The will be new leadership at Business Eswatini, the country’s apex private sector organization.
The new board and President will be elected at BE’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) set to take place on the 20th of September 2023 from 08:30 am.
The management made the announcement of the organization through an invitation to all organizations that affiliate with the federation.
The current president of the organization Andrew le Roux has served BE for constitutional two terms and will be vacating office to make way for a new president who will drive the mandate of the organization forward.
Le Roux who is also the CEO of Montigny Investments, has been instrumental in the rebranding of the organization which has seen the image of BE being revitalized.
Under his tutelage, the organization has also improved its influence on policy and many other spheres of society.
It is under his leadership that BE has made a foray into the rural communities of Eswatini through the Business Women Eswatini committee, which established the Vukani Bomake Projects.
This project has benefitted more than 300 women in rural communities, the youth, and people living with disabilities.
The prominence of BE was also witnessed at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic where the organization played a key role in mobilizing resources to fund the fight against the pandemic.
BE was involved with fast-tracking the delivery of vaccines to emaSwati across the country to ease the lockdown restrictions and prevent further closures of businesses.
Information sourced from BE’s website discloses that the organization is led by a president who is supported by 3 vice presidents. The vice presidents lead the Trade and Commerce, Industrial Relations, and Business Women Eswatini committees.
Fikile Nkosi, the MD of Nedbank Eswatini has been the vice-president of the Trade and Commerce committee whilst Bheki Maziya and Tokky Hou have been leading the Industrial Relations and BWE committees respectively.
The other committee constituting the corporate governance structure of the organization included Mvuselelo Fakudze who is the Chief Executive of Standard Bank Eswatini.
The BE name has been prominent in the media space as well as within legislative structures especially on policy developments in order to influence and improve the ease of doing business in Eswatini.
The stage is set for the new leadership and, as usual, the private sector will be watching developments keenly with the hope that the next group of leaders who will take office is one that is fit to drive the mandate of the private sector forward.