Mar 8, 2021
Margaret Hirsch is the COE of the Hirsch Group, the largest
independently owned Appliance and Electronics retail outlet in
Southern Africa that is now in its 40th year. She is already the
enviable recipient of over 30 international and local awards for
her business, social and charitable work which has uplifted people
from many communities around the country. For many years, she has
been heavily involved with Women and Youth Empowerment projects
throughout Southern Africa. She personally visits schools around
the country, motivating, encouraging and inspiring the youth. For
several years she has been a main supporter of the Girls with
Dignity project that has distributed reusable panty packs to school
girls in disadvantaged areas around the country. She recently
started up a Safe Houses for Girls project in Gauteng and plans to
roll out the concept in KZN and the Western Cape.
Margaret is passionate about women in business and
entrepreneurship. She runs networking clubs at all her branches for
Women In Business, encouraging mentorship programmes. Her door is
always open to women who want advice on how to make their
businesses grow.
As the COE of the company, Margaret sees to the day to day running
of all Hirsch’s stores and their concept stores. As well as their
13 branches spread throughout KZN, Gauteng and the Western Cape,
Hirsch’s own six Samsung Concept Stores - Sandton City,
Rosebank
Mall, Mall of Africa, The Pavilion Shopping Centre in Westville and
the Samsung shop Gateway shopping centre in Umhlanga. Hirsch’s has
experienced really good results in all the concept stores as they
are considered to be an extension of Hirsch’s culture and
philosophy which has enabled the Hirsch’s story to be one of
constant expansion and success.
Tariye Gbadegesin is the Managing Director & Chief Investment
Officer at ARM-Harith. She is an investment professional with over
20 years’ experience in finance, principal investments and
infrastructure, Tariye has mobilized over US$3 billion of capital
for infrastructure projects in Africa.
Tariye was on the founding team to establish the Africa Finance
Corporation (AFC), a pan African Development Finance Institution
with US$ 6 billion under management where she led several of AFC’s
investments in the sectors of power, transport, industrials, &
telecommunications. Tariye previously led the US$800 million
Industrial and Telecommunications Infrastructure business at AFC.
Her global experience includes roles at the International Monetary
Fund, the Boston Consulting Group, & PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Tariye holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Amherst College
and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.