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Jonathan Moakes is a South African political administrator and strategist, currently working as the Chief Executive Officer of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance.
Moakes was born in Northampton, England and moved to South Africa aged three months. He was schooled in Cape Town, and obtained a B.Com in Economics and an LLB from the University of Cape Town, winning the UCT Law Faculty's Human Rights Moot Court competition in 2003.
He worked in the DA's fundraising department, succeeding David Maynier as the party's Director of Fundraising in July 2007. In February 2008 he was appointed to head up the DA's Western Cape registration campaign, and also to oversee the party's support service operations. He was appointed Executive Director of Political Activity and Campaigns in July 2008, and worked alongside party CEO Ryan Coetzee in running the party's ground operations during the 2009 general elections.
He subsequently succeeded Coetzee as the party's CEO in July 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
Moakes was born in Northampton, England and moved to South Africa aged three months. He was schooled in Cape Town, and obtained a B.Com in Economics and an LLB from the University of Cape Town, winning the UCT Law Faculty's Human Rights Moot Court competition in 2003.
He worked in the DA's fundraising department, succeeding David Maynier as the party's Director of Fundraising in July 2007. In February 2008 he was appointed to head up the DA's Western Cape registration campaign, and also to oversee the party's support service operations. He was appointed Executive Director of Political Activity and Campaigns in July 2008, and worked alongside party CEO Ryan Coetzee in running the party's ground operations during the 2009 general elections.
He subsequently succeeded Coetzee as the party's CEO in July 2009.
Source: Wikipedia