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Zachar is the Managing Director of Accenture Technology Strategy in South Africa. In this role, his focus is on bridging the gap between business and technology and more recently on assisting organisations to chart a course to embrace new technologies in pursuit of transforming into digital businesses.

Zachar has experience across numerous industries in the development of technology strategies and architectures and has personally led the delivery of a number of highly complex technology transformation programmes.  He has gained rich insights into the ways that organisations can better identify and execute on technology enabled innovations. It is this insight that helps him work with numerous companies in crafting strategies that combine the latest technology developments, with a clear and pragmatic approach to their implementation, in the pursuit of business value realisation.

Zachar has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in electrical engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Magwaza is a technology entrepreneur with an extensive track record in the local and international biopharmaceutical industry. He has worked for several multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in various commercial roles. Magwaza is a microbiologist by training, has postgraduate training in pharmaceutical business from the UK’s Chartered Institute of Marketing as well as an MBA from the Gordon Institute of Business Science. He has a keen interest in facilitating development and commercialisation of South African technologies with regional and global potential.

Nagy oversees activities related to the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) international programme, including general management, strategy, marketing, finance, project portfolio and outreach activities.

The IMS is an industry-led, international business innovation and research and development programme established to develop the next generation of manufacturing and processing technologies through multi-lateral collaboration.

Nagy assists in the planning, programme and speaker search activities for IMS manufacturing research workshops, the World Manufacturing Forum and other events held in various countries.

Nagy was a former corporate accounts manager for Apogent Technologies, where he guided sales and the marketing of scientific equipment and supplies to large accounts, major group purchasing organisations and large commercial and government laboratories. In his early career, he worked as a medical technologist and laboratory manager.

Nagy holds a Bachelor of Arts from Lycoming College in Pennsylvania in the USA, a Masters of Business Administration degree from Baker University in Kansas and a certification in medical laboratory technology.

Naidoo is the cyber security officer at First National Bank (FNB), where he facilitates strategic and tactical planning, development, evaluation and coordination of information technology security systems for the organisation. Since joining the company, Naidoo has lead the development and implementation of an enterprise-wide cyber security programme leveraging his in-depth experience in critical infrastructure security, privacy and risk management. Prior to joining FNB, he guided many private and public sector organisations to implement similar solutions so that they meet regulatory and security requirements.

Naido has been a finalist in the Titans - Building Nations awards that recognise men who play a significant role in the sustainable development of the economy and has over 21 years of experience in the technology and cybersecurity space across Africa and Asia Pacific.