Our Team

The Shared Value Africa Initiative board members have been selected with great care as they represent our region and bring together individuals from varied backgrounds and with complementary experiences.

Our board members play an active role in the governance and management of the SVAI. The board members are made up a group of female leaders who are driven by their responsibility to not only grow the Shared Value movement across our continent but also ensure that the SVAI’s reputation and credibility is built through governance, ethics, transparency as well as a mindset and behaviour that is focused on creating a better life for all.

Our board is accessible through the SVAI engage with interested parties on Shared Value and convenes quarterly.

The regional steering committee is comprised of representatives from the Shared Value Africa Initiative Founding Member organisations. This committee forms part of the SVAI’s strategic team and is involved in guiding the strategy as well as participating on engagement platforms as our Shared Value champions.

The Shard Value Africa Initiative Steering Committee meets quarterly to give input and provide guidance on meeting the strategy goals and to identify work needed to meet and deliver on quarterly membership commitments.

The Shared Value Africa Initiative core management team is driven and focussed to grow the Shared Value community across Africa and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the organisation, working alongside likeminded partners to further the growth and footprint of the SVAI.

Africa’s future is being written by its young business leaders. The SVAI Africa Council of 8 is made up of thought leaders and trailblazers from across Africa. These young business leaders are selected for a period of 2 years and each member of the council has been hand selected for their forward-thinking mindset, drive and commitment to creating the Africa we want.

The Africa Council of 8 are committed to promote the Shared Value narrative at every opportunity, appearing at key presentations and events, involvement in any other areas where possible, and talking Shared Value through their networks.

The Council meets twice yearly to discuss ongoing roles and opportunities. Two vacancies in the Council are currently being filled.

The Shared Value Africa Initiative established working groups across two of our biggest regions (South Africa and Kenya) in order to bring various sectors together to collaborate on addressing issues affecting the communities they operate in.

As a collaboration platform, the working groups, made up of private sector, academia and civil society, demonstrate the power of the collective to affect change for all – beyond competition into collaboration. The South Africa Working Group focuses on supporting and empowering SMMEs in order to be more sustainable, and the Kenya Working Group’s main activity will be to affect the impact of climate change, primarily through the reforestation programme initiated by the Kenyan government. Both projects are currently in development phase.

The Shared Value Africa Initiative established working groups across two of our biggest regions (South Africa and Kenya) in order to bring various sectors together to collaborate on addressing issues affecting the communities they operate in.

As a collaboration platform, the working groups, made up of private sector, academia and civil society, demonstrate the power of the collective to affect change for all – beyond competition into collaboration. The South Africa Working Group focuses on supporting and empowering SMMEs in order to be more sustainable, and the Kenya Working Group’s main activity will be to affect the impact of climate change, primarily through the reforestation programme initiated by the Kenyan government. Both projects are currently in development phase.