Ashley Paulse is the Managing Director of SANTACO COOP – a transport value-chain consumer co-operative federation in South Africa. His role includes thought leadership and economic empowerment of the marginalized transport communities across all regions of South Africa. Ashley is responsible for securing finance and investment in local and international markets. He is actively involved in various other leadership roles in business within SADC, church, community, support functionary to government departments and family development requirements. The confluence of his spiritual, amily, social and business pursuits are vested in his African Ubuntu ideology and is further expressed in his co-development of the Cooperative Movement in South Africa.