Reana Rossouw is the owner of Next Generation Consultants, a leading Management Consulting firm with a wealth of experience in the social innovation, shared value, humanitarian and sustainable development environments.

Reana is an alumnus of the University of Stellenbosch Business School. She has more than 30 years’ experience in business management at senior executive and director level. Reana’s expertise lies in creating and implementing strategies for impact, innovation, growth and sustainability. She has worked in several industry sectors including Donor/philanthropy and Grantmaking, social and impact investment, Information and Communication Technology, Mobile and Internet communications, financial services, mining, agriculture, manufacturing, retail and media.

Reana is a regular speaker at national and international conferences and have delivered various papers on her fields of expertise. She is also the author of three books, and annually publishes Africa’s research report on the future and impact of the social development and investment sectors.

Over the past decade, Reana has developed Africa’s first impact assessment methodology and technology platform, the Investment Impact Index™, which measures the impact and return on investment of social and impact investment. This methodology is now applied across the continent by social and impact investors, donors and grantmakers and the supporting technology platform visualizes and analyses impact data to create impact reports.