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.

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.

As the business unit director, Wadrop is responsible for the industrial biotechnology and biorefining area of the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), which is a UK-based technology innovation centre. He is a chemical engineer with international experience, as well as a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, the global professional membership organisation for chemical, biochemical and process engineers and other professionals involved in the chemical, process and bioprocess industries.

De Beer holds an MBA and a BSc (Chemistry, Operational Research and Computer Science) from the North-West University.

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.