Black Economic Empowerment Seminar

London UK

Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is the single most important suite of legislation affecting business today in South Africa - with increasing implications for other Southern African countries. As such BEE has a dramatic impact on foreign mining and related investors considering investing or operating in South(ern) Africa.

Our most recent BEE Seminar was held in London, UK on Tuesday November 20, 2007 at the 5-star Andaz Hotel - formerly the Great Eastern - in Central London (with Premier Sponsor Standard Bank),

Download the BEE Seminar Program for London.

Download our speaker, presenter and sponsor profiles for London.

See the presentations from our Nov. 20 BEE Seminar in London.

Standard Bank, the African bank with the largest footprint on the continent, and a pre-eminent provider of financial services to the global mining and metals industries is the Premier Sponsor for MineAfrica in London. Homeland Energy is a Patron Sponsor and Webber Wentzel Bowens and ITC Global Networking Solutions are sponsors.

The seminar explained Black Economic Empowerment in detail and its legal, financial and operating impact on foreign investors interested in investing (or currently operating) in South, and Southern, Africa.

Key Topics Covered

What is Black Economic Empowerment; Understanding BEE: the Mining Charter, Scorecard and Codes of Good Practice; Financing and Structuring BEE Transactions; Case Studies of Successful BEE Transactions; South African Reserve Bank Requirements for Foreign Direct Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility in other Countries; Panel Discussion on Key, Current Issues in BEE Legislation; and The Future of BEE.

Presenters and panelists included:
- Farouk Abrahams, Chief Executive Officer, Batsalani Investments (Pty) Ltd
- Robert Clark, Acting Director General, Natural Resources Canada
- Sembie Danana, Vice President, First Uranium Corporation
- Helmut Engelbrecht, Director and Head, Acquisition Finance Group, Standard Bank Plc
- Noah Greenhill, Senior General Manager, Marketing and Development, JSE Limited
- Peter Leon, Partner and Head of the Regulatory and International Trade Department, Webber Wentzel Bowens
- Nonkqubela Mazwai, Deputy Managing Director, GVM Metals Limited
- Patrick Meier, Managing Director, Global Investment Banking, RBC Capital Markets
- Nchakha Moloi, Chairman, Motjoli Resources
- Bongani Mtshisi, Chief Executive Officer, BSC Resources
- Bridgette Radebe, President, South African Mining Development Association
- Thys Terblanche, Head of Mining and Metals, Standard Bank Plc
- Brent Thompson, President, Wardrop Engineering Inc.
- Futhi Zikalala, Chief Director, Department of Minerals and Energy, Republic of South Africa