SANEC annual SADC Ambassadors business luncheon

Date: 15-05-2012

Location: Kasteel de Wittenburg, Wassenaar / the Netherlands

SANEC was pleased to welcome honorary guest Prof. Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende at its third annual SADC Ambassadors business luncheon at Kasteel de Wittenburg, Wassenaar. This year’s theme focused on building bridges between the SADC (Southern African Development Community) public sector and the Dutch private sector.

The business lunch was well attended by SADC Embassies based in The Hague and Brussels including Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia and Malawi as well as representatives from the Dutch business community. Speakers included Prof. Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende, Partner at Ernst & Young and former Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2002 – 2012), H.E. Luis de Almeida, Ambassador of the Embassy of the Republic of Angola in The Hague, and Mr. Axel Metselaar, KLM Market Development Manager Africa & Middle East.