Tim graduated from Oxford University in 1989 with a first-class honors degree in Engineering Science. He came to South Africa in 1994 and set up an IT consulting business with Matthew Blewett. In 2001 they merged with Benjamin and Isaac Mophatlane to become the leading Microsoft reseller Business Connexion. In 2006 Tim left Business Connexion to start an NGO with Marcus McGlivary called Africaid. Africaid uses football to develop HIV prevention skills in young adolescents. Africaid is making a major impact at Edendale hospital in a unique partnership with the Department of Health and has sponsored in FIFA, Liverpool FC, and the Charlize Theron Foundation. A year later in 2007, Tim formed Airband with Deon Brown and Gavin Blunt. Airband has grown to be one of the leading wireless players in the KZN region. In November 2015 Tim sold Airband to HeroTel linking up with Alan Knott-Craig Junior and Corne de Villiers. Airband has grown a further 50 percent during the past year whilst Tim stayed on as Managing Director. In March 2017 Tim was appointed the Chief Operating Officer of Project Isizwe and is now following his passion, advocating for Free WiFi for Africa.

After receiving her PhD at the University of Washington, Sibs has pursued a career in academia, holding posts at Okanagan College in Canada, Trinity College in the USA and at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. She served as Review Editor of Politikon: South African Journal of Politics, and was a Member of Council of the Africa Institute. Sibs is the on-site director and Associate Professor of Global Studies for Trinity College Hartford, USA, at the University of Cape Town. She is currently also a non-executive Director of Prudential Portfolio Managers and Dew Crisp. Sibs was an Executive Director at Allan Gray responsible for recruitment, Employment Equity and transformation, Corporate Social Investment and Mentorship. She was also a partner at Odgers Berndtson, an international Executive Search Consultancy based in Cape Town, She earned her PhD at University of Washington, Seattle, her MA at Carleton University, Ottawa, and her BA Honors at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, with a 2-year stint at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.

Martin was the MEC for Finance in the North West provincial government from 1994 until 2004. Prior to that, he spent 17 years in health care services. In June 2004, Martin became CEO of the South African Bureau of Standards, a position he held until July 2009. He then started his own business ventures. Martin was the Chairperson of the first Board of Trustees for the Government Employee Pension Fund, overseeing a portfolio worth R850 billion (the seventh biggest pension fund in the world) from June 2005 to July 2009. From June 2006 – May 2009, he served on the PRI Board, the UN Global Compact Initiative on Responsible Investment where he gained international best practice experience on corporate governance and optimisation of the investment value chain. He served as Chairperson of the Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund from 2007-2009; a $627million fund that invests in economic infrastructure on the African continent. In September 2006, he was elected for a two year term on to the Council for International Standards Organization (ISO) based in Geneva, the highest authority in industrial standards development in the world. In September 2004 he was appointed by the President for a five year term to the Finance and Fiscal Commission where he got vast learning experiences on public policy analysis and intergovernmental fiscal relations. From 2009 he was the Vice President of the Afrikaanse Handels Instituut and became its President in 2011.