About The Manufacturing Development Fund

Unlock Genuine Commercial Impact Through Local Supplier Development in Manufacturing

The Manufacturing Development Fund is a not-for-profit company, focused on finding and developing future, local suppliers of corporates in manufacturing value chains.

We are an Enterprise and Supplier Development facilitator, passionate about developing local manufacturing industries, with genuine commercial impact.

The MDF was established in response to a need to conduct enterprise and supplier development in compliance with the B-BBEE codes of good practice, whilst also unlocking genuine commercial value – in other words, no trade-offs between securing points and impact.

Meet The Directors

Our Directorate draws from diverse expertise and experience across industries to facilitate positive commercial and transformational outcomes for corporates and Black-owned beneficiaries.

Rob Stewart

CEO of BMA, industrial development consultancy

Phil Kinder

Co-founder of Lindicom, private equity investment firm

Judith Serafim

Co-founder of Imvusa Interior Trim, prominent industrialists and active manufacturing development stakeholder

Kerman Mannie

Chairman of the Manufacturing Development Fund and Co-founder of Champ Investments, banking and financial service specialists