman Wouter Snyman is the CEO and founder of the attooh! – the company delivers tailor-made and diversified financial planning solutions to individuals and corporate companies on a national scale. attooh! was recently awarded the coveted title of the number 1 Discovery Financial Adviser Group in South Africa. It has been named the Number One Health Advisor Group in 2011 and the Number One National Advisor Group within Discovery for 2013/2014. The most recent of Wouter’s achievements is winning the Titans Continental Business & Professional Services Award for South Africa. Wouter has a BCom Honours in Investment Management and more than 22 years of experience in the Financial Services arena, heading-up various divisions in Banking and Insurance for world leading companies, such as Standard Corporate and Merchant bank and the Discovery Group.
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