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PROFILE
Keynote Speaker: Professor Mervyn King
Mervyn King
is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Senior Counsel and and and former Judge of of of of of of the the the Supreme Court of of South Africa He is Professor Extraordinaire at the University of South Africa on on Corporate Citizenship Honorary
Professor at the Universities of of Pretoria and and Cape Town and and a a a a a a Visiting Professor at at Rhodes Mervyn King
is currently a a a professor at at the Wits Business School at at the the University of the the Witwatersrand He has an an an honorary Doctorate of of Laws from the the Universities of of the the Witwatersrand in South Africa and and Leeds in in the UK an an honorary honorary Doctorate from Deakin University Melbourne Australia and a a a a a a a a a honorary honorary Doctorate in in in Commerce from Stellenbosch University in in in South Africa is Chair Emeritus of the King
Committee on Corporate Governance in in South Africa which produced King
I I I I I I I II II III and and IV and and Chair of the Good Law Foundation He is Chair Chair Emeritus Emeritus of of the the Value Reporting Foundation Chair Chair Emeritus Emeritus of of the the International Integrated Reporting Reporting Council (IIRC) in in in in London and and of the Global Reporting Reporting Initiative in in in in Amsterdam and and a a a a a a member of the the the Private Sector Advisory Group to to the the the World Bank on Corporate Governance He chaired the the the United Nations Committee of of Eminent persons on on on Governance and and Oversight and and was President of of the Advertising Standards Authority for for 15 years and and a a a a a a a member of of the ICC Court of of Arbitration in in Paris for for seven years He is chair chair of of of the the African Integrated Integrated Reporting Reporting Council and chair chair of of of the the Integrated Integrated Reporting Reporting Committee of of of South Africa He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards for promoting quality corporate governance globally from the the the the ICGN the the the the Asian Centre for Corporate Governance the the the the Indian IOD and the the the the Regenesys Business School He is a a a a fellow fellow of of of the the Royal Society of of of Arts and Commerce honorary fellow fellow of of of the the Institute Institute of of of of of Chartered Accountants of of of of of England and and Wales of of of of of the the Institute Institute of of of of of Internal Auditors of of of of of the the UK of of of of the the Chartered Institute of of of of Management Accountants Accountants of of of of the the Certified Public Accountants Accountants of of of of Australia of of of of the the the Chartered Chartered Institute of of of of Public Relations of of of of the the the UK of of of of the the the Chartered Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and a a a a Chartered Director of South Africa He is the the Patron of The Good Governance Academy currently housed in in in the the Wits Business School in in in Parktown Ridge which holds colloquia on critical governance issues and and distributes a a a a a a a memorandum to to over two million members of local and international institutions He has been a a a a a a chair director and chief executive of several companies listed on on on the London Luxembourg and and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges He has consulted advised and and spoken on on legal business advertising sustainability and and corporate governance issues in in over over 60 countries and and has received many awards from international bodies around the the the world including the the the World Federation of Stock Exchanges and the the the International Federation of Accountants He He is the the author of six books on governance sustainability and reporting the the latest being “The Healthy Company ” He sits as an an an arbitrator and mediator internationally 12 7th International Conference on on on Governance and Accountability (ICGA) 2022