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EXECUTIVE: CORPORATE AFFAIRS, RISK AND SUSTAINABILITY
MOTUS HOLDINGS
BERENICE

FRANCIS

Berenice joined Motus from Imperial Holdings where she served as the Group Commercial
Executive. She is also the representative director on Ukhamba Holdings and independent non-
executive director of Altron Limited. Berenice has been actively involved in the Institute of Risk
Management South Africa (IRMSA) since 2006, where she is currently serving as Immediate Past
President.

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
PROF. RALPH

HAMANN

Ralph is Professor at the UCT Graduate School of Business and works on business strategy and
sustainability, collaborative governance, and social entrepreneurship and innovation. Rated an
“internationally acclaimed” researcher by the National Research Foundation, he has numerous
scholarly publications, including in highly-ranked journals such as “Journal of Business Venturing”
and “Journal of Management Studies.”

Among his other roles, Ralph is an executive editor of “Environment: Science and Policy for
Sustainable Development.” He is the co-founder of the South African leg of the Embedding
Project and the Southern Africa Food Lab, two award-winning initiatives bridging research and
practice. Ralph has been a visiting scholar or consultant in different parts of the world, most
recently as Pearson Visiting Professor of Engineering and Entrepreneurship at Brown University
(USA) and as research fellow at the “Institut für Mittelstandsforschung” in Germany.

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