ABOUT
The EDP board
Ashoek Adhikari
Chairman
Nishendra Moodley
Barbara Hogan
Dhiresh Ramklass
Hildegarde Fast
Lindiwe Ndlela
Tebogo Naledi
ABOUT
The EDP board
Chairman
Ashoek Adhikari is an associate at BaIrd's CMC, an international consultancy group. Prior to that he was the general counsel at Media24, a subsidiary of Naspers.
As an attorney, he first established his own practice in Cape Town, and then moved into the public sector, where he held various positions in the Provincial Administration of the Western Cape. His last position there, before moving to Media24, was that of the chief operative officer in the Office of the Premier.
He remains active in the governance of the attorney’s profession. He chaired the Law Society of South Africa’s transformation committee and served on the Minister of Justice’s steering committee to draft the transformation charter for the attorney’s profession. He is currently the chairperson of the audit and compliance committee of the Attorneys Fidelity Fund.
He is also deputy chair of the Isandla Institute and serves on the board of Accelerate Cape Town.
Nishendra is the CEO of the EDP, having commenced his role in March 2023. An urban governance specialist and transformational leader, Nishendra has 27 years of experience in the development sector in South Africa. He has held a range of roles across the private, non-profit and public sectors at national, provincial and local levels variously aimed at strengthening governance, policy development, transformation and accountability.
Nishendra holds an MPA in Governance from the (University of Western Cape) and is co-author of ‘Building a Capable State – Service Delivery in Post-Apartheid South Africa’. He continues to play an active voluntary leadership role in civil society, with an emphasis on initiatives that seek to bring state and citizens together.
Nishendra can be contacted on +27 (0) 21 832 0200
Named as one of the 100 most influential thinkers in the world by Time magazine in 2011, Barbara has vast experience working within government and civil society as well as the private sector. She has a deep understanding of economics and applied economics (subjects she studied during her 10 years in prison on charges of High Treason for her political work for the ANC).
Barbara served as the Secretary-General of the ANC in Gauteng (1990 to 1992) before joining the Development Bank of Southern Africa in 1993. She was a Member of Parliament from 1994 to 2008, appointed Minister of Health in 2008 and as Minister of Public Enterprises from 2009 to 2010.
She is a respected national leader with a deep commitment to the Western Cape, where she now lives.
Dhiresh consults in the economic field of development. He has advised clients at all levels of government and championed the launch of the Economies of Regions Learning Network (ERLN), which involved South Africa’s three major economic regions with their metropolitan and their provincial economic development representatives. He is an active connector of economic stakeholders and networks to improve economic literacy and enhanced collaboration for improved economic results.
Hildegarde Fast completed her Doctorate in South African History at the University of Cape Town. She worked as a research co-ordinator at Surplus People Project, a land reform NGO, and at the Financial & Fiscal Commission. She joined the Western Cape Government in 2005, serving variously as Director and Chief Director of Policy & Strategy, Head of Department, and Head of the Energy Security Game Changer. She is currently working with Operation Vulindlela on electricity distribution industry reforms.
Lindiwe Ndlela is the co-director & head of programmes at PARI. She has dedicated her career to supporting institutional and leadership development for elected and appointed government officials. She has worked with and for government for more than 25 years. Before joining PARI, Lindiwe the acting head of Government Technical Advisory Centre in National Treasury four years having joined the organisation as the head of its Technical Consulting Services. In this role, she was making a direct contribution to building a capable state and enabling government to function more effectively and efficiently.
Her areas of specialisation include local government policy research and analysis, knowledge management, performance management, monitoring and evaluation, inter-governmental relations, strategic planning and capacity development in government. She has worked at all levels of government with organisations including South African Local Government Association (SALGA), Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) and Palmer Development Group (PDG).
Tebogo Naledi is Managing Director of Old Mutual Investment Group, a South African based investment management business with close to $30bn in assets under management and part of JSE listed, Old Mutual Limited.
He has been with the Group for 3,5 years and has worked in the South African investment management industry for 23 years during which time he has occupied various leadership roles. He previously co-founded and was CEO of Afena Capital for 10 years and, prior to that, had worked at Investec Asset Management and Futuregrowth Asset Management.
Tebogo is a trustee of the Imfundo Trust, an Old Mutual Investment Group initiative to address the lack of black investment professionals in South Africa, and to increase the number of qualified black professionals in the asset management industry.
David is a sole practitioner in the field of Accounting, Business Administration and Income Tax. He also serves as the Independent Chairperson of the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board. He has previously held directorships of private companies in various business sectors, and has served on the Audit, Risk and Finance Committees of those companies and of the CCMA.
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