IRC Annual Conference 2026

Welcome from the IRC

Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC

Welcome from the JSE

Itumeleng Monale – Chief Operating Officer, JSE

Keynote address: The governance of reporting

Professor Mervyn King – Chair, IRC

Update from the IFRS Foundation and the ISSB

Panellists:

• Professor Suresh Kana – Deputy Chair, IRC and IFRS Foundation Trustee
• Dr Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien – Member, ISSB

Panel discussion: Using a layering approach to sustainability reporting

Panellists:

• Mohamed Adam – General Counsel and GM Regulation, ArcelorMittal
• Corli le Roux – Independent Sustainability Consultant
• Desiree Jones – Managing Director, Alchemy Creative Studios
• Ronel Fourie – Partner Corporate Reporting Services, PwC
• Shaheed Osman – Partner Africa ESG Reporting and Assurance, KPMG

Host: Zanele Salman – Vice President Investor Relations, AECI

Panel discussion: How we are doing it: Four companies

Panellists:

• Feroz Koor – Group Sustainability Officer, Woolworths Holdings
• Johan Thyse – Vice-president Sustainability and Reporting, Sasol
• Joshila Ranchhod – Company Secretary, Life Healthcare
• Lee Swan – Head of Sustainability, Alexander Forbes Group

Host: Corli le Roux – Independent Sustainability Consultant

Panel discussion: Latest on integrated reporting around the world

Panellists:

• Jonathan Labrey – Chief Connectivity and Integrated Reporting Officer, IFRS Foundation
• Professor Stefano Zambon – Secretary General, Italian Foundation for Business Reporting
• Professor Michael Bray – Professor of Accounting, Deakin University
• Professor Guler Aras – Chair, Integrated Reporting Network Turkiye

Host: Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC

Panel discussion: Technology in corporate reporting

Panellists:

• Benjamin Joannou – CEO, Bastion Group
• Carolynn Chalmers – CEO, The ESG Exchange
• Erwin Groenendal – Founder, Tangelo Software
• Logan Tait – Sustainability Reporting Strategist, Ince

Host: Mark Hoffman – Partner Assurance Services, Deloitte

Panel discussion: Latest on sustainability assurance and readiness

Panellists:

• Professor Yvette Lange – Adjunct Professor, Wits School of Accountancy
• Fikile Zwane – Assurance Director, SNG Grant Thornton
• Jameel Essop – Partner ESG Assurance, PwC
• Jyoti Vallabh – Partner Assurance Services, Deloitte
• Mohsin Nana – Associate Partner Assurance, EY
• Shaheed Osman – Partner ESG Reporting and Assurance, KPMG

Thanks and closing remarks

Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC

Welcome from the IRC

Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC

Welcome from the JSE

Loshni Naidoo – Chief Sustainability Officer, JSE

Governance and the board’s duty of care

Professor Mervyn King – Chair, IRC

Latest from the IFRS Foundation, and interoperability among international standards

Professor Suresh Kana – Deputy Chair, IRC and IFRS Foundation Trustee

Update from the International Sustainability Standards Board

Dr Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien – Member, ISSB

Update from the Global Reporting Initiative

Peter Paul van de Wijs – Chief Policy Officer, GRI

Panel discussion: The global baseline and layering of sustainability disclosures

Panellists:

• Johan Thyse – VP Sustainability and Reporting, Sasol
• Ronell Govender – Global ESG and Sustainability, Naspers
• Stephen Bullock – Head of Sustainability, Anglo American Platinum

Host: Jayne Mammatt – IRC Working Group and Partner, Deloitte

Integrated reporting: Latest international perspective

Jonathan Labrey – Chief Connectivity and Integrated Reporting Officer, IFRS Foundation

Panel discussion: Fitting it all together using the integrated report

Panellists:

• Anelisa Keke – Chief Sustainability Officer, Redefine Properties
• Bruce Thomas – Finance Executive: Reporting, Nedbank
• Nadia Schoeman – Principal Integrated and External Reporting, Kumba Iron Ore
• Zanele Salman – IRC Working Group and Group Head Investor Relations, AECI

Host: Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC

Panel discussion: Sustainability assurance and how to prepare

Panellists:

• Fikile Zwane – Director Sustainability Assurance, SNG Grant Thornton
• Oswald Wentworth – Partner, PwC
• Shaheed Osman – IRC Working Group and Partner, KPMG Southern Africa

Host: Professor Yvette Lange – IRC Working Group and Professor, School of Accountancy, Wits University

Thanks and closing remarks

Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC

Welcome from the IRC

Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC

Corporate reporting and accountability

Professor Mervyn King – Chair, IRC

Latest from the IFRS Foundation and the International Sustainability Standards Board

Professor Suresh Kana – Deputy Chair, IRC and IFRS Foundation Trustee

Update on the Integrated Reporting Framework

Jonathan Labrey – Chief Connectivity and Integrated Reporting Officer, IFRS Foundation

Applying the building blocks approach to sustainability impacts and reporting

Jayne Mammatt – Partner ESG, Sustainability and Climate Change, Deloitte

Panel discussion: Practical considerations when applying the sustainability reporting standards

Panellists:

• Jan Müller – KPMG EMA
• Ansie Ramalho – Chair, King Committee
• Nola Richards – Executive Head: ESG and Sustainable Business, Vodacom Group
• Neil Stewart – Director of Corporate Outreach, IFRS Foundation
• Shameela Soobramoney – Chief Sustainability Officer, JSE

Host: Jayne Mammatt – IRC Working Group and Partner, Deloitte

Panel discussion: Integrated reporting and corporate reporting structure around the world

Panellists:

• Dr Guler Aras – Founding Chair, Integrated Reporting Association Turkey
• Vania Borgerth – Head, CBARI-Brazilian IR Network
• Erik Breen – Past Chair, Framework Board
• Michael Bray – Director, Australian Business Reporting Leaders Forum
• Patrick Kabuya – Convenor, Africa Integrated Reporting Council

Host: Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC

Aligning internal and external integrated reporting

Zanele Salman – IRC Working Group and Director, Isibani-ci

Q&A

Professor Mervyn King – Chair, IRC

Thanks and closing remarks

Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC

Welcome

Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC

The future of corporate reporting

Professor Mervyn King – Chair, IRC and Chair Emeritus, Value Reporting Foundation

The role of the new International Sustainability Standards Board

Professor Suresh Kana – Deputy Chair, IRC and IFRS Foundation Trustee

What we could see in climate reporting

Michael Zimonyi – Policy and External Affairs Director, CDSB

How GRI reporting fits in corporate reporting

Bastian Buck – Chief of Standards, GRI

Panel discussion: The practical implications for preparers: materiality, value creation, preservation or erosion, enterprise value, different reports and governance

Panellists:

• Mohamed Adam – IRC Working Group and King Committee
• Mark Hoffman – IRC Working Group and Partner, Deloitte
• Karin Ireton – IRC Working Group and TCFD consultant
• Corli le Roux – IRC Working Group and member of the GRI’s Global Sustainability Standards Board
• Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC

The new process disclosures and the IRC’s updated Governance Information Paper

Fay Hoosain – IRC Working Group and Director, BTI (Pty) Ltd

Trends in integrated reporting in South Africa

Jayne Mammatt – IRC Board member, Director at PwC, adjudicator of the CGISA Awards

The prototype Integrated Thinking Principles

Dr Jeremy Osborn – Director of business relationships and  networks, Value Reporting Foundation

Thanks and closing remarks

Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC

Welcome

Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC

The main changes in the International <IR> Framework

Liz Prescott – Technical Director, IIRC

Panel discussion: Practical application of the main changes

Panellists:

• Professor Mark Graham – Associate Professor, UCT Graduate School of Business
• Jayne Mammatt – IRC Board member and PwC Partner/Director: Sustainability and Climate Change
• Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC and member, IIRC Framework Panel

Delivering a meaningful and concise integrated report

Lelanie Hohls – Member, IRC Working Group and Head of Advisory, GreymatterFinch

Recent developments in the international corporate reporting arena

Professor Mervyn King – Chair, IRC and Chair Emeritus, IIRC

Thanks and closing remarks

Leigh Roberts – CEO, IRC

Welcome

Leigh Roberts, CEO of the IRC

Keynote address: 10 years of IR: What lies ahead?

Professor Mervyn King, Chair of the IRC and Chair Emeritus of the IIRC

Panel discussion: Reporting in a time of crisis: Showing the integrated picture

• Professor Mark Graham, Associate Professor at the UCT Graduate School of Business
• Alfred Visagie, Head: Investor Relations of Nedbank Group
• Ian Kramer, Interim Chief Financial Officer of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd
• Dr Leila Fourie, CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
• Host: Leigh Roberts, CEO of the IRC

Panel discussion: Integrated risk management: A six capitals perspective

• Itumeleng Lebepe, Chief Risk Officer of Exxaro Ltd
• Berenice Francis, Group Executive: Corporate Affairs, Risk and Sustainability of Motus Holdings Ltd
• Host: Sheralee Morland, IRC Working Group member and Past President of the Institute of Risk Management of South Africa

Presentation: Update on the revision of the International <IR> Framework

Liz Prescott, Technical Director of the IIRC

Presentation: Outlook: IRC Information Paper

Esha Mansingh, IRC Working Group member and Chief Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations Officer of Imperial Logistics Ltd

Q&A: Integrated purpose and long-term value

• Professor Mervyn King
• Host: Leigh Roberts

Presentation: IR trends in South Africa and how integrated reports have evolved over the past 10 years

Professor Mark Graham, Associate Professor at the UCT Graduate School of Business

Presentation: Assurance of the integrated report: Is it really needed?

Michael Bray, Director, In-Country Engagement of the IIRC and Professor of Practice (Integrated Reporting) at Deakin University

Thanks and closing remarks

Leigh Roberts, CEO of the IRC

Welcome from the IRC

Leigh Roberts, CEO of the IRC

Welcome from the JSE

Keynote address: Collaboration – the 17th SDG

Professor Mervyn King, Chair of the IRC and Chair Emeritus of the IIRC

Chairmen’s perspective of integrated thinking and integrated reporting

• Roy Andersen, Chairman of Sasfin Holdings and Sasfin Bank
• Suresh Kana, Chairman of Murray & Roberts and Lead Independent Director of JSE Limited
• Hosted by Leigh Roberts, CEO of the IRC

Achieving balance in the integrated report

• Henrika Ninham, Sibanye Stillwater
• Tracey Davies, Just Share
• Hosted by Mark Hoffman, IRC Working Group

Timely reporting using digital platforms

• Linda Buchler, Ince
• Charmane Russell, R&A Strategic Communications
• Hosted by Fay Hoosain, IRC Working Group

Determining materiality

• Sarah Chetty, Vodacom
• Adithi Rooplall, Anglo American Platinum
• Bruce Thomas, Nedbank
• Hosted by Sheralee Morland

Investor insights into integrated reporting

• Mark Ingham, Ingham Analytics
• Robert Lewenson, Old Mutual Invest
• Nolwandle Mthombeni, Mergence Investment Managers
• Dumisani Ndlovu, All Weather Capital
• Hosted by Esha Mansingh, IRC Working Group

Trends, strengths and weaknesses

Professor Alex Watson, UCT

Implementing integrated reporting in the public sector

• Wasfie Ismail, Airports Company South Africa
• Celice Lison, IDC
• Carolien Samson, Land Bank
• Hosted by Nasiegh Hamdulay, IRC Working Group

Final questions and close

Leigh Roberts, IRC

Welcome from the IRC

Leigh Roberts, CEO of the IRC

Welcome from the JSE

Shameela Soobramoney, Senior Manager, Group Strategy and Sustainability, JSE

Integrated thinking and the business model

Professor Mervyn King, Chair of the IRC and King Committee and Chair of Council of the IIRC

CEO perspectives on integrated thinking and integrated reporting

• Nick Holland, CEO of Gold Fields
• Andrew Konig, CEO of Redefine Properties
• Hosted by Leigh Roberts, CEO of the IRC

Investor perspectives on integrated thinking and integrated reporting

• Olga Constantatos, Credit and Equity Process Manager, Futuregrowth Asset Management
• Nkateko Mathonsi, Resource Analyst, Investec Bank
• Lebogang Molebatsi, General Manager: Listed Equities, PIC
• Hosted by Fay Hoosain, IRC Working Group member

International developments – assurance of the integrated report

Ciara Reintjes, IRBA and member of the Project Advisory Panel to the IAASB’s Emerging Forms of External Reporting Task Force

International developments – Technical work programme of the IIRC

Yvette Lange, IRC Working Group member and IIRC technical representative

Update on the Code for Responsible Investing in South Africa (CRISA)

Adrian Bertrand, IRC Working Group member and CRISA Secretariat

Disclosure of governance information in the integrated report

• Mohamed Adam, IRC Working Group member, King Committee
• Professor Mervyn King 
• Professor Alex Watson, UCT and non-executive director of companies
• Hosted by Larissa Clark, IRC Board member, IRC Working Group member, EY 

Getting started

• Linda Buchler, Joint Managing Director, Ince
• Rashied Small, Education and Training Executive, SAIPA
• Hosted by Lelanie Sherman, IRC Working Group member, GreymatterFinch

Trends and weaknesses – integrated reports in SA

Professor Alex Watson, UCT and adjudicator of the EY Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards

Integrated reporting in the public sector

• Kimi Makwetu, Auditor-General of South Africa
• Ismail Momoniat, Deputy Director-General: Tax and Financial Sector Policy, National Treasury
• Advocate Nompumelelo Nene, Company Secretary, National Lotteries Commission
• Hosted by Suresh Kana, Deputy Chair of the IRC and non-executive director of companies

Close

Welcome – Leigh Roberts

Chief Executive Officer of the IRC of South Africa

Welcome – Corli le Roux

Head of Sustainability, Capital Markets Division of the JSE

Three board agenda items for the 21st century

Professor Mervyn King, Chair of the IRC, King Committee and IIRC

International trends and developments

Richard Howitt, Chief Executive Officer of the IIRC

Interactive Q&A with King and Howitt

Disclosure of performance – Claire Hoy (Deloitte) and Thuto Masasa (Nkonki)

The project leaders of the IRC’s latest technical paper lead the discussion on what works and what to avoid

Dealing with materiality in your integrated report – Jonathon Hanks (Incite)

The various facets of materiality are discussed in this interactive session

Integrated Reporting for SMMEs – Darren Gorton (SAIPA)

A look at how SMMEs can benefit from integrated reporting

Disclosure of governance information in your integrated report

Larissa Clark (EY) hosts this interactive session with:

• Mohamed Adam
• Associate Professor Mark Graham (UCT)
• Professor Mervyn King

Integrated thinking: International findings – CIMA

A global survey of C-suite executives identifies the benefits of integrated thinking in decision-making

Business model and strategy

Hosted by Mark Hoffman (KPMG), with three companies sharing their approaches:

• Leon Kok from Redefine Properties
• Rob Huddy from Tsogo Sun
• Gaositwe Molefe from Airports Company South Africa

Investor perspectives on integrated reports

Corli le Roux leads the discussion with:

• Sven Forssman (Navigare Capital)
• Rene Swart (University of Pretoria)
• Waseem Thokan (Legae Securities)
• Richard Howitt

Close

Leigh Roberts (IRC)