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First Movers Suzanne Ackerman Berman
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Established in 2009 by the Business and Society Program, the First Movers Fellowship is designed for exceptional business innovators who are integrating profitability and social value in their companies. The Fellowship meets a growing need for values-based business leaders who understand the interdependency of business success and the long-term health of society. Listed below are the 2009 Fellows, the inaugural class of First Movers. • Suzanne Ackerman-Berman,Transformation Director, Pick n Pay, a major South African retail operation, as well as a member of the chairman's executive committee. Suzanne oversees and implements transformation within the Pick n Pay group by employing the tenets of the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Codes of Good Practice, as established by the South African government's affirmative action program. To achieve her objectives of reaching out to small, disadvantaged entrepreneurs, she is launching a nation-wide call for applications. Successful candidates will offer a product or service that will benefit the retail industry and fit within the BEE guidelines. Pick n Pay will work with entrepreneurs chosen for this opportunity to build their organizational capacity. In 2008, Financial Mail recognized Pick n Pay as one of the Top Ten Empowered South African Retailers. Suzanne began her career in France, training in delicatessens and fresh food departments of French supermarket chains Mammouth and Doc de France. From 1987 to 1988, Suzanne worked as a European sales executive for men's jewelry at Dunhill of London. She oversaw sales in Spain, Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium. For the following seven years, Suzanne established her own restaurants, bars, and nightclubs in the ski resort of Val d'Isere, France. After 11 years of international sales experience, Suzanne returned to South Africa and began working for Pick n Pay. Outside of Pick n Pay, Suzanne is a Trustee of the Kamba Labantu community development project and actively involved in the Red Cross Children's Hospital, the Global Food Network, the National Poverty Hearing, and other community initiatives. Suzanne won the 2007 Inyathelo Philanthropy Award for outstanding contribution to philanthropy in South Africa. Suzanne graduated from the University of Cape Town with a BA in French and politics. She also studied in Switzerland and the United States and has completed the UCT Graduate School of Business program, Finance for Non-Financial Managers. Suzanne lives in Cape Town with her husband, Paul, and three children. • Follow us on: • Facebook / aspenideas • Twitter / aspenideas • LinkedIn / aspenideas • You can also follow the Aspen Institute: • Instagram / aspeninstitute • Facebook / aspeninstitute • Twitter / aspeninstitute • LinkedIn / the-aspen-institute • Pinterest / aspeninstitute
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