Mandla was the chair of MultiChoice SA from 2007 to 2010 and chair of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) from 1999 to 2005. He participated in various arts programmes and conferences throughout Africa. In 2007, he received South Africa’s National Order of Ikhamanga (Silver) for literary, journalistic and cultural achievements and in 2009, a Living Legends award from the eThekwini municipality. A number of his works have been published. He was editor-at-large of Leadership magazine, programme director for television (TV) at the South African Broadcasting Corporation and his fourth novel, The Lost Colours of the Chameleon, won the 2009 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize – Africa region. His directorships include Medu Arts & Literature, Phuthuma Nathi, and Datapost. Mandla is a recipient of honorary doctorates from the University of Fort Hare, the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Pretoria. He received his Master of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of the Witwatersrand and was a fellow at Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Studies.

Calvo was the CEO of MultiChoice South Africa after holding office as the group executive: policy and regulatory affairs for the MultiChoice Group. He previously held positions as a professional engineer at Sentech and a broadcasting spectrum manager at ICASA. He also served in several ministerial advisory task teams, including the Digital Migration Working Group, Digital Dzonga and the Information and Communications Technology Policy Review Panel. Further he served as a commissioner to the Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (prev. University of Durban-Westville),a Management Advancement Programme Postgraduate Diploma from Wits Business School, a Postgraduate Diploma inEconomics for Competition Law from King’s College, London and a Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations Certificate from Harvard Business School.

Kgomotso is a senior counsel and member of the Johannesburg Bar. Until recently, she held non-executive directorships at Standard Bank Group Limited and Netcare Limited. Kgomotso serves as a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, the Hospital and the Apartheid Museum. She also served as the chair of M-Net’s Phuthuma Futhi Trust. She holds a Baccalaureus Procurationis from the University of the North and an LLB from Wits.

James is a CA(SA) who was admitted as a partner of Price Waterhouse Coopers Inc (PwC) in 1996. As the clients and markets development leader for PwC Africa, he was responsible for digital marketing, advertising, sponsorships and business development. James served on the PwC – Europe, Middle East and Africa Business Development Board from 2010 to 2019. He retired from PwC in June 2019. James consulted for Citadel Wealth Management in a business development and marketing capacity. He is a CD (SA) of the Institute of Directors in South Africa NPC. He is also a chartered marketer (SA) with the Marketing Association of South Africa.