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Alwyn Smith is president of Barloworld Handling, a 30 branch material handling dealership in the southeastern United States and part of the Barloworld Group. Before 2008, he was Financial Director of Barloworld Logistics based in Johannesburg. He spent ten years at Barloworld Robor, first as a divisional financial director, and subsequently as the managing director of Barloworld Stainless Tube. In the early 90's, he spent three years in Kortrijk, Belgium as financial manager of a Belgian family owned industrial group. He is a past chairman of the South African Stainless Steel Development Association and served on the World Customs Organisation's Private Sector Consultative Group. He has also served on the board of the Maths Centre for Professional Teachers as Treasurer. Alwyn completed a BA in accountancy at the University of Stellenbosch. In 1987 he won a Rhodes Scholarship and read M.Phil (Management Studies) at Oxford University's Templeton College. During his student days in England he met his wife Julie. They have a daughter and a son aged 13 and 11 respectively. He plays tennis and loves fishing and reading non-fiction. He is a Fellow of the second class of the Africa Leadership Initiative-South Africa and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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