30 June 2023 - Road Freight SME Summit

Time

Item / Topic

Speakers

10:00

House Keeping

Harry van Huyssteen, Transport Forum

10:05 – 10:15

Welcome Address

Florence Musundwa, Director, Grow Supplier ZA & Road Freight SME Summit & Awards

10:15-10:30

Opening Address

The purpose and objectives of the Summit and Awards

• Key critical factors of success for SMEs in Road Freight

Mark Makhubalo, CEO, MLM Logistics

Chair of the Advisory Council Road Freight SME Summit and Awards

10:30-10:45

Presentation

The business case of SME development in the Road Freight Industry

Sheina Gokool, Business Strategist and Economist

10:45-11:00

Presentation

Building Resilience: corporate governance, ethics and SMEs

Kamogelo Mampane, CEO, TK Global Experts & Supply Chain Council

11:00 – 11:15

Presentation

The risk management relationship between compliance, sustainability and the cost of corruption  

Prof Rose Luke, Associate Professor, Transport and Supply Chain Management, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg

11: 15

11:30

Presentation

Awards categories and application Process

Oliver Naidoo, CEO, JC Auditors

Head of Awards Adjudication

11:30 – 11:50

Messages of Support from the Industry

• Road Freight Association
• African Women in Supply Chain Association and Women in Transport Forum
• Transport Sector Retirement fund
• Global Federation of Business Chambers
• Isuzu

12:00

Closing Remarks