Zafeer Nagdee is the founder and CEO of Nacademy. He completed his MBA at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School in the UK. He holds a Master’s degree in International Accounting, is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) and is also a member of the Institute of Directors of Southern Africa. He previously served as a faculty member at the University of Johannesburg as a senior lecturer within the university’s College of Business and Economics.Zafeer has worked with some of South Africa’s largest listed companies and also developed the country’s first accredited leadership programme for aspiring chartered accountants through which he was recognised as a recipient of UJ’s Vice Chancellor’s Distinguished Award. He was also selected by the South African Council of Higher Education (CHE) and the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of South Africa (HELTASA) as recipient of the country’s “National Excellence in Teaching and Learning” award which is lauded as South Africa’s most prestigious teaching award in higher education.Zafeer is also an award-winning researcher in the fields of global accounting practice and corporate governance. He has published and presented his works internationally and was listed by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) as one of South Africa’s Top 35 Chartered Accountants under the age of 35. Zafeer is also a recognised international speaker having delivered talks both locally and as far afield as the UK, the United States, Japan, Switzerland and the UAE whilst notably having been invited to speak at the Wharton Business School in Pennsylvania. Zafeer has also been recognised through numerous accolades from the private sector as an advocate of responsible business practice, principled progress and innovation in addressing world-scale issues.