Yves joined Bosch in 2004, served in several functional roles including research and engineering, product management and business development across the Bosch range of automotive portfolios and OEMs for various vehicle segments. H

Dhiren Vanmali joined Ford Motor Company in May 2001. In 2016 he was appointed as the Executive Director of Government Affairs for Africa and sits on the Board of Directors for Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa.

Gainmore Zanamwe, is a Senior Manager under the Intra-African Trade Initiative at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) responsible for Trade Facilitation. Dr Zanamwe has more than 16 years of experience on trade and industrialisation matters.

Dave Coffey who has spent most of his working career in the automotive industry graduated from the University of Natal in South Africa with a degree in B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering in 1984 and subsequently obtained an MBA from the University of Cape Town in 1992.