Wendy Luhabe

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"Wendy Luhabe is a South African businesswoman, social entrepreneur and author. She gained ten years of national and international corporate experience with Vanda Cosmetics and for the BMW Group. In 1991 she founded Bridging the Gap, her first exercise in social entrepreneurship. In 1994 she pioneered the founding of Women Investment Portfolio Holdings, which listed on the JSE in 1999. In 1999 she was also honoured as one of the 50 Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World. She was inaugurated as Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg in September 2006."

• Member | Club of Rome - Switzerland | 2010 - present
• Chancellor | University of Johannesburg - Johannesburg | 2006 - present
• International Trustee | The Duke of Edinburgh's Award International Foundation for young people
• Entrepreneur | Private Equity for women-owned enterprises, asset management & advertising | Women Private Equity Fund
• Member | Consultative Network | Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy
• Board Member | Johannesburg Securities Exchange
• Entrepreneur | Wendy Luhabe Foundation for the Education and Leadership Development of Women
• Non-Executive Director | Women Private Equity Fund
• Various positions | BMW South Africa (Pty) Ltd & BMW North America
• Director | Cycad Financial Holdings
• Chair | Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd
• Founder | Women Private Equity Fund | Women Investment Portfolio Holdings
• Non-Executive Director | BMW South Africa (Pty) Ltd
• Chair | International Marketing Council of South Africa
• Founder | Bridging the Gap - 1992 - 2001
• Patron, Wilderness Foundation
• Member, Future Shapers Collaborative
• Benefit Committee, Legal Resources Centre
• Founding Fellow, International Futures Forum