Mpho Makwana

Mpho Makwana (BProc, MBA Wales) is the Chairman of Hlayisani Capital — the Sandton Johannesburg-headquartered South African B-BBEE (Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment) transformational private equity and growth capital investment platform with a Lagos liaison office and dedicated Nigeria-South Africa dual-corridor deployment mandate, managing the R2B+ (~$110M) Hlayisani Transformation Fund I and R3B+ (~$165M) Hlayisani Africa Expansion Fund II with South African PIC (Public Investment Corporation) and Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) DFI cornerstones. A University of the North (Turfloop) BProc Law graduate, Cardiff Business School MBA, former South African National Treasury PPP Unit Director General (1999–2006), Transnet SOC Chairperson (2006–2010), and Group CEO of Eskom Holdings SOC Limited (2010–2015), Makwana is a globally-recognised South African infrastructure and PE transformation leader with deep Nigerian economic corridor ties.