Breakfast Speakers

Stephen Meintjes is Head of Research at Imara SP Reid and co-author, together with Michael Jacques, of the recently published book Our Land, Our Rent, Our Jobs.

Frank Abbott joined the Harmony board as non-executive director in 1994, and was appointed financial director in 1997. In 2004 he was appointed financial director of African Rainbow Minerals Limited, and resigned as such during 2009. He was reappointed financial director of Harmony in February 2012.

Frank joined the Rand Mines Group in 1981, where he obtained broad financial management experience at an operational level. He was a director of various listed mining companies and currently serves as a non-executive director on the board of African Rainbow Minerals Limited

Muhammad is a Partner and Head of Corporate Tax based at KPMG’s Johannesburg office, specialising in Mining Taxation. 
He has also worked on entities with various energy and natural resources in the tax service line.

Claude Baissac has been a political and economic consultant, advising corporations and international organisations on economic policy, political and country risk, anti-corruption, investigations, security and sustainable investment. Claude is a consultant with the World Bank on investment climate reform, economic diversification, and accelerated growth.