Economics and analytics insights for Africa

Africa Virtual Client Forum

5 May | 09:30 - 13:00

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Experian Africa Virtual Client Event

Experian Africa would like to invite you to join us for a virtual client forum. During this digital event, we will be hosting experts who will discuss the economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa and showcase Experian’s innovation in Africa. Speakers include our Head of Decision Analytics, Jaco van Jaarsveldt; our Head of Innovation: Africa, Paul Nel; the Regional Executive: Africa, Michael Malan; and the Managing Director of Uganda, Mark Mwanje.

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9:30 am
Welcome and introduction to Ferdie Pieterse
Michael Malan
Rest of Africa Regional Executive
9:45 am
Experian Africa Our focus and future
Ferdie Pieterse
Chief Executive Officer
10:15 am
Economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa 2021
Dr Iraj Abedian
Chief Executive at Pan-African Capital Holdings
11:00 am
15 minute break
11:15 am
Innovation in Africa
Jaco van Jaarsveldt
Head of Commercial Strategy & Innovation, Experian
Paul Nel
Innovation Consultant
11:55 am
A view from Uganda
Mark Mwanje
Managing Director
12:10 am
Panel discussion facilitated by Mike Malan
Ferdie Pieterse
Chief Executive Officer
Jaco van Jaarsveldt
Head of Commercial Strategy & Innovation, Experian
Paul Nel
Innovation Consultant
Mark Mwanje
Managing Director
12:40 am
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Michael Malan
Rest of Africa Regional Executive
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Keynote Speakers

Michael Malan
Rest of Africa Regional Executive
Michael Malan

Michael Malan Biography

Responsible for growing Experian's Africa footprint through expanding existing markets and entering new territories.
Ferdie Pieterse
Chief Executive Officer
Ferdie Pieterse

Ferdie Pieterse Biography

Ferdie was appointed as Experian Africa CEO in March 2020 and comes with extensive pan-African experience as an emerging markets executive in numerous C-Suite roles within the financial services sector. Ferdie’s career in the industry began in auditing before moving into financial management and operations in some of our biggest banks. Ferdie is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Certified Information Systems Auditor who holds an Honours Degree in Accounting from the University of South Africa and Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Banking (cum laude). As a resident student, he attended the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School where he completed the Leading Across Boundaries Executive Programme.
Dr Iraj Abedian
Chief Executive at Pan-African Capital Holdings
Dr Iraj Abedian

Dr Iraj Abedian Biography

Dr Iraj Abedian is a graduate of the University of Cape Town (UCT) and holds a PhD in economics from Simon Fraser University, Canada. He taught at UCT for over 18 years and was a professor of economics at UCT before joining Standard Bank as Group Chief Economist in 2000. He was extensively involved in economic and financial policy as well as institutional restructuring of South Africa’s public finance policy after 1994. Alongside active involvement in private equity investments in Africa, Dr Iraj Abedian maintains a keen interest in public policy issues and is proactively engaged in professional discourses related to the evolving socio-economic system worldwide.
Jaco van Jaarsveldt
Head of Commercial Strategy & Innovation, Experian
Jaco van Jaarsveldt

Jaco van Jaarsveldt Biography

Jaco has spent most of his career in the Credit Industry where he held various C-suite roles in listed, non-listed and private equity-owned entities. He has experience in banking, retail, insurance and consulting across all product verticals both locally and internationally. In a career of more than 25 years, Jaco gained extensive experience working in various industries including banking, retail, and insurance across multiple geographies including Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Throughout his career his passion has been driving organisational value through an absolute focus on the customer and customer experience enhancing strategies, making extensive use of big data and advanced analytics to achieve the desired outcomes. In his current role at Experian as Chief Decision Analytics and Innovation Officer, Jaco gets to hone in on his passion of using big data and advanced analytics to deliver customer experience-enhancing strategies.
Paul Nel
Innovation Consultant
Paul Nel

Paul Nel Biography

Paul supports the innovation portfolio at Experian Africa, where the objective is to build new business models alongside partners for consumers and businesses in Africa. Paul has a 24-year corporate career ranging from FMCG through to financial service
Mark Mwanje
Managing Director
Mark Mwanje

Mark Mwanje Biography

Experienced Managing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the banking industry. Skilled in Enterprise Risk Management, Management, Financial Risk, Compliance and Operational Risk Management. Strong finance professional with a ISO 27032 Lead CyberSecurity Manager focused in Cyber Security from Professional Evaluations and Certification Board (PECB).
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