November 21 2025 16:15
SOUTH AFRICA
Hello there! Our latest episode of Another Brick in the Wall has been released and is available at iono.fm: https://iono.fm/e/1619999
and on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2XdsqkV8E8MRVifstAB1cd
Our guest in this episode is Georgina Smit, head of technical at Green Building Council SA (GBCSA). At this year’s GBCSA Convention which was held earlier this month at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town. Georgina was announced as the GBCSA’s incoming CEO, effective May 1 2026.
Smit will succeed Lisa Reynolds, who has led the organisation since 2020. Under Reynolds’ leadership, GBCSA has solidified its position as the country’s leading authority on the green built environment which includes building certification, sustainability training, and advocacy for climate-resilience within this space.
Smit is an award-winning sustainability leader who obtained her undergraduate and Master’s degree, Phil Sustainable Development Management and Planning, from Stellenbosch University. During her ten years working with global consultancy Arup she pursued another Master’s degree, this time at the University of Cambridge.
Smit moves into the CEO role after more than five years within the GBCSA as Head of Technical and Executive Director, where she has led certification, training, and research initiatives that drive measurable change across the property sector. A respected thought leader and regular speaker at industry events, Smit champions practical, locally relevant solutions that advance green building adoption.
She speaks to the Another Brick in the Wall co-hosts, Michael Avery and Alistair Anderson about how far South Africa has come in green building strategies and conversion and about what to expect in her upcoming tenure.
Enjoy the episode!
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