Amb. Nozipho January-Bardill concludes the SADC PF Round Table Discussion, 6 July 2015

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Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum
Seminal Round Table Discussion on Migration and Development
Durban, South Africa

Nozipho January-Bardill has extensive experience in both the private and corporate sectors. She was a Deputy Director General at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation and Executive Director of Corporate Affairs at MTN Group, amongst other roles.  

In January 2014 she was appointed Interim Chief of Staff for Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women in New York.  She has just returned to Johannesburg to continue her professional and business interests, including gender equality, women’s empowerment and sustainable development.  She continues to support the Multi Country Office of UN Women in Pretoria as Senior Special Advisor and also works with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi as Senior Adviser.  
 
As independent non executive director on the boards of Anglo Gold Ashanti, Credit Suisse SA, and Mott MacDonald SA, she continues to influence business and promotes corporate governance in Africa. Amb. January-Bardill holds a BA (Education) University of Botswana and MA (Applied Linguistics), University of Essex, UK.

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The 14 Member States of the SADC, namely Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Zimbabwe and the Seychelles will all converge in Durban for the 37th Plenary Assembly of the SADC-PF to be held under the theme "Industrialisation and Regional Integration in SADC: The role of Parliaments."

Migration and Development; Free Movement of People: Towards Regional Integration; and Diaspora Engagement, are amongst the topics to be discussed at the 37th Plenary Assembly of the SADC-PF 2015.

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