World Entrepreneurship Forum Members


Mr Bakoc has been running Algotech since its foundation in 1992 and leaded the company to be one of the largest Contact Center system integrator companies in Centre Europe. During this period, he was also a shareholder and Executive Director of Trizma one of the first Serbian contact center and outsourcing company from 2002 - 2006.


Since 1999, Ms. Bango has been the Executive Director of Empretec Zimbabwe. She is an Enterprise Developer and Institution Builder with years of experience in wealth creation. She has over twenty years experience working in enterprise development and entrepreneurship locally, regionally and internationally. She has worked in various capacities in different areas with special emphasis in policy development and analysis, strategy formulation, research in business management, planning and marketing with micro, small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and large - scale companies; consultancy and training in business development, growth and competitiveness; needs assessment, project planning, monitoring and evaluation; negotiation skills; capacity building; business support and advisory services.
Ms. Bango sits on several private and public sector boards including, among others, being Chairperson of Kingdom Financial Holdings Limited; Dairibord Zimbabwe Holdings Limited; National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe; Deputy Chairman of General Beltings Limited, Trustee of the Culture Fund of Zimbabwe Trust and Deputy Chairperson of PROWEB. Her charity work includes working at an individual basis to support the education and upkeep of disadvantaged children through mobilizing resources for their upkeep and education as well as being a Trustee of the Disabled Women Support Organization.
Ms. Bango is also a certified trainer in entrepreneurship. She holds a Bachelor of Business Studies and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Zimbabwe.


Mr. Ben-Zvi is a technology entrepreneur and investor who has participated in the founding of numerous startup companies, the first of which was Ligature Ltd. – an OCR-software developer where Mr. Ben-Zvi served as CEO from the company’s inception through its industry-landmark M&A in 1997. He co-founded Wizcom Technologies, manufacturer of the Quicktionary handheld scanning device, which went public in Germany (WZM). Mr. Ben-Zvi was also the co-founder of two image processing technology companies, HumanEyes and BriefCam, as well as the founding investor and chairman in ASOCS Ltd. (semiconductors) and, more recently, EnVerid Systems (cleantech). Mr. Ben-Zvi holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics and an MBA from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.


Margaret Rosamund Bennett was born in Otjiwarongo, Namibia where she completed her schooling. She completed her B.comm studies at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and returned to Windhoek. Currenly she is enrolled for her Masters Degree in Leadership and Change while her thesis is on the effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Training Programmes, one of the business ares within the Centre she is responsible for.
Her areas of expertise include: Project implementation and management; Monitoring and evaluation of individuals as well as businesses; Personnel management; Negotiating skills and conflict handling; Personal coaching; Implementing and controlling of financial systems; Change enablement and facilitation; Strategic Marketing; Communication skills; Risk Management; Business Ethics; Training; Re-engineering of business processes; Customer relations; Board charters and evaluations; Strategic planning; Leadership and Innovative Training.
She is currenlty employed by the Polytechnic of Namibia as the Directorof the Centre for Enterprise Development and Research since 1 December 2009. She is strategically responsible for the 6 business units of the Centre. This includes, Short courses, Industry focused courses, SME training, Research and Social Development, ICT training and testing including the Microsoft IT Academy and E-learning. Building relationships and embarking on an active and effective marketing campaign form part of the main priorities.
Margaret accumulated a wealth of experience during her professional career with the following organisations : -
Office of the Auditor General where she was responsible for auditing of the Representative Authorities before and after Namibian Independence on 21 March 1990 when the focus moved to the auditing of the Government Ministries. Re-engineering and training of staff, as well as personnel of the different Ministries, were part of her daily task. She also did business re-engineering for the Government.
Challenges faced in her career relates to the transition of Namibia Post from a Government department to a parastatel with profit targets. This included groundbreaking work in changing from paper based accounting to one of the highest sophisticated ERP systems, ie SAP R/3. Writing of all training materials, all internal processes as well as the re-engineering of massive stores and vault items were included in this area of responsibility. She was instrumental in Nampost braking even in her second year as Manager Finance. She implemented the RIPOSTE system in the post offices which were touch screen based and integrated with SAP. During her last 3 years as General Manager Finance, Namibia Post was transformed into one of the three profit making Post Offices worldwide. A brief stay at the Philately department exposed her to international trade and marketing, resulting into the Namibian stamp centre to transform out of a loss situation to a profit of N$3m in one year.
In addition to all her managerial duties as Regional Manager for SAP R/3 in Namibia she was the project owner of various SAP implementations and upgrades of clients in Namibia. One of the highlights of her career with SAP was the successful implementation of SAP at NamPower, the Namibian power utility.
For a brief period she joined Methealth Namibia and obtained a good understanding of the medial aid industry.
In her four years and six months tenure as Managing Director of Professional Provident Society, (Insurance for Professionals) client figures doubled and profit grew with an average of 26% per annum. Special experience was obtained in the managing of channel sales and conflict handling. Innovative training methods were introduced allowing brokers, clients and personnel to obtain a deeper understanding of the product.
SPECIAL Awards and Projects
¨ Finalist in Namibia Business Woman award 1997
¨ Finalist in Namibia Business Woman award 2007
¨ Finalist in Business Communicator of the year in 2007
¨ Founder and Trustee of Pukumani Trust
¨ Sam Nujoma Innovation Enterprise Development Award 2010


Subin is the CEO and co-founder of Suvitech Co. Ltd.which is a Thai IT BOI certified company and certified consultants with Ministry of Finance. At Suvitech, Subin has provided exemplary leadership skills, technical knowhow and business knowledge. He led successful initiatives for acquiring, retaining and enhancing the client base as well as successful execution of IT projects. Subin has also worked closely with software promotion agencies, SME related government bodies, and financial institutions for promotion of Thai IT industry in domestic and international market.
An alumnus of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and University of Leicester, Subin is well versed in multi-cultural environment and is proficient in four languages. Subin is active in the various industry associations and NGOs like ICT Committee of Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce. He has also served as a judge for Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Masters Theses Competition in Information & Communications Technologies (ICT) category. An avid sportsman, Subin is especially fond of playing golf, cricket and badminton.


Mr. Bruno Bonnell is one of the founders of Infogrames Entertainment SA. A qualified chemical engineer, Bonnell received a degree in economics at the Université Paris IX.
He began his long career on the Thomson TO7, one of the earliest French-produced home computers, before founding Infogrames in June 1983 at the age of 25 with Christophe Sapet and Thomas Schmider. He has been chairman and chief creative officer of the company from 1983 to 2007. He was also chief executive officer of the company between 1983 and 2004.
Mr. Bonnell is known for spearheading many of the takeovers of many smaller (and a few larger) development studios over the 1980s and 1990s, most notably British development house Ocean Software and Atari, as well as GT Interactive, Accolade, Gremlin Graphics and Hasbro Interactive.
In 1995, he was elected president of the Syndicat des Editeurs de Logiciels de Loisirs (SELL), a French games developers' association. He has worked together with French broadcaster Canal Plus to create the television channel Game One, which was specifically aimed at a gaming audience.
In 2007, he resigned from his positions at Atari and Infogrames, and in 2008, he joined zSlide, a company based near Paris.


Ms. Brattina serves as President and CEO of AllFacilities, Inc., a facilities management marketing firm that works with manufacturers, service companies and energy providers who offer building services and solutions to commercial, industrial and institutional owners.
Over the last 20 years, Ms. Brattina and her staff have planned, designed and managed hundreds of business services programs for major corporations across the country including Trane Commercial Services, Strategic Energy (now Direct Energy), Eaton Electrical, PowerWare, PPG Industries, CentiMark Roofing, Otis Elevator, Schindler Elevator and others.
With a background of a journalism degree from Duquesne University and seven years experience in corporate marketing, she launched her own business in Pittsburgh and employs people all around the US. She is also the author of "Diary of a Small Business Owner".
AllFacilities Energy Group, LLC offers demand management services to facility owners and managers across the United States. Ms Brattina is a winner of the Business Marketing Association’s Direct Marketer of the year award, the Pennsylvania 50 Best Women in Business award, is an Athena Award recipient and is a member of the Pennsylvania Honor Roll for Women.


Based in Manchester, England, Mr David Buckle (58) is Managing Director and co-founder of M247 Limited, a state-of-the-art and fast growing data centre providing a wide variety of internet services and connectivity.
David, who was previously a Marine Director with Leigh’s Paints, travelled the world developing his business acumen but was eventually made redundant in the down-turn. In 2003 he invested his severance package in his son Jonathan’s talented computer skills. It was a potent combination with David providing the business know-how and his son providing the technical ability. Soon afterwards they were joined by Chris Byrd who is technical director and the winning team was up and running.
Now, just over seven years on, they have grown from a small “grass roots” company to an organisation ranked recently by Deloitte as one of Europe’s fastest growing I.T. companies with infrastructure and operations in Manchester, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Brussels, Prague and Paris. M247 Limited was recently valued at almost £13million and now handles a significant percentage of the entire UK internet traffic.
David says “we have grown by acquiring a number of complementary companies that have extended our services and range. We have also had offers from a number of companies who would like to buy us but M247 Limited and each of its Divisions are a young team and my son is surrounded by an equally young board of directors that have a bright future. Our strength is in our team, everybody is encouraged to contribute ideas which enables the business to continue growing. We really enjoy what we’re doing.”
David also plays an important role in his local community and is an enthusiastic Governor of his local college.


Having background in IT and logistics, Jeroen finds the combination a never ending challenge. He worked for software companies and Unilever. Jeroen founded shipitsmarter in 1999 and the company has grown into a profitable, successful company with customers on all continents. ShipitSmarter provides cost effective, flexible solutions provided by people who are self-steering, environmentally aware and customer focused.