The third season of Business Tech’s latest online talk show follows the hugely successful first and second season of the online interview series. Business Talk Season 3 is hosted by Michael Avery and sponsored by EY, and will feature conversations with South Africa’s leaders in the finance, business, and investment industries. Business Talk Season 3 will discuss how various key business industries have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic – including the effects on consumers, employees, and businesses.

Business Talk Season 3 presented by EY

Ashwin Goolab is EY Africa advisory growth leader, responsible for cyber, technology risk, digital, data and analytics, ERP, and IT transformation.

In this episode of Business Talk – presented by EY, Goolab discusses transformational consulting and what the speed of technology means for business.

EY's Ashwin Goolab On How Transformation Consulting Can Help Your Business

Liz Hillock is head of online & Mobile at Woolworths where she leads the retailer’s e-commerce team, digital marketing, as well as MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet loyalty programmes.

On this episode of Business Talk, Hillock talks through the progress of Woolies Dash, the group’s same-day delivery service launched as a trial at the end of last year. She also discusses how the pandemic has ramped up the move to online – with mobile across all departments showing ‘astonishing’ growth.

In conversation with Woolworths head of online & mobile, Liz Hillock

Devina Maharaj is program head: Investec Business Online and API Banking SA, having previously performed the role of head of digital South Africa.

In this episode of Business Talk – Presented by EY, Maharaj talks through how Investec and the business world in general is managing the advances in the digital space – to essentially produce more value for clients.

In conversation with Investec business online lead, Devina Maharaj

Christelle Colman is managing director and founder at Elite Risk Acceptances, an innovative high-net-worth insurance start-up which launched to the South African short-term insurance market in August 2018.

On this episode of Business Talk – Presented by EY – Colman shares with Michael some of the behavioural changes from clients in the wake of the Covid pandemic.

In Conversation With Old Mutuals Christelle Colman

Dr. Hayley Haupt is a Partner at EY who is the Workforce Consulting Leader, appointed in 2020. Recognising the unique value that placing people at the centre of any organisation bring, this underpins, and is core, to her work in this role.

In this episode of Business Talk, Haupt talks through the process of returning to work in a post Covid environment, and what that might look like. She says that reimagining work has taken on more than one form, namely fully returning to the office, versus remote working, versus a hybrid approach.

In Conversation With Dr Hayley Haupt At EY

Dr Roze Phillips is the Executive Director of Value Creation at the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), with over 25 years of business and management consulting experience.

In this episode of Business Talk, presented by EY, Dr Phillips talks to host Michael Avery about how businesses and workforces can use advanced education to enhance responsible business thinking in the context of a growing digital and post-pandemic world.

In Conversation With GIBS Director Dr Roze Phillips

Marius van den Berg is the EY Africa Banking and Capital Markets consulting leader, with 30 years of consulting experience – the majority of which is in the banking sector and technology discipline.

In this episode of Business Talk, Van den Berg talks about the accelerated adoption of technologies by local banks and financial service companies following the outbreak of Covid-19.

In Conversation With Marius Van Den Berg At EY

Audrey Mothupi is the chief executive officer of the SystemicLogic Group, a global financial innovation, data, and technology company.

In this episode of Business Talk, Mothupi says that Covid-19 has really brought us all back in touch with the things that really matter. She says that while growth in technology has been accelerated over the course of the pandemic, it’s the speed of execution brought on by the people within an organisation – and leadership – that is the difference-maker.

In Conversation With Audrey Mothupi, CEO Of Systemic Logic

Sean Sanders is the founder and chief executive officer at Revix, an intelligent investment management platform.

In this episode of Business Talk, Sanders talks host Michael Avery through the crypto clutter and explains how Revix is different from other digital exchanges in that it offers crypto bundles, much like the S&P 500 or the JSE Top40 Index.

In Conversation With Sean Sanders, CEO And Founder Of Revix

Mteto Nyati is the chief executive at Altron, having joined the company in April 2017. He is responsible for transforming Altron into a world-class information and communications technology company that does good business while doing good.

In this episode of Business Talk, Nyati talks through the importance of strong leadership skills over what has been a difficult period, locally and internationally, brought on by the pandemic.

In Conversation With Altron Chief Executive, Mteto Nyati

Paul O’Flaherty is the EY-Parthenon Africa leader. Since 2001, he has worked as both CFO and CEO in the listed company environment as well as the public sector and in family-owned businesses. He has worked in South Africa, across Africa, as well as in the Middle East and the US.

In this episode of Business Talk, he talks to Michael Avery about the rise of long-term value creation and sustainable business practices, and how these must be integrated into the day-to-day strategy of the business.

In Conversation With EY's Paul O'Flaherty

Gareth Friedlander is deputy chief executive officer at Discovery Life, where he has been an instrumental part of the company’s innovative research and development for over a decade.

In this episode of BusinessTalk, Friedlander discusses Discovery Life’s Dollar Life Plan – life insurance that pays out in US dollars and rewards you for getting healthy. But why offshore life cover? Friedlander says globalisation, especially in a post-Covid world, is expected to accelerate, and you need to hedge your protection needs against hard currency.

Gareth Friedlander On Discovery Life's Approach To Covid And The Vaccine Rollout

Business Talk with Michael Avery is an online interview series – featuring conversations with South Africa’s leading executives in the business and finance sector.

The show is hosted by radio and TV personality Michael Avery, anchor of the Classic Business show on Classic FM, and Business Day TV.

Business Talk with Michael Avery centres the discussion around the complex world of business, finance, the economy, SMEs, investing and much more.