Business Engage 2021 final report

2021

ANNUAL REPORT www.businessengage.co.za

Business Engage Annual Report 2021

Contents FOREWORD

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30% CLUB SOUTHERN AFRICA MEMBERS

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30% CLUB EAST AFRICA

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30% CLUB GLOBALLY STEERING COMMITTEE

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EVENTS & PUBLICATIONS

10-25

THE YEAR AHEAD

28-29

CALENDER OF EVENTS

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Welcome to the seventh annual review of Business Engage/ the 30% Club Southern Africa (30%CSA) and the 30% Club East Africa (30%CEA).

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foreword WELCOME TO THE SEVENTH ANNUAL REVIEW Welcome to the seventh annual review of Business Engage / the 30% Club Southern Africa (30%CSA) and the 30% Club East Africa (30%CEA).

Can we say we are still in the “new normal” or are we back to the “normal”? I suppose that very much depends on your environment and your perceptions. Certainly, we are still very much in the era of change, however I do think that some level of stability has arisen over 2021 compared with the previous year.

Either way 2020 was another good year for Business Engage / 30% Club. Despite the current

The events continued on-line, not ideal but better than not having them at all. The positive aspect was the fact that we were able to engage presenters from across the African continent. I think the last event that we had encapsulates the events for the year.

“Fill my Jug” solicited rave reviews.

The Board MasterClass Series ended on a high with the latest cohort being a joint venture

2020 was another good year for Business Engage / 30% Club. Despite the current settings curtailing our ability to move around the continent we were still able to move all our initiatives forward.

settings curtailing our ability to move around

with the Women Property Network sponsored by Liberty Two Degrees. Whilst they were delayed, we were still able to hold our graduation dinners / lunches which are always enjoyable.

At the end of the year, I was fortunate to be able to conduct a number of one-on-one sessions with our members. These sessions were both fruitful and insightful allowing the members to convey what we were doing right and what, in their opinion we could improve on. It also allowed us to plan selectively for 2022. As can be imagined the uptake of new members slowed during the period under review. Interestingly, the interest shown in becoming a member did increase at the end of the year. We welcome all the new members.

The one negative for the year, and we never like to end anything on a negative, was the fact that we could not hold our members dinner again. Hopefully this will be something

the continent, we were still able to move all our

that we can reinstate in 2022.

initiatives forward. The Gender Mainstreaming Awards in 2021 exceeded all expectations with

As always, our thanks go out to the members, service providers, supporters and everybody

over 8,000 virtual attendees, up from 2,200 in

else who contributes to the success of what we do and the tremendous impact we create.

the previous year. Add to that the increase in the geographic footprint, increased nominations and an increase in the number of judges, then the results were very pleasing.

Colleen Larsen F. Inst. D.

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30% CLUB SOUTHERN AFRICA MEMBERSHIP AS AT 15 OCTOBER 2021

30% Club Southern Africa Members The aim is to now expand 30% Club Southern Africa beyond the borders of South Africa and inroads are being made into various regions.

Company

Member Name

Job Title

Absa Group

Wendy Lucas-Bull

Chair

Accenture

Ntombi Mhangwani

Interactive Experience Architect & Lead Women’s Forum

AECI

Candice Watson

Group Human Capital Executive

Anglo American

Nolitha Fakude

Chair

AngloGold Ashanti

Maria Ramos

Chair

Ascendis Health

Mark Sardi

CEO

Aspen Holdings

Lorraine Hill

Group Operating Officer

Aurex Constructors

Stuart Kent

Regional Executive

Barloworld Equipment

Emmy Leeka

CEO

Bloomberg

John McCorry

Bureau Chief

Bowmans

Ashleigh Hale

Partner

Bridgestone

Jacques Fourie

CEO

British American Tobacco

Soraya Benchikh

CEO

Brusnwick

Marina Bidoli

Partner

Burson Cohn Wolfe

Robyn de Villiers

Chairman

Business Connexion

Jonas Bogoshi

CEO

Cisco

Clayton Naidoo

General Manager : Sub-Saharan Africa

Citi

Peter Taylor

Country Officer

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Brent Williams

CEO

Coface South Africa

Jacqui Jooste

CEO

Cummins Africa Middle East

Thierry Pimi

Managing Director

Deloitte Africa

Ruwayda Redfearn

Chairman

Development Bank of Southern Africa

Patrick Dlamini

CEO

Diageo

Graeme Harlow

Managing Director

EOH

Stephen van Coller

Group CEO

Etion Holdings

Nhlanhla Mjoli-Mncube

Lead Independent Director

EY

Jabulile Kubheka

Partner

Grindrod

Andrew Waller

CEO

Imperial

Mahommed Akoojee

CEO

Investec Group

Fani Titi

Joint CEO

IoDSA

Parmi Natesan

CEO

Liberty Holdings

David Munro

Group Chief Executive

Liberty Two Degrees

Amelia Beattie

CEO

Life Healthcare

Peter Wharton-Hood

Group CEO

Mineworkers Investment Company

Mary Bomela

CEO

Nedbank

Lerato Maupa

Head HR Card, Payments and Transactional

Nedbank Private Wealth - Central Region

Sheldon-Scott Halcrow

Head

Personal Capacity

Monica Singer

Personal Capacity

Sbu Gule

Pfizer South Africa

Rhulani Nhlaniki

PwC

Country Manager Chair

PwC Southern Africa

Shirley Machaba

CEO

Rand Merchant Bank

James Formby

CEO

RCL Foods

Miles Dally

CEO

SA Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Yvonne Mhinga

Board Member

SA Home Loans

Kevin Penwarden

CEO

SAP Africa

Cathy Smith

CEO

Spar

Graham O’Connor

CEO

Standard Chartered Bank

Saif Malik

MD, Head of Global Banking, Africa - Corporate & Institutional Banking

Vodacom

Shameel Joosub

CEO

Webber Wentzel

Sally Hutton

Managing Partner

WesBank

Chris de Kock

CEO

Women’s Development Bank Investment Holdings

Faith Khanyile

CEO

Clarkhouse Human Capital

Roy Clark

Managing Director

Manpower Group South Africa

Lyndy van den Barselaar

Managing Director

Tuesday Consulting

Wendy Spalding

Director

Executive Search Firms

Associate Members

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African Women Chartered Accountants

For a full view of Business Engage corporate members, visit :

Gauteng Women Insurance Initiative

https://www.businessengage.co.za/business-engage-member-companies/

Development Solutions Primestars Women Property Network

30% CLUB EAST AFRICA

30% CLUB GLOBALLY

The main aim now is to formalise the structure of 30% Club East Africa and we have begun

The 30% Club is a global campaign led by

putting in place the steercom that will drive initiatives further.

Chairs and CEOs taking action to increase gender

The footprint in East Africa has now grown from Nairobi to Tanzania and Uganda.

diversity

at

board

and

senior

management levels. Under the leadership of Global Chair, Ann Cairns, the campaign

30% CLUB EAST AFRICA MEMBERSHIP AS AT NOVEMBER 2021

continues to expand its international footprint

East African Breweries Limited

Jane Kuruku

CEO

with presence in multiple countries/regions

EY

Nancy Muhoya Ng’ang’a

Cluster Leader, East Africa

around the world.

Nairobi Securities Exchange

Geoffrey Odundo

CEO

Oracle

Lenin Oyuga

Global Director, Key Account Telecoms

PwC

Bernice Kimacia

Partner

Standard Chartered Bank

Kariuki Ngari

CEO

Intrasoft International East Africa

Wambui Mbesa

CEO

The 30% Club campaign globally has grown significantly.

There are now 18 Chapters and more in the pipeline •

Australia

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Japan

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Brazil

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Malaysia

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Canada

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Mexico

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Chile

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Poland

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East Africa (Business En-

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Southern Africa (Business

gage is the custodian)

Engage is the custodian)

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MENA

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Turkey

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Hong Kong

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UK

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Ireland

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USA

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Italy

Business Engage is in discussions to drive West Africa as well and inroads have been made in this regard.

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PUBLICATIONS

Steering Committee The Steercom met nine times in 2020 to attend to the various matters at hand. With the

financialmail Women – June 2021

exception of the 13 February meeting which was held at Standard Chartered Bank in Sandton the hosting of the meetings was held online to allow for meeting restrictions

Business Day International Women’s Day supplement

due to COVID-19. financialmail

Meeting 34: 13 February 2020 | Meeting 35: 15 April 2020 | Meeting 36: 20 May 2020 Meeting 37: 17 June 2020 | Meeting 38: 15 July 2020 | Meeting 39: 19 August 2020

Women

is

focused

EDITORIAL Shining a spotlight on the

on engaging key decision makers

work of international business leaders

around the conversations that should

and social activists this International

be taking place in order to develop

Whilst Business Engage focuses on the administration and day to day running of the

and maintain dynamic, robust and

30%CSA, the Steercom ensures that the aims of the campaign are being met.

diverse lessons

boardrooms. learned,

Insights

innovation

into and

Women’s Day.

The magazine gets inserted with the full run of the Business Day. A digital

Meeting 40: 16 September 2020 | Meeting 41: 14 October 2020

progressive strategies/policies to drive

Meeting 42: 18 November 2020

transformation goals, are just some

replica is available at https://issuu.com/

of the conversation starters that we

sundaytimesza/docs/iwd_march2021

tackle. The magazine gets inserted

Participation is from representatives across Africa

with the full run of the financialmail.

A digital replica is available at https://

Members’ event – 9 March 2021

i s s u u . c o m /s u n d a y t i m e s z a /d o c s /

Celebrating Women

fmwomen_ june2021.

We were not able to host a dinner in 2021 due to COVID restrictions, however, still managed to do an event virtually. This event was combined with the Corporate Gender Intelligence

Celebrating Women, in conjunction

event hosted on 9 March 2021 in line with International Womens’ Day.

with Business Engage and the 30%

Business Communique E-Zine

Speakers were ; Amelia Pan (UK); Partner, ESG and Investor Engagement at Brunswick

need to know?”

House of Lords and 30% Club facilitated a discussion with

Ntombi

Taking inspiration from the

Mhangwani

(Accenture),

Parmi

Natesan (IoDSA) and Thierry Pimi (Cummins) on the topic of Corporate Gender Intelligence.

that

we

are

living

"new

empowerment and transformation

and

in South Africa. Celebrating Women

working in, we developed Business Communique E-Zine as a monthly, digital

Baroness Mary Goudie (UK); Member of the British

to showcase businesswomen and organisations that are committed to

times"

“Why is everyone talking about ESG? What boards

Club Southern Africa, is a platform

communication.

We

use

this in combination with ours and our network's expertise to provide insightful information. We plan to

is

a

large-format,

publication

inserted into selected Sunday Times subscriber copies.

A

digital

replica

is

available

at

grow this initiative even further in

https: //online.flippingbook.com/

2022.

view/174741359/

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21 JANUARY 2021 ; BOARDWALK WITH GRANT GAVIN

9 MARCH 2021 ; CORPORATE GENDER INTELLIGENCE EVENT

616

YOUTUBE VIEWS

3834

MS TEAMS VIEWS

Recording on https://www.businessengage.co.za/9-march-2021-corporate-gender-intelligence/

Topic : “Thoughtonomy” Claim back the right to self-govern your own thoughts, free from undue influence and

International Women’s Day is annually held on March 8 to celebrate women’s achievements

control, so that you can live a life of fulfilled potential.

throughout history and across nations. It is also known as the United Nations (UN) Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace.

9 FEBRUARY; LEADERSWALK WITH PREESHA PERSAD

On 9 March, Business Engage hosted the virtual ‘Corporate Gender Intelligence’ event, a mixture of keynotes, panel discussions, inspirational moments, workshops and entertainment. The event was supported by RMB.

Topic : Positioning yourself for a new normal

We define Corporate Gender Intelligence as “The aptitude of an organisation to acknowledge the business case for gender mainstreaming and the ability to acquire and

The “new” normal that we find ourselves in require a very different set of skills and mindset

apply the necessary knowledge, skills and processes to harness such qualities.”

to unleash your own potential and that of your teams.

In other words, Corporate Gender Intelligence is a company’s acknowledgement of the

18 FEBRUARY 2021; BOARDWALK WITH FATIMA NEWMAN

blended synergistic solution that is achieved through an appreciative balance of masculine and feminine perspectives in doing business, and the ability to apply this. It is what brings about the “aha!” moment in problem-solving and often amazing turnarounds in business thinking that enables long-term progressive growth and favourable bottomline.

Supported by EOH

Speakers included :

Topic : "Mindfulness"

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Alison Badenhorst ; Chief Marketing Officer at Rand Merchant Bank

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Beverley Spencer-Obatoyinbo (Kenya); Former Managing Director: British American Tobacco Kenya plc & Cluster Manager East African Markets - Intent leading to impact - how to drive significant cultural change

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Candice Clark; Managing Director Dynamic Talent - How to improve gender equity through smarter recruitment and retention practices

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Christine Ramon; CEO, AngloGold Ashanti

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Claire-Louise Knox (UK); Founder of See Her Thrive & Luna Hub - Break the stigma – Talking about women’s health, men’s health and mental health in the workplace

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Florence Chikowore; Founder FloConcult - Building Change Resilience, What’s Your SuperPower?

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Gomolemo Lolo Madikgetla; Founder: UNGWA Africa Southern Africa Ambassador: WEDO Storytelling for impact

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Liesl Bebb-McKay (Belgium); Innovator, Activator and Creator of Trib3L - Diversity lessons from the crisis

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Ntombi Mhangwani; Experience Architect & Lead Women’s Forum Accenture Interactive | Africa

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Parmi Natesan; CEO IoDSA

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Pumela Salela; UK Country Head, Brand South Africa

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Racheal Njoroge; Managing Director, Cummins Southern Africa - When Real Life Strikes

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Roy Clark; Managing Director ClarkHouse Human Capital - Changing WorkPlace Strategies: The Rise of the Freelancer and Gig Economy.

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20 MAY 2021; MOTHER S ’ DAY LUNCH AND LEARN Mother’s Day is a day for many people around the world to show their appreciation towards mothers.

So many families in our network have had to take

13 APRIL 2021; LEAER SWALK WITH PERTUNIA SIBANYONI Supported by WesBank Topic : Climbing the corporate ladder in heels

4 MAY 2021 ; LEADER SWALK WITH LIS A WALTER S Supported by Refinitiv Topic : The surprisingly powerful principles of the Silver Koi. Recording : https://youtu.be/p5H2hdHOj1k

on many additional tasks during COVID-19 and we would wanted to honour the mothers in our network and show them our support.

Groups of 20 people in each group hosted by a 16 mothers in industry who shared their journeys and spent the time engaging with their group over lunch. Vouchers were purchased from Nandos and Uber Eats.

Group hosts ; Shirley Machaba ; CEO: Pwc Southern Africa Sarah Whitten; Standard Chartered Bank Rashnee Pawaar; S A Home Loans Professor Shirley Zinn; NED : Business Engage Parmi Natesan; CEO : IoDSA Nikola Whelan; Head of Regulatory Affairs SA : Aspen Pharmacare.

Masechaba Tekana Mamokete Ramathe; NED : Business Engage Luresha Chetty; Group Investor Relations Executive : Aspen Pharmacare Linda Reddy; Supply Chain Director : Nandos Lerato Maupa; Executive Human Resources, Solution Innovation : Nedbank Lee-Anne Singer; Marketing and Sales Director : Singer Group Jo-Ann Pohl; CFO : iOCO Esha Mansingh; Chief Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations Officer : Chairman of Global Women’s Forum at Imperial Carina Wessels; Executive: Governance, Legal and Compliance : Alexander Forbes Candice Watson; Group Human Capital Executive : AECI Limited.

17 JUNE 2021 Project Proposal : BOARDWALK Timeline WITH WENDY MAHONEY Topic : Conscious leadership and social cohesion Recording: https://youtu.be/jVvPHYLpKBM

22 JULY 2021 Project Proposal : BOARDWALK Timeline WITH CYNTHIA STIMPEL Topic : Hijackers on board – how one courageous whistleblower fought against the capture of SAA Recording; https://youtu.be/IdcHbYIIyOI

29 JUNE 2021 ; LEADERSWALK WITH MICHAEL LEE Topic : Creativity for leaders Recording: https://youtu.be/9PaxEAgy4lc

13 JULY 2021; LEADERSWALK – COLLABORATIVE EVENT WITH WOMEN IN ETFs Topic : BREAKING THE MOULD: Tales from the fast-growing Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) industry Recording: https://youtu.be/CsUHLNiILZk

LEANIN CIRCLES Circles are small peer groups who meet once a month to learn new skills and share openly in an atmosphere of confidentiality and trust. We have currently trained up facilitators and assisted two companies to roll out LeanIn Circles within their organisations.

This programme is free of charge and incorporated 140 topics that may be addressed depending on the needs of the groups formed.

She, He, We, is Power.

5 AUGUST 2021 : VOICES OF CHANGE The Voices of Change movement was born at the 2017 One Young World Summit when

This 5th year’s partners included Accenture, AECI, AngloGold Ashanti, Aspen,

Accenture and Thomson Reuters identified an opportunity to leverage their networks

Astron Energy, Business Engage, FNB, Imperial, Life Healthcare, Nedbank, Pfizer,

and experience to create a lasting and impactful change.

Refinitiv, RMB, Vodacom and WesBank.

The theme for this year – She, He, We, is Power. It refers to the collective power— of women and men—that is now needed to build a more powerful, economically inclusive future.

Agenda ; MC : Masa KekanaAgenda 10h00 – 10h05 Opening Entertainment Lira 10h05 – 10h15 Opening by MC : Masa Kekana 10h15 – 10h35 Intro: Ntombi Mhangwani 10h35 – 10h50UN Women : Anne Shongwe 10h50 – 11h30 Speaker 1: Ntombi Langa-Royds Topic: Balancing collaboration today: A personal perspective 11h30 – 11h40 Break 11h40 – 11h45 SOAR! CSI video 11h45 – 12h40 Keynote: Bonang Mohale Topic: A Conversation about Gender Equality

"Collective power of

12h40 – 13h00 Lunch break

women and men"

13h00 – 13h05 Welcome back Masa Kekana 13h05 – 13h10 Poem 1 13h10 – 13h20

Stretch session : Thando Mbele-Sibotshiwe

13h20 – 14h00

Speaker 3 Sneha Shah (New York) Topic : The Power of Data

14h00 – 15h00 Speaker 4 and 5: Entrepreneurs : Ipeleng Mkhari and Aneshrie Yasar – The slot includes 12-minute Q&A session

Business Engage joined the movement in the 3rd year. Previous events took

15h00 – 16h00

place physically, hosting 200 guests in 2018 at Nedbank and 300 guests in 2019

Speaker 6 Josh Levs (New York)

Topic: Modern Fatherhood is essential for Gender Equality

at Emperors Palace. Due to COVID 19 restrictions, this year the event took place virtually on 5 August and hosted guests online.

16h00 – 16h10

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16h10 – 16h15

Wrap up of the Day : Deshica Naidoo Closing: Masa Kekana

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Corporate STARTING CASESTUDY Social Responsibility programme adopted ; SOAR

SOAR! Gives youngsters a glimpse of the wealth of opportunities the workplace might hold for them, ranging from 4IR to technical skills entrepreneurship to psychology to personal care and much more. This fabulous workbook also takes them through their journey of challenges of growing up in the 21st century as it deals with courage, confidence, bullying, depression and many more life issues. The intention of the book is that we inspire a completely new generation in whose hands the future will be entrusted.

3834 attendees on MS Teams; 164 views on YouTube.

800 books were printed and delivered to the following schools in Mount Frere, Eastern Cape Kwashushu Secondary School

Recording; https://youtu.be/kjXfk_keZwE

St George’s Secondar School

12 OCTOBER Project Proposal 2021 ; LEADERSWALK Timeline WITH CINDY NORCOTT Topic : Leading Invisible Teams Link to recording https://youtu.be/631UbohrVFo

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21 OCTOBER Project Proposal 2021; BOARDWALK Timeline WITH DR HAYLEY HAUPT (Rescheduled to 9 November 2021)

CONNECTED WORKPLACE 24 March with Lynda Smith

Supported by EY Topic : Future of hybrid work

Topic “ The continued well-being of older employees in an organisation and to prepare them for their next season of life beyond the workplace. This can also

Link to recording : https://youtu.be/K3PIF0r8Z8g

apply where an organisation may be considering the out-placement of employees

Project 18 NOVEMBER Proposal 2021;Timeline LEADERSWALK WITH JULIETTE JENNER

The presenter : Lynda Smith, a social entrepreneur at the forefront of a social movement to plan the extended work lives of 50 plus workers in both quality and duration – to benefit both individual and national development. She is regarded as a thought leader and advocate for the 50-plus generation.

Topic : “Fill My Jug” The talk covered:

Link to recording : https://youtu.be/GCuctsjKVKQ

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Why longevity, technology and Covid-19 have changed the landscape.

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Life planning is just as important as financial planning.

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Designing of second careers beyond the workplace

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Building support and community for this group

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Planning should start in the last 5 years of employment.

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Accenture I&D Presentation with specific reference to LGBT and Pride 8 October : 11h30-13h00

BOARD MASTERCLASS SERIES It is important to have a focused development agenda for future board members who will take on board roles. The development agenda is to have a deliberate focus on accelerating readiness for candidates (men as well as women) to compete when the roles become available on boards.

Presenters : Ntombi Mhangwani, Khethiwe Nkuna and Jared Daniels.

See https://www.businessengage.co.za/board-masterclass-series/ for further details and for profiles of the facilitators.

26 MAY 2021 ; HEALTH AND WELLNESS EVENT

The key objectives of the Board Masterclass series are: (Take from BMS brochure page 10)

Speakers : Paula Quinsee and Diana Shwarz

60 women have participated/in progress in the programme. We have graduated 4 of the 7 groups enrolled in the programme.

Many organisations have implemented employee wellness initiatives to help employees implement self-care routines, and to find a balance between home

The 7th Cohort is a joint programme with Women Property Network and sponsored by

responsibilities and work deliverables.

Liberty Two Degrees.

Organisations are starting to realise that employees are not necessarily safe

Cohorts are enrolled every 3 months and the 8th Cohort will begin in February 2022.

working from home. Whether we want to admit it or not, gender based violence and harassment (GBVH) happens on a daily basis in our homes, our communities and our businesses. Many organisational policies still make reference to the physical workplace and have not been updated to include a virtual or work

WOMEN MPOWERED

from home environment, which can result in non-compliance and have serious ramifications for businesses and leaders.

Are your mental health policies effective?

Preesha

What is mental health costing your organisation?

empowerment specialist and

Personal Transformation

How safe are your employees working from home?\

coach who is passionate about

Professional Development

enabling women to unlock

Paying it forward (Contribution to communities)

Recording; https://youtu.be/R-Of1AXybN0

Persad

is

an

The program has 3 focus areas:

the magic that lies within.

This immersive program was

21 lessons hosted every almost every Tuesday evening

started in September 2021 to

from 16h00-18h00.

empower women to ignite

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their full potential in all areas of

Our first intake has been started. Next intake will

life and create a lasting legacy.

start in 2022.

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research Launch This year was the fourth “Status of Gender on JSE Listed Boards” report. In many ways it

Launch of the Research

was a consolidation of the work of the previous years. To make sense of the progress we

The research was launched online at 12h00 to 13h30 on 28 October 2021 from the

consolidated the board movements on the companies that we surveyed. We took the

EventCast Studio, Centurion Streamed on You Tube and MS Teams. The MC was Kershini

movements in and out, male and female for both executive and non-executive positions.

Govender; Executive Head: Transformation and Strategy Nedbank Limited. First to

What we found was that the women compared quite well with the men.

present was Elena Philipova from Zurich. Elana is part of the London Stock Exchange Group / Refinitiv who discussed their 2020 report “Key Factors Driving Diverse and Inclusive Workplaces” with special emphasis on the coloration between the Refinitiv

The key findings of this year’s research, which covered the period 1st January to 31st De-

report and our report. Next up was Sarah Jane Gillett, Lead Independent Director :

cember 2020; 295 companies were analysed; of those analysed;

Bowler Metcalf, who discussed the issue of “One and Done” with Tsholofelo Nkefane from Tuesday Consulting and the challenges that this brings.

62 companies did not report on their gender board policy.

In 2019 there appeared to be a further 57 opportunities for women on boards.

For various reasons, both good and bad, there are no opportunities at 82 companies.

51 companies went retrograde.

As with previous years very few companies are linked their gender policy to their race

Once Malcolm Larsen presented the results of the 2020 research there followed a panel

policy.

discussion with;

16 companies have specifically not set voluntary targets.

Dr Jerry Gule; CEO Institute of People Management

Gender parity has been achieved in 26 companies (or the women now outnumber

Cynthia Mapaure; Director Mineworkers Investment Company

the men), up from last year. A further 67 companies are close to parity.

Lerato Semenya; MD Chromatic Africa

32 companies still have no women on their boards.

Amelia Beattie; CEO Liberty Two Degrees

There are 58 companies that may fall into the “One and Done” category.

Lerato and Jerry were in the studio; Amelia and Cynthia were online.

The full report may be found on the Business Engage website www.businessengage.co.za

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The Year Ahead I noted in the foreword that at the end of the

Next year is the tenth year of the Gender

year I was fortunate to be able to conduct

Mainstreaming Awards and we would look to

a number of one-on-one sessions with our

do something really special. We will build on

members. The information gleamed from

the foothold in East and West Africa that we

these sessions will be invaluable in charting

achieved this year. The majority of the judges

the path for 2022.

are returning and with that comes continuity.

Our growth into Africa will continue and we

The Board MasterClass Series will continue

expect to have that consolidated by the end

without too much change. The JSE Research

of 2022. We are mindful that this cannot be

will continue to expand and in that regard we

at the expense of everything that we have

welcome Nedbank as new partners for 2022.

achieved in South Africa and East Africa

We are looking forward to that collaboration.

so far.

Finally, data collection and retention. We are A major focus in 2022 will be the Diversity

currently building our own in-house server

and Inclusion Toolkit which we are currently

capability which we expect to have operational

developing.

by the end of February. This will greatly expand our capability in terms of the Gender

How the events for 2022 will be conducted are

Mainstreaming Awards and will project the

obviously currently out of our control. We will

research component into a league of its own.

keep a keen eye on the social and business environment. The one thing that is certain is

May you and your loved ones have a fruitful

that, without being reckless or blasé about the

festive season and a successful 2022.

situation, as soon as we can get back to physical events we will do. That is not to say they will be in exactly the same format as before. They may be smaller and more intimate. They may be a hybrid of physical and online. The use of the EventCast studio gives us good flexibility. Our yearly Member’s Dinner is sorely missed and that is definitely back on the horizon.

A major focus in 2022 will be the Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit which we are currently developing.

BUSINESS ENGAGE CALENDER OF EVENTS JANUARY 11

EVENT NAME LeadersWalk

18

WEP CoP Meeting

25

Steercom

27

BoardWalk

FEBRUARY 8

EVENT NAME LeadersWalk

15

WEP CoP Meeting

24

BoardWalk with Balesh Sharma ; MD Vodacom South Africa

MARCH

EVENT NAME

8

Corporate Gender Intelligence Conference and 30% Club Members dinner

15

WEP CoP Meeting

22

Steercom

24

Connected Workplace

APRIL 5

EVENT NAME LeadersWalk

19

WEP CoP Meeting

21

BoardWalk

MAY 10

EVENT NAME LeadersWalk

17

WEP CoP Meeting

24

Steercom

26

BoardWalk

JUNE 7

EVENT NAME LeadersWalk

15

Connected Workplace

21

WEP CoP Meeting

23

BoardWalk

JULY 5

EVENT NAME LeadersWalk

19

WEP CoP Meeting

21

BoardWalk

26

Steercom

AUGUST 10 16 SEPTEMBER 6

EVENT NAME

Voices of Change WEP CoP Meeting EVENT NAME

Connected Workplace

13

Steercom

20

WEP CoP Meeting

29

10th Gender Mainstreaming Awards

OCTOBER 4

EVENT NAME LeadersWalk

18

WEP CoP Meeting

20

BoardWalk

NOVEMBER 8

EVENT NAME LeadersWalk

15

Steercom

22

WEP CoP Meeting

24

BoardWalk

DECEMBER 6

EVENT NAME

Connected Workplace

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