Nigel Bruce

DA Abroad Chairperson

London, United Kingdom

Nigel Bruce is a former Democratic Alliance MP and editor of The Financial Mail. He has also edited the Business Day, Finance Week and Finansies & Techniek and was the Executive Director of Times Media Ltd.

Ludre Stevens

DA Abroad Operations Chairperson and UK Committee Member

London, United Kingdom

I am honoured to have been the first UK Chairperson and former Leader of the DA Abroad. I was also the campaign manager for the DA Abroad campaign against the Nuclear power procurement deal and previously worked on the No To Secrecy and Vote Home campaigns.

I am a founding Trustee of the Ubunye-Unity Trust, a UK based charity in support of South African community development projects; on the United National Westminster Committee and run a Tech start-up called YuDoGlobal. I believe that the DA Abroad is vitally important as international pressure is the key to helping South Africa succeed.

Simba Makina

Africa Regional Forum Chair and Kenya Country Representative

Nairobi, Kenya

Simba Makina is from Pretoria, where he matriculated from Pretoria Boys High School. He studied at Wits University for an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Science and graduated with a Masters degree in Healthcare Management at Stellenbosch University.

Simba has lived in Pretoria since childhood, however, he relocated to Nairobi in Kenya in 2016, where he is regional representative for a multinational medical devices company. Simba is particularly passionate about healthcare reform in South Africa and its foreign relations with the rest of the world.

Simba looks forward to contributing and hearing from fellow DA Abroad members on ideas on how to improve our healthcare system, as well as build better foreign relations around the world.

Prenisha Naicker

Asia Regional Forum Chair & China Country Representative

Shanghai, China

Prenisha is from KwaZuluNatal and currently resides in Shanghai. Prenisha qualified as an attorney and practiced in South Africa for a while. She did the Cambridge CELTA last year and moved to Shanghai from January 2016 to teach English. Prenisha is interested in Labour Law and issues surrounding women and children’s rights. In Shanghai, Prenisha volunteers at Heart to Heart Shanghai which is an organization that raises funds in order to perform heart surgeries for children in need in China.