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TRUSTEES
William Frankel OBE,
Chairman of the Foundation
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Bill Frankel is a grandson of Claude Leon.
Born and brought up in South Africa and an
alumnus of the University of Cape Town. He
was a lawyer practicing in the City of
London until 2014. Since 1966 Bill was for
over 25 years the secret legal Consultant to
Canon Collins' International Defence and Aid
Fund for Southern Africa (IDAF) with prime
responsibility for overseeing and secretly
channelling funds into Southern Africa to
pay for the legal costs of virtually every
political trial during the days of
Apartheid. Appointed OBE by the Queen in her
Millenium Honours list for services to human
rights. Bill is experienced in issues of
human rights, constitutionalism and
education. He is a trustee of a number of
charities including, inter alia, eponymous
UK charities promoted by the Universities of
the Witwatersrand, Stellenbosch and Fort
Hare and also by the Constitutional Court.
In 2007 Bill was appointed an Honorary
Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
for services to Science education and
research. In 2014 the Vice Chancellor of UCT
honoured Bill by conferring on him the VC's
Silver medal in recognition of “…his
tireless work in the fields of education,
human rights and constitutionalism and his
ongoing support of many worthy causes
through his philanthropy which continues to
have a far reaching and profound impact both
in South Africa and further afield”. In
2015 South Africa conferred on Bill the
Order of Luthuli Silver Medal describing
Bill's “excellent services” in the
liberation struggle against Apartheid with
particular reference to his secret and
central involvement with IDAF.
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Nasima Badsha
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Nasima Badsha was until recently the Chief
Executive Officer of the Cape Higher
Education Consortium as well as being an
Adviser to the Minister of Science and
Technology in the South African government.
In a career spanning 35 years she has held
many prominent leadership positions,
including having been the Deputy Director
General for Higher Education in the
Department of Education for 10 years as well
as being Special Assistant to the Vice
Chancellor at the University of Cape Town
and Acting Vice-Rector at the University of
the Western Cape.
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Geoff Budlender SC
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Geoff Budlender SC is an advocate at the
Cape Town Bar. From 1997-1996 and 2000-2004
he was an attorney at the Legal Resources
Centre. He served as Director-General of the
Department of Land Affairs from 1996 to
2000. He has acted as a judge of the High
Court in Johannesburg and Cape Town. He is a
trustee of the Sigrid Rausing Trust (London)
and a member of the Board of the Centre for
Economic and Social Rights (New York).
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Pamela Dube
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Pamela Dube was born and raised in KwaMakuta, a township in the south of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. She attended Inanda Seminary and the then University of Natal, Durban in the 1980s before her advanced studies in Germany at the University of Siegen on a German exchange scholarship (DAAD). She is currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Student Development and Support at the University of the Western Cape. Her career span covers education, strategic partnerships and human capital development. She has worked in government in the former Department of Education's higher education branch, at the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) and at institutions such as the Universities of KwaZulu-Natal, Johannesburg (UJ), Wits as well as in Siegen in Germany and Kathmandu in Nepal. She has served on a number of Boards including the South Africa –Netherlands partnership for alternatives in research and development (SANPAD), the Centre for Education Policy Development (CEPD) and the National Nuclear Regulator(NNR).
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James Inglis is a businessman and former
director of, inter alia, Melville Douglas
Investment Management (Executive Chairman),
Liberty Asset Management (Managing), ASA Ltd
(New York), Liberty Holdings and CAN Gallo.
He is currently a trustee of the Independent
Schools of SA Pension and Provident Funds
and the D G Murray Trust.
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His Grace, Archbishop
Dr Thabo Makgoba
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The Most Reverend Dr Thabo Makgoba is the Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. He is the youngest person elected to this position. In 2008 he was decorated by the Archbishop of Canterbury with the Cross of St Augustine, the second highest international award for outstanding service to the Anglican Communion. He is Chancellor of the University of the Western Cape.
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Michael Mbikiwa
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Michael
Mbikiwa is an
advocate at the
Johannesburg Bar,
specialising in
constitutional,
administrative and
competition law. He
holds BSocSci (Hons)
and LL.B degrees
from the University
of Cape Town, and an
LL.M degree from
Columbia Law School
where he was a
Fulbright Scholar.
As a student, he was
in the national
leadership of
Students for Law and
Social Justice, and
a co-ordinating
committee member of
the then
newly-formed Social
Justice Coalition.
Later, before
joining the Bar, he
was a law clerk to
Justice Edwin
Cameron, qualified
and practiced
briefly as an
attorney, and, more
recently, completed
spells as a
researcher at
NdifunaUkwazi and
the Center for
Public Research and
Leadership in New
York.
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Rick Menell
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Rick Menell has had a 35 year career in the
mining industry heading Anglovaal Mining and
Teal Exploration & Mining up to 2008. He has
served and continues to serve on numerous
Boards and is currently Chairman –South
Africa and Senior Advisor to Credit Suisse.
He is a trustee of Brand South Africa in the
Presidency and founding co-Chairman of City
Year South Africa Youth Service Organisation
and the Paleontological Scientific Trust
(PAST). He sits on the Council of Business
Leadership South Africa, is a director of
the National Business Initiative and one of
the convenors of the Dinokeng Scenario
Project.
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Mary Metcalfe
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Mary Metcalfe is a Visiting Adjunct
Professor at The University of
Witwatersrand. Previously, Mary was the
Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for
Education in Gauteng where she served from
1994 – 1999. She was appointed as MEC for
Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and
Land after the 1999 elections, and served
until 2004. She then joined the University
of the Witwatersrand as Head of the School
of Education. In 2009-2010 she served as
Director General for the new Department of
Higher Education and Training. She is
currently working in a large-scale education
system improvement project in South Africa.
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Sipho Pityana
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Sipho Pityana is former Chairperson and a
serving member of the Council for the
Advancement of the South African
Constitution (CASAC). In the 1990s, he
served two terms as Director-General,
firstly, in the Department of Foreign
Affairs, and secondly, in the Department of
Labour. Prior to this he was the Registrar
at the University of Fort Hare. In the
1980s, in exile, he was a political activist
in the ANC, trade union and British
Anti-Apartheid movements. He is a Director
of companies including Chairmanship of his
investment business, Izingwe Capital and a
number of public listed companies.
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Patricia Wallington
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Patricia Wallington is a granddaughter of
Claude Leon. Her father, Alan Leon, was the
Foundation's Chairman after the death of his
father, Claude Leon. Patricia, who lives in
the UK and an alumna of the University of
Cape Town, has a particular interest in
school sports projects, early childhood
development and child health issues.
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Brian Yule |
Brian Yule is a grandson of Claude Leon. He
was born and brought up in South Africa, but
now lives in Cornwall, UK. He trained and
worked as an archaeologist during 1970-97,
directing excavations in London and Israel.
Currently, he is an importer of South
African dried fruit to Europe. |
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