Leslie W. Maasdorp

• President, Southern Africa
  Bank of America Merrill Lynch

BA, Economics & Psychology, Univ. of W. Cape; MSc, Economics, Univ. of London. Formerly: Policy Co-Coordinator, ANC Dept of Economic Planning; Special Adviser, Minister of Labour; Senior Mgr, Strategy, Deloitte Consulting; Deputy DG, Dept of Public Enterprises; Member, Advisory Board, Goldman Sachs Int'l; Vice-Chairman, Absa Capital & Barclays Capital. Since 2011, current position. Chairman, Advtech. VP, Business Leadership South Africa. Director, Soros Economic Development Fund. Young Global Leader (2007) and Vice-Chair, Global Agenda Council on Africa (2012), World Economic Forum.