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Gillion Bosman is a South African politician who currently chairs the Standing Committee on Social Development in the Western Cape Provincial Legislature (WCPP). Bosman is a former councillor in the City of Cape Town, where he served as the Deputy Chairperson for the Economy and the Environment Transversal Committee. He also served on the Naming and Nominations Committee and represented organised local government in the National Council of Provinces at the South African National Parliament.

He is an experienced project manager and corporate social responsibility expert having worked within multinational corporates, governments, charities and non-profit agencies. He has set up projects and worked with organizations to set up their operations maximising his networks to connect his clients. He has experience managing complex large-scale projects, conferences and leading an international youth development agency.

Bosman is currently consulting as a senior consultant for The Associate Project where he leads on:

Strategy development- assisting with the shaping of long term strategic intent and helping align that strategy to the implantation of the broader vision of your organization.

Providing Research and Development Support by connecting ideas with opportunities to enable growth. Using his extensive knowledge, networks and skills to connect ideas in the Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), business, creative arts and government sectors with resources and talented people that make it a reality.

Bosman is the former director and current executive chairman of Youth End Poverty and international youth development agency that was formed in Davos Switzerland at the World Economic Forum. He founded Youth End Poverty with Nick Henderson. Bosman is a global change maker who has partnered with the British Council on many projects.

He is a Mandela Washington Fellow and has extensive experience in working with young people on programmes to improve youth participation. The Mail and Guardian featured Bosman in their top 200 young South Africans to watch list.

“I first met Gillion at the World Economic Forum in Davos I was frankly amazed at the breadth of his knowledge, the scope of his ideas and the depth of his commitment. We kept in touch and met again in Scotland to discuss Youth End Poverty.”- Emma Thompson, actress.

“We must not always assume that the members of the public understand the policy-making process”. — Gillion Bosman, Member of Parliament, Western Cape Provincial Legislature, South Africa

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