Theme heading insertRECONSTITUTION OF THE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AGENCY (TIA) BOARD

PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DATE: 20 MARCH 2013

• Term of office of the TIA Board.

• Composition of the TIA Board.

• Legislative process of reconstitution of the TIA Board.

• Current process.

• Shortlisted candidates.

• Conclusion.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

• The current Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) Board was appointed for four years from 1 May 2009 to 30 April 2013.

• The new Board should be in place from 1 May 2013.

• The Minister initiated the process of reconstituting the Board as outlined by the TIA Act.

TERM OF OFFICE OF THE TIA BOARD

• The composition of the Board is outlined by Section 5(1) as follows:

the Board shall consists of a Chairperson,

members not less than six (6) and not more than nine (9); and

the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, as an ex officio member.

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD

• Section 5 of the Act outlines the process for the reconstituting the Board as follows:

The Minister must appoint a panel to compile a shortlist of candidates;

A shortlist must be compiled after a transparent and competitive process;

Board members are appointed in consultation with the National Assembly; and

Board members appointed in terms of their knowledge and experience in technology innovation, technology management, intellectual property, commercialisation and business skills.

LEGISLATIVE PROCESS OF RECONSTITUTION OF TIA BOARD

• Section 8 of the Act stipulates that:

members of the Board hold office for a period of four years and are eligible for reappointment on expiry of their terms;

when reappointing members of the Board, the Minister must ensure that the term of office of members of the Board will not expire at the same time; and

members may not serve more than two consecutive term.

LEGISLATIVE PROCESS...

The Minister :

• informed the TIA Board that their term expires in April and requested the members to indicate their availability for the second term;

• published an advert in the national newspapers (Sunday Times, Mail and Guardian and Sowetan) and Government Gazette;

• in addition the adverts were published in the DST & TIA websites;

• appointed a panel to compile a shortlist of candidates. The panel was constituted by the following members:

Chairperson: Dr Phil Mjwara (DG)Members: Dr Val Munsami (DDG: RDI)

Ms Nkuli Shinga (CD: the dti)Prof Richard Levin (DG: PSC)Mr David Mmakola (CD: DST)Mr Martin Mulcahy (Special Advisor)

CURRENT PROCESS

• The DST received 69 public nominations and 7 members from the current TIA Board available for the 2nd term;

• A shortlist of 20 candidates was compiled from the received nominations;

• The following criteria was used: Expertise:

- Finance.- Risk Management.- Legal: Human Resource or Intellectual Property.

CURRENT PROCESS…

To comply with section 8(2) of the TIA Act: the panel considered the following members of the current Board:

Ms Fundiswa Roji. Ms Marjorie Pyoos. Dr Patrick Ngwenya. Mr Helen Brown.

CURRENT PROCESS …

Expertise:- Biotechnology: Finance or Policy;- Technology: Small Medium Enterprise or Innovation

Challenges;- Innovation Chasm or solutions: venture capital in public or

private, intellectual property and technology nursery;- Public Research Performing Institutions; and- Banking- venture capital or private sector research and

development; Continuity; and

Race and Gender

A list of shortlisted candidates has been sent to NIA for vetting to ensure that the appointed candidates comply with section 6 of the TIA Act .

CURRENT PROCESS…

SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES

Category of expertise

Names Gender Race

Finance Ms Fundiswa Roji

F B

Ms Tracey Cooper

F W

Ms Rosetta Xaba

F B

Risk Management

Mr Mduduzi Zakwe

M B

Innovation Chasm/ Solutions

Mr Marc van Olst

M W

Mr Moroasereme Ntsoane

M B

Dr Patrick Ngwenya

M B

SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES….

Category of expertise

Names Gender Race

Innovation Chasm/ Solutions

Mr Mohamed Moolla

M B

Ms Maggie Burger van Eeden

F W

Dr Boni Mehlomakulu

F B

Mr Michael Reddy

M B

Ms Khungeka Njobe

F B

SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES…

Category of expertise

Names Gender Race

Technology: Small, Medium Enterprise/ Innovation Challenges

Ms Helen Brown

F W

Ms Marjorie Pyoos

F B

Public Research Performing Institutions

Prof David Kaplan

M W

Ms Nasima Badsha

F B

Legal Intellectual Property or Human Resource

Adv Motlatjo Ralefatane

F B

SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES …

Category of expertise

Names Gender Race

Biotechnology: Finance Policy or Policy

Dr Petro Terblanche

F W

Mr Fadl Hendricks

M B

Banking: venture capital or private sector research and development

Dr Steve Lennon

M W

• The appointment process of the new Board is in line with the prescripts of the Act; and

• It is therefore recommended that the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology considers a shortlist presented in line with section 5 of the TIA Act.

CONCLUSION