Dr. Maximilian Matschke

Max started with consulting 15 years ago, running his own consulting firm, working for blue chip companies already in his early 20s before joining McKinsey & Company in Germany focussing on strategy, organisation, and sales

He founded and chaired several ventures, most with an employment or educational focus

Max conducted his PhD research with the Universities of Witwatersrand, Cape Town and Mainz on youth unemployment in South Africa and built scenarios for 2040, which were published as a book

He holds a Master and Bachelor degree in business with mechanical engineering from TU Munich and an honours degree in technology management and he was a scholar at Columbia Business School in New York

Andreas Bernhardt MBA

Andreas has 15 years experience across developed and emerging markets, having started his career with Oliver Wyman and later Bain & Company

He was the CEO of Pure Foods AG, a Swiss healthy fast-food chain, where he completed a turn around and raised new investor money

Afterwards he founded his own consulting firm to advise clients in Financial Services and Private Equity

He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Bachelor in economics from Witten/ Herdecke and Harvard College

Ghaleb Cachalia

Ghaleb has over 30 years cumulative experience in entrepreneurial endeavour, Private Equity, Advisory, Investment and Strategy Consulting and in the C-suite of a global multinational company

He has extensive board level experience in both listed and unlisted entities, including Chairman at De Beers Namibia, Head of Corporate and External Affairs for the De Beers Group, as a  director of a JSE-listed Private Equity company and as partner in the global strategy consultancy as part of the Monitor Group (founded by Michael Porter and now part of Monitor-Deloitte)

He was formerly member of the South African Parliament, serving on the shadow cabinet as minister for Public Enterprises

He holds an Honours degree from London University, is an inaugural member of the Global Advisory Council for The Presidential Precinct in the US and was, for many years, an advisory board member of Birmingham University Business School (UK)