Shivani Ranchod

Founder of Percept, Alignd, Swansong and The Grief Course Words from the person who nominated Shivani Shivani and her team are leading the way within the healthcare sector. Shivani’s businesses are putting the human story front and centre of actuarial modelling. Her focus is ensuring quality of life, whilst having a deep understanding of a […]

Marilyn Hallett

Founder of You’ve Earned It   Words from the person who nominated Marilyn. Marilyn and I met many years back and I have watched her chip away and build an important media platform for seniors to ensure that they remain informed and are aware of new thinking and opportunities to enrich their lives. Longevity is […]

Margie Chapman

Founder of Take the Lead   Words from the person who nominated Margie I have known Margie for many years. Her whole work life as a leader and social worker has focused on the elderly and ensuring they live with dignity and remain flexible and healthy as long as possible. Margie has served on many […]

Lerato Thusi

Founder Pensioners” Feeding Scheme   Words from the person who nominated Lerato Lerato started her Soweto-based charity with some friends to feed pensioners waiting in long queues at the Post Office for their old age grants every month. Pensioners Feeding Group (PFG) is making a difference to the lives of many South African pensioners, helping […]

Kim Potgieter

Director and head of Life Planning at Chartered Wealth Founder of Women in Finance   Words from the person who nominated Kim: Kim has amazing energy and a deep love of learning. Her goal is to help individuals to plan, unpack their money story and to assist them in building financial sustainability for a long […]

La-Nes Bowker

HR at Rand Merchant Bank   Words from the person who nominated La-Nes From my very first discussion with La-Nes, I felt her empathy for her employees who were a few years away from formal retirement. She took the opportunity to search for a programme that would help older employees to navigate and plan for […]

Anne Cabot-Alletzhauser

Practice Director and Co-Founder of the Responsible Finance Initiative at the Gordon Institute of Business Sciences.   Words from the person who nominated Anne: Anne is someone I admire. Her skills, experience and tenacity are an asset in our Nation. Her career has spanned 40 years in asset management and finance. I met Anne when […]

Karen Johnson

Head of Strategic Programmes and Wellness at Discovery Vitality   Words from the person who nominated I have known Karen for most of her working journey at Discovery and engaged with her in the early years. It has been a pleasure to watch the consistent, scientific growth of the model both here in South Africa […]

Femada Shamam

CEO of TAFTA and board member of Common Age Local, national, and international leader in the longevity sector.   Words from the person who nominated Femada: Femada is the heartbeat of TAFTA in Durban, a place where older people live and thrive in community. She’s a livewire, appreciated and connected nationally and internationally and consulted […]