Dr. Lardo Stander

ECONOMIC ENTREPRENEUR | ECONOMIST | SENIOR MANAGER | RESEARCHER

"Everything is economics, and that is all there is to it." ~ LS

Dr. Stander is an experienced senior manager with a demonstrated history of success, working in the government administration industry and academic sector. With a love and passion for people, leading and learning, he has strong analytical skills, economic research experience, economic policy implementation preferences and is an avid hunter and braai expert.

Dr. Stander is an economic and policy analysis professional and strategically orientated, having completed a doctorate (PhD) in economics from the University of Pretoria as well as holding a Six Sigma Black Belt designation. He has an unquenchable passion for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial activities.

Simon Makgatho

Company Secretary

Mr Simon Makgatho is a dedicated and experienced public servant who worked for various departments i.e. PALAMA as a Senior Human Resources Officer. He also served as Senior Committee Officer for the National Department of Transport (DoT) and Assistant Director: Secretariat Services. Whilst at the DoT, he was seconded for four (4) years to serve as Secretariat of Cabinet Committee, Infrastructure Development Cluster (IDC) before he joined Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) as Deputy Director/ Manager: Office of the COO.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Programme Management (MComPM) from Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management and various Advanced and Post Graduate Diplomas in Management and Human Resources Management. He has extensive experience in ensuring that the highest standards of administrative processes and corporate governance are promoted and maintained, so that the business operates efficiently and in accordance with all statutory and legal provisions i.e, Companies Act, MFMA, Municipal Systems Act, King Reports on corporate governance and others. Mr Makgatho was appointed by Tshwane Economic Development Agency (TEDA) as Board Secretariat from 2015 to 2018. He was later appointed as a Company Secretary in December 2018.

Zane Mheyamwa

Chief Financial Officer

Zane is a qualified Chartered Accountant, an MBA graduate and possesses over 16 years of business experience. He has worked in various industries spanning from logistics, telecommunications and passenger transportation in both the public and private sectors. The experience gained also includes regional exposure with different functional currencies.

His expertise include amongst others, strategic planning and execution, finance leadership, budgeting and forecasting, public sector regulatory compliance, financial reporting and treasury functions. He previously worked as a CFO in various organisations overseeing budgets ranging from R 200 million to R800 million per annum. Some of his key success areas as a CFO include, business and process re-engineering, enhanced and improved compliance, financial performance indicators improvement and implementation of quality improvement work streams.

Zane is a student of leadership and is an avid reader, his leadership philosophy can be summarised by the quote from John Wooden, “Character is more important than reputation, because character is what you really are, while reputation is merely what others think you are.”

Mandla Ndlovu

Chief Marketing Officer

Mandla Ndlovu is the newly appointed Chief Marketing Officer at TEDA tasked with elevating brand Tshwane through destination marketing and investment promotion. He is a resident of the City of Tshwane and comes with over 20 years of experience in marketing, communications and brand management. He has previously held a number of roles in marketing, communications and brand management. Mandla served as Head of Corporate Brand at MultiChoice, Head of Marketing for Africa at ONE Campaign, Strategic Communications Lead at Johns Hopkins South Africa, Marketing and communications manager at CSIR and Head of Media at Lovelife.

Mandla holds an MBA from Henley Business School, a Master’s Degree in Public and Development Management, a BCom Honours in Marketing and a BTech Degree in Commercial Education. His previous work has earned him recognition from the marketing fraternity with more than 10 awards including Loeries, Pendorings and Best Brand reputation awards. He was previously recognised as one of South Africa’s top 100 young people and future leaders by the Mail and Guardian. He is a married father of two, with love for sport, content creation and reading.

One his utmost beliefs is that tourism is the most accessible lever with which communities can participate meaningfully in the economy. “Having travelled to many countries, I have learned that the most potent driver of tourism is not necessarily the attractions, but people and how they embrace tourism and all its opportunities, and that if they do that well, they become the biggest beneficiaries.