!Gawaxab exceptional leader

Johannes !Gawaxab, managing director of Old Mutual Africa Operations was chosen as Business Leader of the Year at the recent Namibia Business Awards. The Business Leader of the Year accolade is given to a leader who has, amongst other things, shown particular skill and dexterity in moving their business forward, who has shown exemplary leadership and vision, who has successfully taken their business into new markets, who has faced tough hurdles and turned them into opportunities and who has contributed substantially to change perceptions about Africa. !Gawaxab’s visionary business leadership has positioned Old Mutual as the  pre-eminent leader in the financial services sector in Namibia and on the continent, and a strong proponent of investment of Namibian savings into the Namibian economy. Picture: Johannes !Gawaxab, managing director of Old Mutual Africa Operations, receiving the Business Leader of the Year award from the Founding Father, Dr Sam Nujoma. (Photograph contributed)