Gareth Morgan

Experience

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  Westville Boys' High School Foundation

  Jul 1999 - Sept 2000

  Teacher

  I taught accountancy on a contract governing body post at Grade 8 and 9 level. I chaired the Westville Boys' High Association from October 1999 to September 2000.

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  Parliament of the Republic of South Africa

  Apr 2004 - Feb 2013

  I was a Member of Parliament in South Africa for just under nine years. During this time I served as the Shadow Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs from May 2009 to Feb 2013. The committees I served on during my time in Parliament included: Portfolio Committee (PC) of Environmental Affairs & Tourism (April 2004 to June 2006 & Aug 2007 to April 2009), the PC of Health (July 2006 to July 2007) & the PC of Water and Environmental Affairs (May 2009 to Feb 2013). Legislation that I worked on included the Air Quality Act, the Waste Act, the Integrated Coastal Management Act, the National Environmental Management Amendment Act, the Tobacco Products Amendment Act, the Protected Areas Amendment Act and the Foodstuffs & Cosmetics Amendment Act. From April 2004 to June 2005 I served as Parliamentary Counsellor to the Leader of the Opposition. Show less

  • Whip of the National Assembly

    Jun 2011 - Feb 2013

  • Member of Parliament

    Apr 2004 - Feb 2013
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  Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit

  Jul 2013 - May 2015

  Independent Consultant

  I worked on a number of consulting projects for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, but also for a few other clients during this period. Fields of work included climate change, politics, coaching and training. Some of the projects included the writing of best practice case studies on local government, running capacity building workshops on environmental topics for councillors and mayors, approval and evaluation of grants, and the drafting and reviewing of performance management protocols. Show less

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  City of Cape Town

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2017

  Principal Trade and Investment Officer

  I led the re-organisation of the former Department of Trade and Investment into the new Department of Enterprise and Investment, inclusive of new functions and mandates in pursuit of positioning Cape Town as a forward-looking, globally competitive business city.In addition I aligned the department's work against strategic priorities of the organisation as a whole, and monitored and reported on performance across the Department. I led several investment promotion activities with incoming foreign delegations, and was the organiser of the 2016 World Energy Cities AGM, hosted in Cape Town. I provided specialist advisory services to the organisation on enabling the Green Economy. Show less

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  City of Cape Town

  Oct 2021 - now

  I lead a directorate of 350 team members that supports the metropolitan government in short, medium and long-term strategy and policy development, capital planning, performance management, risk management, corporate communications, leadership development and business improvement. The Directorate has advanced project and programme management capabilities and regularly leads transversal work and builds responses to external shock events for the purpose of ensuring business continuity.I serve on the Executive Management Team of the organisation, and report quarterly to the Audit and Performance Audit Committee.Other assignments include:* Municipal Electoral Officer for Cape Town - I am the lead liaison with the Independent Electoral Commission for South Africa.* Chairperson of the Core Application Refresh Steering Committee* Chairperson on the POPIA Incident Response Committee* Chairperson of the Community of Practice and Advisory Committee in Respect of Partnerships and Collaboration Show less Responsible for embedding resilience thinking into a variety of City governance processes. I led the process to develop Cape Town's first Resilience Strategy, approved by Council in August 2019. I was a member of the steering committee of the Water Resilience Programme set up to respond to drought crisis. Led the first ever in-city deployment of the City Water Resilience Approach in 2019. Led two work streams in the City of Cape Town's Covid-19 response, including Chairing the Pandemic Business Continuity Coordinating Committee. Show less I oversaw various initiatives to establish the new Council of the City of Cape Town following the 2021 Local Government Elections. I led the process on behalf of the City Manager to establish a new macro structure for the organisation, for decision by Council, including changes to existing directorates and the creation of new directorates.During this acting period my portfolio included a number of corporate functions, including Human Resources, Information and Knowledge Management, Information Systems and Technology, and Executive and Council Support. Show less

  • Executive Director: Future Planning & Resilience

    Jul 2022 - now

  • Acting Executive Director: Future Planning & Resilience

    Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

  • Director: Resilience

    Aug 2017 - Jun 2022

  • Acting Executive Director: Corporate Services

    Oct 2021 - Jan 2022