Location
SBP is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has extensive experience in development work in sub-Saharan Africa.
SBP was formally registered in South Africa in 1998 as a Section 21 not-for-profit company. SBP is a direct descendant of the Sunnyside Group – a network of South African companies, business associations and NGOs established in 1987 in the early stages of South Africa’s transition to democracy, aiming to bring about the conditions necessary for national economic success, with a particular focus on regulatory reform.
Funding and Income
SBP undertakes self-initiated projects, commissioned work and contract work. Our projects are funded by the private sector, public sector, and a variety of donors, including the British Department for International Development (DFID), the Business Linkages Challenge Fund, GtZ, the Ford Foundation and the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, amongst others.
Staff
SBP employs a small number of full-time professional staff, support staff and information specialists. SBP works closely with a team of expert consultants and associates in Africa and further afield, enabling us to access sector and country specific expertise as required.
Board of Directors
The board of directors is made up of two executives and four non-executives:
Executives
- Executive Director - Chris Darroll
- Director: Policy Programmes - Prof Douglas Irvine
Non-executives
- Brett Jury (Chairperson)
- Robin Heal OBE
- Johan Kruger
Brett Jury (Chairperson)
Brett Jury is a qualified lawyer. Shortly after leaving university, she joined First National Bank, where she is presently involved in change management across products, delivery channels, processes and systems. She has wide ranging experience in banking, including trade finance, SME development and private banking. She is also a trustee of the Roedean Investment Trust.
Robin Heal
Robin Heal is an Economist and Accountant, living in the UK. On leaving university he joined the British Petroleum Company (BP), working initially in management development and training and later in the legal department. He went on to establish and became Manager of BP International's Corporate Social Responsibility programme, before leaving the company to work in the not-for profit sector. He was a founder member and Chairman of the London Enterprise Agency, and has served on the Boards of several other enterprise development initiatives. Robin has also served as a trustee of the International Council of Ethics and Economics and is on the Advisory Panel of the Corporate Citizenship Company. He was a founder member of the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum, and the European Business Network for Social Cohesion, and has served on a number of UK Government and Council of Europe advisory bodies. Robin is currently on the Boards of three Community Development Loan Funds, and is Chairman of an International charity working with disabled people in Africa and South East Asia. He was awarded an OBE for services to community development in 1987.
Johan Kruger
Johan Kruger began his career in banking, working for a subsidiary of Dresdner Bank in Namibia. In 1988 he moved to South Africa, where he worked initially with the Small Business Development Corporation. In 1990 he joined Anglo American. During the restructuring of Anglo American in 1998, he was approached by De Beers, to establish a proper Supply Chain function for the company. He currently heads up Supply Chain Services at De Beers.
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SBP interviews a furniture and wood-turning SME outside Dar es Salaam 
Business linkages, such as the one between Mondi CartonBoard and Nkosi Cleaning Services in Springs, help to integrate small businesses into the value chains of larger corporates
SBP has worked closely with BP in Tanzania and Malawi to help SMEs improve their linkages with large corporations, using the Private Sector Initiative (Psi) model
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