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Eng. James Sauramba
Executive Director, SADC Groundwater Management Institute (GMI)

Eng. James Sauramba
Executive Director, SADC Groundwater Management Institute (GMI)
Nearly 30 years high profile working experience across the SADC region backed by a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and an MBA in General Management. Lived and worked in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Malawi and Ireland and worked with all the 16 SADC Member States.
Specialties: Team leader/player/motivator and programme/project/executive management of government and donor funded infrastructure as well as institutional strengthening and development programmes on transport, WASH and decentralised service delivery. Expertise in building and sustaining networks, knowledge management, capacity building, training, human resources, financial and resources mobilisation. Demonstrated leadership of complex multi-disciplinary and multi-racial teams. Excellent language & interpersonal skills
H.E Tegan Brink
Australian High Commissioner to South Africa

H.E Tegan Brink
Australian High Commissioner to South Africa
Ms Brink is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was most recently Assistant Secretary, Strategic Investment Branch.
She has previously served overseas in New York as Deputy Head of Mission, Australian Permanent Mission to the UN, and Chef de Cabinet to the President of the UN General Assembly.
Ms Brink has also served in the Australian Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the Advisory Centre on WTO Law in Geneva.
I thank former High Commissioner, Ms Gita Kamath for her contributions to advancing Australia’s interests in South Africa since 2019.
Dr Litha Magingxa
President and CEO ARC, South Africa

Dr Litha Magingxa
President and CEO ARC, South Africa
President and CEO: Agricultural Research Council
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Dr Litha Magingxa
President and CEO ARC, South Africa

Dr Litha Magingxa
President and CEO ARC, South Africa
President and CEO: Agricultural Research Council
Eng. James Sauramba
Executive Director, SADC Groundwater Management Institute (GMI)

Eng. James Sauramba
Executive Director, SADC Groundwater Management Institute (GMI)
Nearly 30 years high profile working experience across the SADC region backed by a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and an MBA in General Management. Lived and worked in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Malawi and Ireland and worked with all the 16 SADC Member States.
Specialties: Team leader/player/motivator and programme/project/executive management of government and donor funded infrastructure as well as institutional strengthening and development programmes on transport, WASH and decentralised service delivery. Expertise in building and sustaining networks, knowledge management, capacity building, training, human resources, financial and resources mobilisation. Demonstrated leadership of complex multi-disciplinary and multi-racial teams. Excellent language & interpersonal skills
Dr Leah Ndungu
Regional Manager at ACIAR

Dr Leah Ndungu
Regional Manager at ACIAR
Regional Manager at Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
H.E Tegan Brink
Australian High Commissioner to South Africa

H.E Tegan Brink
Australian High Commissioner to South Africa
Ms Brink is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was most recently Assistant Secretary, Strategic Investment Branch.
She has previously served overseas in New York as Deputy Head of Mission, Australian Permanent Mission to the UN, and Chef de Cabinet to the President of the UN General Assembly.
Ms Brink has also served in the Australian Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the Advisory Centre on WTO Law in Geneva.
I thank former High Commissioner, Ms Gita Kamath for her contributions to advancing Australia’s interests in South Africa since 2019.
Dr Tshilidzi Madzivhandila
CEO and Head of Mission FANRPAN

Dr Tshilidzi Madzivhandila
CEO and Head of Mission FANRPAN
Is an experienced applied research, policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation, policy advocacy specialist in the area of food systems, agriculture and natural recourses (FANR) with a total of more than 25 years working experience. Six (6) years of these is at an executive management level. Currently, as a CEO and Head of Mission of FANRPAN, Tshilidzi is vested with the key responsibility to provide overall strategic leadership and guidance to the organization.
H.E Tegan Brink
Australian High Commissioner to South Africa

H.E Tegan Brink
Australian High Commissioner to South Africa
Ms Brink is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was most recently Assistant Secretary, Strategic Investment Branch.
She has previously served overseas in New York as Deputy Head of Mission, Australian Permanent Mission to the UN, and Chef de Cabinet to the President of the UN General Assembly.
Ms Brink has also served in the Australian Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the Advisory Centre on WTO Law in Geneva.
I thank former High Commissioner, Ms Gita Kamath for her contributions to advancing Australia’s interests in South Africa since 2019.
Dr Litha Magingxa
President and CEO ARC, South Africa

Dr Litha Magingxa
President and CEO ARC, South Africa
President and CEO: Agricultural Research Council
Eng. James Sauramba
Executive Director, SADC Groundwater Management Institute (GMI)

Eng. James Sauramba
Executive Director, SADC Groundwater Management Institute (GMI)
Nearly 30 years high profile working experience across the SADC region backed by a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and an MBA in General Management. Lived and worked in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Malawi and Ireland and worked with all the 16 SADC Member States.
Specialties: Team leader/player/motivator and programme/project/executive management of government and donor funded infrastructure as well as institutional strengthening and development programmes on transport, WASH and decentralised service delivery. Expertise in building and sustaining networks, knowledge management, capacity building, training, human resources, financial and resources mobilisation. Demonstrated leadership of complex multi-disciplinary and multi-racial teams. Excellent language & interpersonal skills