ACCOUNTANT Asheen Magjee is the new president of the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry NPC. Magjee takes over the reins from the Immediate Past President, Prasheen Maharaj, and is deputised by Busi Dlamini.

“The Durban Chamber Annual Gala dinner has been a long-standing event on Durban’s business calendar. It is the ultimate business networking event, which has been a celebratory tradition for many decades. This year, the evening will be celebrated on the theme of ‘Revive, reform and reinvent’.

“Therefore, the theme is the perfect fit, it is focused on business sustainability through collaborative effort, reviving what we have lost as the city, province of KwaZulu-Natal, reforming tarnished relationships and collaborating across sectors, and to reinvent ourselves as businesses in an evolving world that is constantly changing, where we need to remain competitive in a business environment that is technologically evolving,” said Magjee.

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Magjee is a qualified Chartered Accountant with a master’s in business leadership post graduate degree. His journey began over 20 years ago in Durban within the FMCG industry, and he then joined FNB, and this passion for finance matured towards helping businesses and entrepreneurs start, run and grow. He has been employed by FNB for 18 years and currently serves as the Provincial Head for Commercial Banking in KZN and is a member of the Commercial bank’s executive committee.

In his official inauguration Magjee is expected to highlight his key strategic objectives that he will focus on during his three-year term.

“Accountability as the cornerstone of trust requires private and public investment in the city of eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal with the key sectors of the economy, and collaboration. Critical sectors such as safety, logistics and infrastructure are key drivers of economic growth and stability. We need eThekwini to operate as one ecosystem with private sector, civic partners and all levels of government working together,” added Magjee.

The gala dinner will be held on October 29 at the playTSOGO Globe, Suncoast.

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