Frans Cronje joined the IRR in 2004 and established its Centre For Risk Analysis which specialises in using scenarios to help business and government leaders make decisions about investment and policy in South Africa. He has presented scenarios to over 100 South African corporations and foreign investors. He is the author of A Time Traveller’s Guide To Our Next Ten Years (Tafelberg 2014) and A Time Traveller’s Guide To South Africa 2030 (Tafelberg April 2017). Over the past two years his scenarios have been presented to an estimated 20 000 people across three continents and have been influential in shaping investor perception towards South Africa. His work has been widely cited in the media from the Volksblad to the Wall Street Journal. He writes a column for Rapport newspaper.