Dazzle Angels

Alexandra Fraser is Chief Executive Officer of Viridian, a director at AEEI, and an investment committee member at Jaza Rift Ventures. She also works as an angel investor and has more than a decade of experience in early-stage funding across government, academia, and corporate settings, during which she has evaluated over 4,000 businesses. Her work focuses on the South African entrepreneurial and innovation sectors, with expertise in business development and gap analysis.

An active angel investor in South Africa with three decades of experience in science, technology and innovation. She founded the SA Innovation Summit, now among the largest startup events in Africa, and has advised public and private sectors on innovation programs and policy.

Ayanda Mzondeki is the Founder and Managing Director of Liyema Consulting, which she also leads as CEO. The firm provides consulting services combining human resources and technology, with a focus on performance management, and has operated for over a decade.

Hema Vallabh is a trained engineer who became an entrepreneur and investor. She co-founded and leads WomHub, a pan-African incubator and co-working space for female founders in STEM, which spun out of the non-profit WomEng that supports women across the engineering pipeline. She is a founding partner at Five35 Ventures, a pan-African VC fund investing in women in tech, and an angel investor with Dazzle Angels; she is also a certified ontological coach and is pursuing an Executive MBA at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School.

Juliette Thirsk is Group General Counsel at Peach Payments, a pan-African payments provider, and a member of its Executive Committee. She works with the CEO and leadership team on market expansion, regulatory positioning, and commercial structures across multiple African jurisdictions. Her experience covers payments, fintech regulation, M&A, and cross-border structuring, and includes engagement with regulators, banks, and payment system stakeholders on digital payments infrastructure in South Africa.

Lauren Gamsu is a strategic management trainer and facilitator working at the intersection of sustainability, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Her experience spans green and sustainable development, startups, research, strategy, and project management, including designing and managing programs and supporting entrepreneurs. Her areas of focus include green innovation, climate, and agriculture.

Lee Zuk is Group COO at JAG Method. She holds an MBA and a legal qualification, and works in areas including operational optimization, HR program development, and startup incubation. Zuk is also a certified pilates instructor and has focused on investment initiatives aimed at supporting women.

Lianne Du Toit is a Senior Manager on the Forum Team at YPO, a global leadership community of chief executives. She has been featured in Standard Bank's TopWomen Leaders, nominated for Inspiring 50 in 2018, and named among Fast Company's most creative minds in business in 2016. Her background includes education from Harvard Business School and service as a board member at Girls Do Good.

Moky Makura is the Executive Director of Africa No Filter, a donor collaborative focused on shifting the African narrative. She previously served as Deputy Director for Communications Africa at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, took on an interim role as the foundation's Country Representative to South Africa in 2017, and worked as Communications Director for the Tony Elumelu Foundation in Nigeria. Born in Nigeria and educated in England, she holds an honours degree in Politics, Economics and Law from Buckingham University and serves on the advisory boards of Junior Achievement Africa and the Houtbay Partnership.

Pitsi Mnisi is a chartered accountant, CA(SA), who serves as Managing Director of Lynshpin Cedar, a consulting and corporate finance firm, and as an executive at Beacon Industries (Pty) Ltd and MCorp Investments. Her experience spans the mining, investments, transportation, manufacturing, and construction sectors. She has served on multiple boards, including those of JSE-listed companies, and has chaired several finance and audit committees.