David Barnard

David Barnard is the Executive Director ofthe Southern African NGO Network (SANTONeT), based inn Johannesburg, South Africa. 

David has extensively published and presented on issues relating to development and ICT in Africa. His areas of expertise include the role of the international development and funding community in Southern Africa, the role of the NGO sector in Southern Africa, corporate citizenship and the involvement of the corporate sector in development issues, and the contribution of information and ICT in support of development processes.

David was previously the Manager of the Programme for Development Research (PRODDER) at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). He is a Founding Member of the African Institute for Corporate Citizenship (AICC), Board Member of the Non-Profit Technology Network (N-Ten) and Advisory Board Member of the African Press Organisation. He serves on the Meraka e-Skills Institute Reference Group and in the past served on the Presidential National Commission on the Information Society for Development (PNC-ISD).