ABOUT
The EDP board
Tebogo Naledi
Chairman
Nishendra Moodley
Dhiresh Ramklass
Hildegarde Fast
Lindiwe Ndlela
Bushra Razack
ABOUT
The EDP board
Chairman
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.
CEO
Nishendra leads the EDP team through organisational planning, governance, financial management and team development. With 27 years of experience in governance and policy development, Nishendra has worked across sectors to drive transformation. He holds an MPA in Governance (UWC) and co-authored Building a Capable State. His leadership is grounded in strengthening partnerships between citizens and the state, a model he applies in his role as CEO at the EDP.
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).
Bushra Razack is a community development specialist and social impact leader, and former CEO of Philippi Village, an integrated business and community development hub in Cape Town dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs and driving innovation. She is a systems thinker working at the intersection of community development, business innovation, and human-centered design, with stakeholder engagement experience across Ireland, Morocco, Ghana, Kenya, Cameroon, and South Africa.
Her journey in social impact began at age 12, when she represented South Africa at the Millennium Young People's Congress in Hawaii and co-authored “Rescue Missio”, a youth assessment of the Millennium Development Goals, launched at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
She has since been named to the Mail & Guardian's Mzansi Top 100 Young South Africans, received the Power Woman of the Year Award in Innovation, and was honoured in 2024 as Best Leader in Social Enterprise in Africa. She is an African Leadership Initiative Fellow and was recently selected as one of 50 women worldwide for the Estée Lauder Vital Voices Visionary Program.
Bushra is currently building the Social Impact Innovation Fund, experimenting with outcomes-based recoverable grants that embed social impact directly into the terms of investment itself, rethinking how capital and communities can move forward together.
She currently serves on the boards of Boschendal, Be The Earth, Heartshine, Philippi Village and is a Steering Committee member of the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation.
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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