Our Board of Directors
Guiding Our Mission
Leadership Excellence
The Board of Directors is responsible for providing overall strategic direction and policy approval, financial oversight and accountability, organisational sustainability, and networking. It currently consists of the following Directors:
Mr Seana Nkhahle
Mr Nkhahle is the Portfolio Head: Built Environment, South African Local Government Association (SALGA). He is the Chairperson of the Board of Directors at Planact.
Ms Jackie Sejenamane
Ms Sejenamane is a local governance and spatial planning consultant.
Professor Steven Friedman
Professor Friedman is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy, a joint initiative of the University of Johannesburg and Rhodes University.
Associate Professor Geci Karuri-Sebina
ssociate Professor Karuri-Sebina is responsible for Digital Governance at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Professor Marie Huchzermeyer
Professor Huchzermeyer is a public intellectual at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, with extensive research on informal settlements and urban policies.
Mr Michael Kihato
Mr Kihato is a practitioner in urban law.