Africa-Press – Mauritius. Mr Elias Mpedi Magosi, a national of the Republic of Botswana, is the new Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) whose tenure of office started on 01 September 2021.
He was sworn in as the seventh SADC Executive Secretary at the 41st SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Lilongwe, Republic of Malawi on 18 August 2021.
Mr Magosi has over 28 years of experience in large scale performance and process improvement, strategic management, human resource management and change management in public, private and parastatal (quasi—government) sector organisations.
From April 2021 to the time of his appointment as the seventh SADC Executive Secretary, Mr Magosi served as Ambassador-at-Large under the Ministry of International Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Botswana.
He also served as the Permanent Secretary to the President in the Office of the President of the Republic of Botswana from February 2020 to April 2021.
SADC Executive Magosi has a sound understanding and coordination of the workings of governments, and effective linkages with political levels, private sector and academic institutions, including regional cooperation and coordination. He also has a strong background in restructuring, organisational redesign, planning and budgeting, and project management
