A List of Luminaries for the Transforming Society Class

Mr. Nissi Ekpott

Serial entrepreneur working across Africa. Author of Creating Wealth by Harnessing Opportunities in Africa: God's Way to Multiply the Assets in Your Storehouses

Grow Rich in the New Africa: Navigating Business Opportunities on the Continent

Redefining Business in the New Africa: Shifting Strategies to Be Successful

Dr. Charlie Self

Director of Learning Communities, Made to Flourish and Professor of Church History, AGTS

Charlie is the author of three books: The Divine Dance (Authorhouse, 2003), The Power of Faithful Focus (with co-author Les Hewitt- Faith Communications, 2004) and his most recent work, Flourishing Churches and Communities: A Pentecostal Primer on Faith, Work and Economics for Spirit-Empowered Discipleship. He is the co-founder of Discipleship Dynamics.

Mrs. Zienzi Dillon

CEO, Carmel Global Capital, NY. Zienzi has over 30 years solid banking experience in Africa including international exposure through work attachments at the World Bank Washing DC, Federal Reserve Bank New York, Bank of England and Standard Bank London. She recently retired from Barclays Africa where she was Head of Public Sector/ Director Corporate and Investment Banking ( 30 November 2017)

Dr. Okey Enelamah

Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah is a Co-Founder and the CEO of African Capital Alliance.

Okechukwu Enelamah is also Nigeria's former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment. He served in this position till 2019.

Okey earned a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1985. He earned a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard University in 1994 where he was a Baker Scholar and Loeb Fellow. He is a member of ICAN (1992) and became a CFA charter holder in 1997.He earned Dean’s List honou\rs in his MBBS graduating class at the University of Nigeria, and was awarded national prizes in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) examinations.

Dr. James Blignaut

James Blignaut is currently professor extraordinaire attached to the Environmental Governance Department of the School for Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, and Honorary Research Fellow of the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON).

Prof. James Blignaut studies interactions between economic and natural systems, with the goal of developing a sustainable and efficient economy.

He enjoys working in a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional research environment and wears many hats – among others as a part-time professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Pretoria and director of Beatus and ASSET Research, a collaboration platform initiated to offer unique development models and learning experiences in the field of resource economics and related fields.

Dr. Clyde Rivers

Representative to the United Nations from Interfaith Peace-building Initiative. Author, The Forgotten Mountain: Your Place of Peace in a World at War. Founder and President, iChange Nations.

His candid knowledge of God and government come from his numerous consultations with top-level officials around the globe.  He holds a Doctor of Divinity from Latin University of Theology and a Doctor of Philosophy from United Graduate College and Seminary International.

Dr. Johan Mostert

Professor Emeritus Community Psychology, from Evangel University. He is the co-founder of Discipleship Dynamics. Johan joined the COMPACT staff in 2016 as the agency’s new Director of Family and Community Resources (COMPACARE). Dr. Mostert heads up COMPACT’s resource and empowerment strategy to better assist and mobilize local churches and Assemblies of God districts to more adequately redeem and serve vulnerable children and families in their communities. He also assists in the enhancement of the agency’s professional programs. The role of Director of Family and Community Resources serves on the agency’s senior leadership team alongside the Administrator and under the Executive Director.

Dr. Dion Forster

Departmental Chair: Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, University of Stellenbosch.

Dion is is an ordained Minister of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. He is a theologian and author. He was formerly the Dean of the Seminary of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, John Wesley College. Prof. Forster is the International Chairman of the 'EXPOSED - shining a light on corruption' campaign (a coalition of the World Evangelical Alliance, the Salvation Army, the International Bible Societies, Micah Challenge and Unashamedly Ethical). He teaches Systematic Theology and Ethics, with a focus on Public Theology in the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University. He serves as the Director of the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology at Stellenbosch University.

Dr. Johan Carstens

DIRECTOR i-opus Institute for Missiological Research. Johan Carstens has been an itinerant lecturer at various Bible Institutions and Theological Colleges for many years. He is also a mentor and strategist on congregating believers, Apostolic Business communities and people that he facilitates into the mission field. Johan has a passion to revive a movement of people, reaching people with the gospel of the only Christ.

Dr. Vern Hyndman

Relational Trauma Interventionist at Heartforge, PA. Vern is an author, a chopper rider, ice hockey pro, American/Canadian, YouTube sensation, husband, dad, and a radical follower of Christ who is a world changer and agent of good. He is an entrepreneur, social media guru and biomedical engineering researcher. Vern considers himself a curious traveler of all disciplines and spends his time reading voraciously and making contacts with interesting people from around the world. In his spare time, Vern is husband to Shelley and father of four amazing young adults.

Mrs. Susan Oh

Director, ESG Research and Currency Hedging at PSERS. She  is responsible for managing $13+ billion for Pennsylvania’s Public School Employees’ Retirement System

Mr. Kumbu Phiri

Author, Six Keys to Ignite Transformation and Start a Reformation in Zimbabwe. He is the founder of Transformation Africa an organization that focuses on Youth empowerment and leadership empowerment.(Working with NGOs and community based organizations in developing youth empowerment strategies and Leadership models from an African perspective).  He has conducted Leadership Consultant or Training with the African leadership Academy (ALMA) FES Zimbabwe, Plan International, World Vision, Stimulus Foundation and he is well known speaker. He is the National Director of Equip Zimbabwe, which is an organization that represents John Maxwell (Equip International) in training leader’s world Wide in transformation Leadership. He holds a Masters degree in Leadership and Management from ALMA (African Leadership Management Academy) and a first degree in Biblical studies.

Dr. Alistair Petrie

Author, Releasing Heaven on Earth. For many years in both the United Kingdom and Canada, Alistair served as senior pastor in diverse city church settings. With that experience and his earlier years spent in professional broadcasting, he now serves as the Executive Director of Partnership Ministries, a global ministry that teaches the principles and relevance of the Gospel and its relationship to all of society. Partnership Ministries is a ministry for the 21st Century Church combining prayer and research in order to prepare Communities, Cities, Nations, and the Marketplace for lasting revival, authentic transformation and the release of Kingdom culture. Alistair consults regularly in many parts of the world with churches, leaders, and business leaders who are witnessing amazing breakthrough in challenging times. He combines Scripture and fact with humor and example, and loves opening the eyes and hearts of people to the God of the Impossible!

Dr. Suparno Adijanto

Dr. Suparno Adijanto is the managing director of the Bumi Raya Group of Companies headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Bumi Raya Group is active in industries such as mining, plantation, renewal energies, supply chain and distribution, and property development. He is currently the executive chairman and CEO of Singapore listed Global Palm Resources Limited, a plantation holding company. He also sits on the board of several educational institutions, social welfare foundations, international forums as well as market place ministries. Suparno graduated with a Bachelor of Science, Economics (Honours) from University College London. He holds an MBA from the Bradford Management Centre, University of Bradford, England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy from the College of Business Administration, Georgia State University, USA.

Mr. John Anderson

John Anderson is a skilled Kingdom Administrator, delivering results for over 40 years in large organizations, start-up companies, churches, schools, and non-profit foundations. His education includes degrees in Physics and Business Administration, with additional studies in biology, chemistry, nuclear engineering, management, marketing, information technology, and strategy. His executive leadership spans education, marketing, sales, finance, information technology, manufacturing, quality management and operations. He has served successfully as CIO, CFO, CQO, COO, CEO and also as a Director of many organizations.